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Brazil's lower house green-lights presidential impeachment
April 18, 2016BRASILIA, April 17 (Xinhua) -- The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies, or the lower house of parliament, voted in favor of impeaching President Dilma Rousseff here on Sunday.
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Rescue efforts intensified after powerful quake kills at least 9 ...
April 16, 2016TOKYO, April 15 (Xinhua) -- A powerful earthquake that rocked southwestern Japan on Thursday night has left nine people dead so far and hundreds injured as emergency Self-Defense Force personnel ...
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Lula: Rousseff could survive impeachment vote
April 16, 2016BRASILIA, April 15 (Xinhua) -- Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Friday that he believed the impeachment vote against incumbent President Dilma Rousseff on Sunday in the ...
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Jamaica to replace British queen with non-executive president as head ...
April 16, 2016KINGSTON, April 14 (Xinhua) -- Governor General of Jamaica Patrick Allen said on Thursday that the country's parliament will pursue a constitutional amendment to replace the British queen with a ...
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Obama in Cuba
March 21, 2016HAVANA, March 20 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama arrived on Sunday in Cuba, in a historic visit that could mark the beginning of a new era in U.S. relations ...
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Obama makes historic visit to Cuba
March 20, 2016HAVANA, March 20 - U.S. President Barack Obama traveled to Cuba today to conduct a historic visit to the island nation, in culmination of development of relations between Cuba and ...
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Rolling Stones to play free concert in Cuba on Mar. ...
March 4, 2016HAVANA, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Legendary British band The Rolling Stones will play a free concert in Havana, Cuba on Mar. 25, the group announced Tuesday.
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Jailed drug kingpin "El Chapo" desperate to be extradited, says ...
March 4, 2016MEXICO CITY, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Jailed drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is no longer fighting extradition to the United States -- he's asking to be sent sooner, his ...
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Cuba reports first case of imported Zika virus
March 4, 2016HAVANA, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Cuba's Public Health Ministry (Minsap) reported on Wednesday the country's first case of Zika virus detected in a visiting Venezuelan doctor who is pursuing a ...
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China shuts down 28,000 illegal websites in national crackdown
March 4, 2016BEIJING, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Fifteen million illegal publications were confiscated and 28,000 websites deemed pornographic or featuring other illegal content were shut down in China in 2015.
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Jailed drug kingpin "El Chapo" desperate to be extradited, says ...
March 4, 2016MEXICO CITY, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Jailed drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is no longer fighting extradition to the United States -- he's asking to be sent sooner, his ...
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Polls point to a big win by Donald Trump on ...
Feb. 29, 2016WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 (Xinhua) -- For any Republicans determined to stop the seemingly unstoppable Donald Trump from becoming the party's standard-bearer, the upcoming Super Tuesday could be their best chance ...
