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Friday, January 2, 2015

EU washes its hands of Greece as it dissolves parliament

ATHENS, Greece, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Greece dissolved its parliament Wednesday ahead of its elections after it failed to select a president. Presidential candidate Stavros Dimas lost to the left-wing Syriza party. Syriza claims it will keep digging Greece out of its money problems while remaining in the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, January 1, 2015

Palestine angers Israel with Criminal Court bid

EAST JERUSALEM, West Bank, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas signed the International Criminal Court treaty Wednesday, a step in eventual prosecution of Israel for war crimes. Signing the treaty, known as the Rome Statute, and 22 other international agreements Wednesday, had long... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Bodies and debris from AirAsia Flight QZ-8501 found

SURABAYA, Indonesia, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Officials confirm bodies and debris from AirAsia Indonesia flight QZ-8051 were spotted off the coast of the island of Borneo on Tuesday. The body of a woman was recovered but search and rescue workers failed to recover a second body due to large waves, CNN... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, December 29, 2014

Poroshenko optimistic over upcoming peace talks

KIEV, Ukraine, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko expressed optimism Monday a January summit meeting will speed his country's peace process. He will travel to Astana, Kazakhstan, to meet Jan. 15 with Russian President Vladimir Putin, after a previous meeting between the two in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, December 25, 2014

Pope's Christmas message: 'So many tears'

VATICAN CITY, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- Pope Francis said in his annual Christmas Day message that "there are so many tears this Christmas" as violence continues in the Middle East and elsewhere. The pope, 78, told the estimated crowd of 80,000 gathered in St. Peter's Square the "brutal persecution" of... Sign in to see full entry.

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