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Georgia elects new president

Giorgi Margvelashvili, an ally of billionaire Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, won a landslide victory in a presidential election in Georgia yesterday, exit polls showed. The little-known former deputy premier’s triumph cements the Georgian Dream coalition’s grip on power following Mikheil Saakashvili’s 10-year rule, although

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Serbian president expects Turkey’s apology over Kosovo remarks

Serbia’s president says he won’t take part in a Balkan initiative with Turkey in protest over reported remarks by Turkey’s prime minister in Kosovo. Serbian media have quoted Recep Tayyip Erdogan as saying in Kosovo on Wednesday that “Turkey is Kosovo

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Iraq: Over 60 people dead after series of attacks

A series of attacks including car bombings in Baghdad, an explosion at a market and a suicide assault in a northern city killed at least 66 people Sunday across Iraq, officials said, the latest in a wave of violence washing over the country. The attacks come as Iraq’s prime minister …

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EU to send observers into Mali for legislative polls

The European Union Electoral Observer Mission for Mali (MOE EU Mali-2013) will on Oct. 28 deploy 20 long-term observers for the legislative polls to be held in the West African country. MOE EU Mali-2013 observers arrived in the Malian capital Bamako on Oct. 24 in preparation for the most

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