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Analysis: Italy's referendum: A specter haunting Europe? 04 Dec 2016 - 07:39 pm
Francesca Pascale (L), fiancee of Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, leaves a polling station after voting for a referendum on constitutional reforms, on December 4, 2016 in Rome. Italians began voting today in a constitutional referendum on
Syrian rebels weakened in Aleppo battle by their own divisions 04 Dec 2016 - 07:29 pm
A man walks near a damaged Islamic State sign in government controlled Hanono housing district in Aleppo, Syria December 4, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki
John Mahama, Ghana's affable but embattled president 04 Dec 2016 - 07:21 pm
Street vendors sell wares in Accra, on December 2, 2016, next to an electoral poster of President John Mahama, who is the candidate of the ruling Democratic Congress (NDC) ahead of the December 7 presidential elections. AFP / Pius Utomi EKPEI
Islamic State strikes back to slow Iraqi forces in Mosul 04 Dec 2016 - 07:00 pm
Iraqi security forces are seen in the street of Gogjali neighborhood in Mosul, Iraq, December 4, 2016. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
Fidel Castro laid to rest in Cuba, ending nine days of mourning 04 Dec 2016 - 06:51 pm
Cuban President Raul Castro salutes next to Venezuelan President Nicolas Mduro (R) and Brazilian former Presidents Dilma Rousseff (L) and Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, during the last ceremony to pay homage to the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro in Santiago,
Cash gifts and “crocodile holes”: Gambia’s outgoing ruler 04 Dec 2016 - 06:36 pm
An image grab taken on December 3, 2016 from a video of the Gambia and Television Services (GRTS) broadcasted on December 2, 2016, in Banjul shows outgoing Gambian President Yahya Jammeh speaking during a press conference after being defeated during the p
Bowing out, Hollande leaves successor to fix French economy 04 Dec 2016 - 06:17 pm
French Socialist Party First Secretary Jean-Christophe Cambadelis (C) gives Francois Hollande standing ovation during the convention of the Belle Alliance Populaire (Nice Popular Union), a gathering aiming at uniting democrats, socialists, ecologists, int
Erdogan wants trade with Russia, China in local currencies 04 Dec 2016 - 06:07 pm
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim (L) attend opening ceremony of the Yildirim Beyazit University's Esenboga Main Campus in Ankara, Turkey on December 02, 2016. ( Kayhan Özer - Anadolu Agency )
Tunisia ex-dictator's plane sold years after ouster 04 Dec 2016 - 05:52 pm
Former Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali is seen at a Tunis airport in this April 30, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen
Three women shot dead by gunman in Finland town 04 Dec 2016 - 04:24 pm
Police investigators work at the area were three people were killed in a shooting incident at a restaurant in Imatra, Eastern Finland after midnight on December 4, 2016. / Reuters.
Five Ukraine police killed in friendly fire mix-up 04 Dec 2016 - 04:16 pm
An armed policeman guards as the police experts examine crime scene in the small town of Knyazychy, some 30 kilometres east of Kiev, on December 4, 2016.
Five Ukrainian police were killed by friendly fire on December 4, 2016 in a deadly accident at a cri
Jailed Palestinian icon sweeps votes in Fatah polls 04 Dec 2016 - 04:13 pm
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Rebels tell U.S. they won't leave Aleppo; army sees operation over in weeks 04 Dec 2016 - 04:05 pm
Syrian oppositions make preparations before they attack over Assad Regime soldiers based at Syrian Army Artillery School and military academy in Ramouseh region of Aleppo, Syria on December 02, 2016. Yasir Al Ahmed - Anadolu Agency
Abbas's Fatah to announce results of internal vote 04 Dec 2016 - 03:59 pm
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas (C) casts his vote at the Muqataa, the Palestinian Authority headquarters, in the city of Ramallah in the Israeli occupied West Bank, on December 3, 2016.  AFP / AHMAD GHARABLI
Fidel Castro burial ceremony under way in Cuba 04 Dec 2016 - 03:35 pm
The urn with the ashes of Cuban leader Fidel Castro leaves Revolution Square in Santiago, Cuba on December 4, 2016 on its way to the cemetery.  AFP / PEDRO PARDO
Myanmar crowd protests Malaysia rally for Rohingya 04 Dec 2016 - 03:13 pm
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak addresses the crowd at a protest against the persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. Photo: AFP
Fake U.S. embassy in Ghana shut down after decade issuing visas 04 Dec 2016 - 03:06 pm
Reuters/Thomas Mukoya
Philippine vice-president says plot to oust her 04 Dec 2016 - 03:06 pm
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