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Iraq security contractors face end to immunity

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Private security guards in Iraq, whose armored convoys once barreled through the streets with impunity, could face being thrown into crowded and violent Iraqi jails once their era of legal immunity ends on January 1. Under a security pact signed with the United States, foreign contractors, including …

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Students clash with police in Greece: reports

ATHENS (Reuters) – Hundreds of students clashed with police in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki on Monday in a third day of rioting since police shot dead a teenage boy in Athens at the weekend, state television reported. Thousands clashed with police and rampaged through Athens and other cities …

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Macedonia sees no quick end to NATO row with Greece

BERLIN (Reuters) – Macedonia expects the International Court of Justice to take at least three years to rule on its dispute with Greece over its membership of NATO, Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki told Reuters Sunday. Macedonia filed a lawsuit against Greece last month at the Court in the Hague accusing …

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