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Uribe allies win Colombia Congress vote

BOGOTA, Mar. 15, 2010 (Reuters) — Colombian President Alvaro Uribe's governing party and allies won a majority in Sunday's congressional elections in a test of the country's political pulse before a May presidential vote to succeed the U.S. ally. ...  > full story

Mexico gunmen kill American consulate staff

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico, Mar. 14, 2010 (Reuters) — Gunmen in the drug war-plagued Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez killed two Americans and a Mexican linked to the local U.S. consulate and President Barack Obama expressed outrage at the attack. ...  > full story

Sarkozy faces heavy loss in French regional poll

PARIS, Mar. 14, 2010 (Reuters) — French President Nicolas Sarkozy's UMP party was beaten by the Socialists in the first round of regional elections on Sunday, according to early results which also showed a resurgence for the far-right. ...  > full story

A week on, Maliki pulls ahead in Iraq race

BAGHDAD, Mar. 14, 2010 (Reuters) — Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki pulled ahead on Sunday in early results of an election Iraqis hoped would end years of sectarian strife, but a divided vote suggested long and fraught talks to form a government are ahead. ...  > full story

Give an Afghan your vote, activists urge Britons

LONDON, Mar. 14, 2010 (Reuters) — Activist group, Egality, is inviting British voters to give their right to vote to someone in one of three developing countries which, it says, are "directly affected by UK policies on war, climate and poverty." ...  > full story

Irish police release cartoonist murder plot suspect

DUBLIN, Mar. 14, 2010 (Reuters) — Irish police have released a woman arrested along with six other people last week over an alleged plot to murder a Swedish cartoonist who drew the Prophet Mohammad with the body of a dog, officials said. ...  > full story

Israel decries Holocaust desecration in Poland

KRAKOW, Poland, Mar. 14, 2010 (Reuters) — Israel's ambassador to Poland Sunday deplored the desecration of a Holocaust memorial in southern Poland and criticized world leaders who deny Israel's right to exist. ...  > full story

Russian official calls for night-time alcohol ban

MOSCOW, Mar. 14, 2010 (Reuters) — Russia's top public health official called on Sunday for a ban on retail sales of alcohol after 9 p.m. as part of a Kremlin-led campaign to crack down on alcohol abuse, state-run news agency RIA reported. ...  > full story

Turkey's army chief denies mass resignations: report

ISTANBUL, Mar. 14, 2010 (Reuters) — Turkey's military chief denied reports that top commanders had threatened to resign en masse after more than 30 officers were arrested last month on charges of planning a coup in 2003, Milliyet said on Sunday. ...  > full story

British pair faces jail time in Dubai over kiss

DUBAI, Mar. 14, 2010 (Reuters) — A British pair caught kissing in public in Dubai face up to a month in jail in the Gulf Arab emirate for indecency after an Emirati mother complained her child had seen their indiscretion. ...  > full story
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