Government News
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A lawmaker representing Vladimir Putin's United Russia party in parliament has appealed to sport's highest court against losing his 2008 Olympic title for doping with steroids
April 27, 2017 -
An alliance of Kenya's main opposition groups has named its presidential candidate to face President Uhuru Kenyatta in the August elections
April 27, 2017 -
Vinod Khanna, a dashing Bollywood actor turned politician, has died at age 70
April 27, 2017 -
Berlin police shoot man who pointed firearm at officer outside hospital
April 27, 2017 -
A judge has ordered Exxon Mobil to pay nearly $20 million for releasing 10 million pounds of pollutants into the air over eight years from a complex it operates east of Houston
April 27, 2017 -
Claims for US unemployment benefits rise by 14,000 to 257,000, but remain low
April 27, 2017 -
Latvia grants citizenship to Mikhail Baryshnikov; born there during time of Soviet Union
April 27, 2017 -
Polish premier says no regrets about opposing Tusk's re-election for European Council leader
April 27, 2017 -
Police raid office of Khodorkovsky-backed foundation in Moscow ahead of protest rallies
April 27, 2017 -
A former Maryland lawmaker who lost her seat after being found guilty of theft and misconduct in office in 2012 could soon be reinstated to the bar
April 27, 2017 -
Belgium sorry it helped get Saudi Arabia onto UN women's rights panel
April 27, 2017 -
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Corruption scandals, fugitive governors and reports of intimidation reflect what many Mexicans perceive as a return by the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party to old tricks _ a view that has the PRI fighting for its life in gubernatorial elections
April 27, 2017 -
Greek and Turkish politicians have been taken on a tour of work being done on a new crossing point linking the ethnically divided island's breakaway north with the internationally recognized south
April 27, 2017 -
Turkey's transportation minister says that the Togo-flagged freighter involved in the collision with a Russian navy vessel has sustained very minor damage and is able to continue sailing
April 27, 2017