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Lawmakers: South Korean leader to accept impeachment outcome

South Korean lawmakers have dispatched parliamentary security officers to order the jailed woman at the center of a scandal that threatens to bring down the president to attend a hearing.

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Oil extends gains on hopes for non-OPEC output cuts

Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia and Iraq will supply full contractual volumes of crude oil to Asian buyers in January despite Opec’s decision to cut production, sources said on Friday.

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Syria says it seized almost 75 percent of eastern Aleppo

In what appears to be the final days of the rebellion in Aleppo, the rebels, including groups that have received US support to fight Assad, say they have been abandoned

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Texas Republican elector says he won’t cast ballot for Trump

Parks actively campaigned for Dixiecrat candidate Strom Thurmond and said in advance of the election that he would not vote for Truman under any circumstances, instead voting for Thurmond.

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Trump tapping Washington, Wall Street veterans for top jobs

The government’s legislative and judicial branches are governed by well-established rules, but there’s far less clarity about what a president can and cannot do. It reflects Trump’s view of his

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‘Amma’ To Millions, Dies At 68

The US and several other countries on Tuesday condoled the death of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa.

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In Italy Senate to vote on budget Wednesday

A map of Italy hangs on a wall near a voting booth at a polling station in Rome, Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016.

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Trump’s choice for top China diplomat has long ties to Xi

One of Mr Branstad’s favourite anecdotes, which he told to your correspondent in an interview previous year, was how in 1985, when he was first-term governor of Iowa, he met

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Russian, OPEC ministers to meet this week on oil output cuts

Oil futures are down sharply in early morning trading, losing almost 3% of their value shortly after equities began trading in NY.

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After mistrial, slain SC man’s family still expects justice

SHAPIRO: How do you keep it from getting you down when you’ve represented so many clients in similar circumstances and so rarely seen a conviction come out of it?

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Fire trapped people on second floor

The bleak undertaking wound down Wednesday after cadaver dogs helped with one last sweep of the ruins.

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Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi resigns

Calls mounted rapidly Monday from populist and other opposition leaders for quick elections in Italy, seeking to capitalize on Premier Matteo Renzi’s humiliating defeat in a referendum on government-championed reforms.

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