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Honduran protesters, police clash in escalating election crisis

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TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduran police fired tear gas at rock-hurling protesters on Thursday after a widely criticized presidential election that saw the opposition cry foul as the incumbent slowly pulled ahead four days after the vote. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2AuRi76

U.S. urges Venezuela to release U.S. citizen held for 17 months

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department urged Venezuela on Thursday to immediately release Josh Holt, a U.S. citizen who has been detained without charges for nearly a year and a half and is in deteriorating health. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2ArfLKN

No north-south Ireland border despite leaving customs union, British minister pledges

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BERLIN (Reuters) - There will never again be a border dividing Northern Ireland and the republic, a British minister said days before a summit at which the Irish border issue threatens to derail Britain's Brexit plans. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2kdAjzN

Son of Russian lawmaker sentenced in U.S. for role in cyber crime ring

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The son of a Russian lawmaker was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Thursday for his role in a cyber crime ring that stole and sold people's credit card numbers, the U.S. Justice Department said. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2AtH3jn

Saudi Arabia intercepts Yemeni missile, second in a month

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DUBAI (Reuters) - A ballistic missile fired by Yemen's armed Houthi group at Saudi Arabia was shot down on Thursday near the south-western city of Khamis Mushait, the Saudi-owned al-Arabiya channel reported. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2zQqbE5

Fox News Breaking News Alert

Fox News Breaking News Alert WATCH LIVE: White House holds news briefing, expected to field questions on Tillerson, tax plan 11/30/17 3:05 PM

Italy's Berlusconi sent to trial accused of bribing witness: source

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SIENA, Italy (Reuters) - Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was ordered on Thursday to stand trial accused of bribing a witness in a 2013 under-aged prostitution case, a legal source said. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2BoARGt

Latvia, Luxembourg, Portugal, Slovakia bid for Eurogroup chair

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Finance ministers from Latvia, Luxembourg, Portugal and Slovakia bid on Thursday to replace Jeroen Dijsselbloem as the head of the euro zone finance ministers, the Eurogroup, before a vote next week among the 19 countries sharing the euro. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2i2pgVL

EU agrees registration rules for drones, downloads of flight recordings

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Drone owners in Europe will have to register their devices if "dangerous" and aircraft makers ensure that black box recordings can be downloaded in real-time if a plane is in distress under a sweeping reform of Europe's aviation safety agency. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2kckhpU

Trump: China's North Korea diplomacy appears to have 'no impact on Little Rocket Man'

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WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump dismissed a Chinese diplomatic effort to rein in North Korea's weapons program as a failure on Thursday, while Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Beijing should do more to limit oil supplies to Pyongyang. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2irM19E

EU and Britain agree settlement post Brexit: senior EU official

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union has agreed a financial settlement with Britain, a senior EU official told Reuters on Thursday, under which London has committed to paying a set share of EU budgets after Britain has left the bloc. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2i6Roas

Italy's Berlusconi sent to trial on judicial corruption charge: source

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ROME (Reuters) - Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was ordered on Thursday to stand trial on charge of judicial corruption, a legal source said. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2i6RrTG

Merkel allies try to appease fuming SPD ahead of German coalition talks

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BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives urged Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) not to block a last-ditch attempt to cobble together a governing coalition by drawing policy red lines that could prolong deadlock in Europe's largest economy. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2zSmVIt

Venezuela arrests ex-oil bosses for graft in widening purge

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CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan authorities on Thursday arrested two once-powerful officials who had run the oil ministry and state energy company PDVSA as part of a deepening industry purge also seen as a power play by leftist President Nicolas Maduro. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2AsT3BV