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| Jul.13 |
 Canada |
Trudeau picks an astronaut for new governor general Former astronaut Julie Payette has been tapped by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to be Canada's next governor general
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| Mar.20 |
 South Korea |
Ousted S Korean President Park Geun-hye faces prosecutors 
Park Geun-hye is being questioned by prosecutors over a corruption scandal that brought her down
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| Jan.31 |
France |
Deadline passes for National Front leader to repay EU funds
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| Dec.1 |
South Korea |
South Korean leader makes rare public appearance
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| Nov.28 |
South Korea |
South Korea's President Park 'willing to resign' Park Geun-hye has said she has asked parliament to help her find a way to stand down. Park faced growing calls to resign amid an investigati...
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| Jul.14 |
U.S. Supreme Court |
Ruth Bader Ginsburg sorry for calling Donald Trump 'faker'
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| May.25 |
Washington |
State department faults Clinton over email security
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| May.19 |
Taiwan |
Taiwan's Tsai Ing-wen sworn in as first female president
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| Apr.18 |
Brazil |
President Rousseff has 'clear conscience' over impeachment
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| Apr.16 |
Brazil |
Rousseff makes last-minute bid for support
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| Apr.11 |
 Brazil |
Brazil impeachment: Vote deals new blow to Rousseff 
Dilma Rousseff has suffered a blow to her hopes of staving off impeachment proceedings, after a committee voted they should go ahead
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| Apr.4 |
New Zealand |
Ex-New Zealand Premier Helen Clark to run for UN top job
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| Dec.10 |
New York |
Time magazine names Angela Merkel its Person of the Year |
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| Nov.4 |
Myanmar |
Suu Kyi 'will be above president' if NLD wins Myanmar election |
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| Sep.4 |
USA |
Hillary Clinton says she regrets using private email |
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| Aug.11 |
FBI |
Hillary Clinton to hand over email server to the FBI |
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| Aug.8 |
US Georgia |
Donald Trump axed from event over Megyn Kelly blood comment |
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| May.6 |
Chile |
Chilean president asks cabinet to resign |
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| Apr.21 |
Washington |
US drug agency chief Leonhart to step down |
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| Mar.10 |
Manhattan |
Clinton email was for 'convenience'
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| Mar.4 |
U.S. Congress |
Hillary Clinton urges email release |
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| Jan.1 |
Brazil |
Rousseff sworn in for 2nd term |
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| Dec.9 |
Zimbabwe |
Mugabe sacks deputy over 'plot' |
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| Nov.26 |
North Korea |
Kim Jong-un's sister holds senior title
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| Nov.24 |
Istanbul |
Erdogan: Women are not equal to men
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| Nov.7 |
Washington |
Obama names attorney general choice |
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| Oct.17 |
Brazil |
Brazil leader 'dizzy' after debate |
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| Oct.1 |
Washington |
Head of US Secret Service resigns |
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| Sep.14 |
 Berlin |
Merkel: Fighting anti-Semitism is German duty The protest against anti-Semitism comes 75 years since the start of World War Two, in which six million Jews were killed by Nazi Germany
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| Aug.27 |
France |
IMF's Lagarde under investigation
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| Jul.7 |
Berlin |
Merkel concerned over US spy claims |
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| May.3 |
Slovenia |
Slovenia PM resigns, seeks new elections |
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| Apr.28 |
South Korea |
S Korea president in ferry apology
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| Apr.20 |
South Korea |
S Korea leader condemns ferry crew President Park Geun-hye has condemned the conduct of some of the crew of the ferry that sank last week, calling it 'akin to murder'
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| Apr.10 |
Washington |
US health secretary 'resigning' |
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| Feb.22 |
Kiev |
Crowds hail Ukraine ex-PM Tymoshenko
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| Feb.21 |
Bangkok |
Thai Prime Minister denies corruption allegations |
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| Feb.7 |
Berlin |
Merkel condemns US over EU insult
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| Feb.6 |
 Ukraine |
Leaked Ukraine call embarrasses US An apparently hacked phone conversation during which a senior US diplomat disparages the EU over the Ukraine crisis has been posted online
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| Jan.20 |
New Jersey |
New Jersey governor's deputy denies storm ultimatum |
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| Jan.12 |
Paris |
French First Lady in Paris hospital
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Bangladesh |
Sheikh Hasina sworn in as Bangladesh PM |
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| Jan.6 |
U.S. Senate |
Yellen confirmed as next Fed chair |
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| Dec.17 |
Berlin |
Merkel voted into 3rd term Germany's parliament voted for Angela Merkel to serve a third term as the chancellor, this time at the head of a grand coalition government
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| Dec.9 |
Bangkok |
PM Yingluck rejects resignation call |
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| Nov.7 |
Qatar |
Arafat's widow calls his death a 'political assassination' |
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| Nov.3 |
South Korea |
S Korea's Park rules out Japan talks |
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| Oct.23 |
Berlin |
Merkel concern at 'US phone spying' | Chancellor Angela Merkel has called US President Barack Obama after receiving information that the US may have spied on her mobile phone | |
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| Oct.9 |
 Washington |
Janet Yellen nominated by Obama to head US Federal Reserve US President Barack Obama has officially nominated Federal Reserve vice-chair Janet Yellen to be the next head of the US central bank
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| Oct.8 |
Washington |
Obama to nominate new Fed chief |
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| Oct.7 |
Argentina |
Argentine president to have surgery
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| Jun.5 |
Washington |
Susan Rice 'to get US security role' |
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| May.29 |
Minnesota |
Bachmann to retire from Congress |
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| Mar.20 |
Australia |
Australia PM calls leadership vote |
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| Feb.24 |
South Korea |
Park sworn in as S Korea president
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| Feb.5 |
Berlin |
German minister stripped of doctorate |
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| Feb.1 |
Washington |
Hillary Clinton says goodbye to state department |
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| Dec.30 |
New York |
Hillary Clinton has blood clot |
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| Dec.13 |
Washington |
Benghazi furore ends Rice hopes |
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| Nov.27 |
Washington |
US envoy admits Benghazi error |
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| Oct.2 |
New Delhi |
India minister apologises for 'sexist' remark |
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| Jul.27 |
Argentina |
Evita's face on Argentina's new 100-peso bill |
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| Jul.15 |
South Africa |
African Union picks woman leader |
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| Apr.27 |
Eastern Ukraine |
Tymoshenko tax evasion trial is delayed |
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| Apr.7 |
Malawi |
Banda sworn in as Malawi leader
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| Feb.22 |
Australia |
Australia PM Gillard calls leadership ballot |
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| Jan.7 |
 Argentina |
No cancer after all for Argentine president President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, who underwent surgery this week to remove her thyroid, did not actually have cancer
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| Dec.27 |
Argentina |
Argentine president has cancer
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| Aug.6 |
Kiev |
Ukrainian court orders ex-PM arrested |
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| Jun.28 |
 France |
Christine Lagarde named IMF chief Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, 55, has been named the first woman to head the International Monetary Fund
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| Jun.15 |
Arizona |
Giffords released from hospital |
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| Jun.13 |
Global |
IMF chooses Lagarde and Carstens |
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| Jun.10 |
Alaska |
Details emerge from Palin e-mails |
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| May.25 |
Paris |
France's finance minister wants IMF job |
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| Jan.22 |
Houston |
Giffords move to rehab 'flawless' |
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| Jan.19 |
Arizona |
Giffords to move to rehab clinic |
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| Jan.16 |
France |
Far right named Marine Le Pen |
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| Jan.1 |
Brazil |
Brazil inaugurates first female president Dilma Rousseff was sworn in Saturday amid cheers and tears from supporters, many of whom followed her rise from freedom fighter
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| Dec.16 |
Australia |
Hanson: PM to blame for boat deaths
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| Oct.19 |
London |
Former PM Thatcher hospitalized
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| May.17 |
Greece |
Minister loses job over unpaid taxes |
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| May.9 |
U.S. Supreme Court |
Kagan 'chosen for Supreme Court' |
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| Oct.26 |
Miami |
Castro's sister 'spied for CIA' |
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| Jul.26 |
Alaska |
Palin resigns governorship |
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| Jul.13 |
U.S. Senate |
Supreme Court nominee states case |
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| Jul.3 |
Alaska |
Governor Palin to resign |
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| Jun.3 |
London |
Brown attacked after Blears quits |
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| Jun.2 |
London |
Home secretary Smith to step down |
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| May.26 |
Washington |
Obama chooses Supreme Court judge |
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| May.3 |
 Italy |
Berlusconi's wife to divorce him| Veronica Lario, the wife of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, has confirmed that she will file for divorce | |
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| Feb.14 |
Saudi Arabia |
King appoints first woman to council |
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| Dec.1 |
Chicago |
Clinton named secretary of state US President-elect Barack Obama has nominated his former rival Hillary Clinton as his secretary of state
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| Nov.20 |
Washington |
Obama 'set to offer Clinton job' |
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| Sep.22 |
 Jerusalem |
President taps Livni to form government Shimon Peres asked Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, head of the Kadima party. Olmert will remain interim prime minister until a successor assumes...
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| Sep.1 |
Alaska |
Palin's teenage daughter pregnant |
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| Mar.24 |
Philippines |
Corazon Aquino diagnosed with cancer |
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| Jan.22 |
Pakistan |
Bhutto's niece: End 'dynastic' cronyism |
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| Jan.11 |
Paris |
Cecilia Sarkozy fails to ban book |
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| Oct.2 |
Pakistan |
Amnesty deal paves way for Bhutto |
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| Sep.14 |
Pakistan |
Ex-PM Bhutto names return date |
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| Sep.2 |
Bangladesh |
Ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia arrested
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| Aug.20 |
South Africa |
Row over SA minister's transplant |
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| May.7 |
Bangladesh |
Ex-PM returns after ban |
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| May.2 |
Jerusalem |
Olmert should go, Israeli FM says
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| Apr.22 |
London |
Ex-PM barred from homebound plane |
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| Mar.31 |
New York |
Exiled Bhutto plans return to Pakistan |
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| Mar.11 |
Chile |
Chile ushers in first female president
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| Jan.16 |
 Liberia |
First Africa woman leader sworn in Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has been sworn in as Liberia's new president
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| Oct.19 |
Washington |
Rice: U.S. will defeat insurgency |
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| Oct.10 |
Berlin |
Merkel to become German chancellor| Conservative leader will become Germany's first woman chancellor under a deal withn Social Democrats | |
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| Jan.26 |
U.S. Congress |
Rice sworn in as secretary of state |
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| Jan.24 |
Kiev |
Tymoshenko named acting PM |
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| Jan.18 |
U.S. Senate |
Rice grilled by Senate
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| Nov.15 |
Washington |
Rice to replace Colin Powell Stephen Hadley will be promoted to national security adviser
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| May.18 |
 New Delhi |
Gandhi 'humbly' declines PM job I must humbly decline this post, Sonia told to Congress party lawmakers, who reacted angrily to the decision
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| May.15 |
New Delhi |
Congress party re-elected Sonia Gandhi |
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| Jul.10 |
South Korea |
Prime minister replaced
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| Jul.23 |
 Indonesia |
Megawati takes presidency| Megawati Sukarnoputri has been sworn in as the 5th president after a parliamentary vote to force out Wahid | |
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| Jan.19 |
 Manila |
Arroyo replaces Estrada Chief Justice declares that presidency is vacant. Vice President Arroyo sworn in as president. Estrada give up office.
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| Jan. 6, 1412 |
France |
Joan of Arc born Map of Domr%E9my-la-Pucelle France| 'The Maid of Orléans' is considered a heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint | |
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