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Brazilians vote today, run off predicted

After a topsy-turvy campaign, Brazil votes in presidential elections Sunday, with incumbent Dilma Rousseff headed…

Israel hits Sweden over recognition of Palestinian state

Israel has hit out at Sweden's newly elected prime minister Stefan Loefven over his decision…

Deadline looms for Hong Kong protesters to clear streets

A deadline for pro-democracy demonstrators to clear Hong Kong's barricaded streets loomed Sunday, as the…

Bulgarians elect a new parliament

Polls opened Sunday in parliamentary elections in Bulgaria, with former premier Boyko Borisov set for…

Scientists bemoan long wait for Nobel Prize

STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Awarding Nobels decades after the original scientific discovery could lead to the…

Howard University Hospital rules out Ebola for Nigeria-returnee

Howard University Hospital said on Saturday that a medical team has determined that a patient…

Baby Doc, ex-Haitian dictator dies of heart attack

Haiti's former dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, who ruled the impoverished Caribbean nation with an…

Duncan, Ebola patient in Texas in critical condition

Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person diagnosed with the deadly Ebola virus on US soil…

Jonathan: Boko Haram killings have no religious basis

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said Saturday that killings by militants of Boko Haram and other…

Brazil's female Obama drops to third

Brazil's presidential election took another dramatic turn Saturday on the eve of the first-round vote…