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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Zimbabweans vote in first presidential election since 2008

H ARARE, Zimbabwe, July 31 (UPI) -- Zimbabweans lined up at polling stations Wednesday to vote in the first presidential election since a violent and disputed one five years ago. This year's presidential and parliamentary vote is a rematch of the 2008 election -- pitting 89-year-old Robert Mugabe's... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 29, 2013

Morsi backers march on intel HQ, interior minister's home, airport

CAIRO, July 29 (UPI) -- Supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi marched on three sites in Cairo Monday, protesting the interim government. No bloodshed was reported. Protesters were marching toward military intelligence headquarters, the interior minister's home and on a highway to the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 28, 2013

Racist slurs, bananas, hurled at Italy's 1st black cabinet minister

CERVIA, Italy, July 28 (UPI) -- Italy's first black cabinet member says racist attacks against her suggest "the time has come for us to study the problem of communication." Cecile Kyenge, an ophthalmologist who was appointed minister of integration this spring, has been subjected to insults and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 26, 2013

Delays in forming new government in South Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan, July 26 (UPI) -- The dismissal of South Sudan's cabinet has left a power vacuum in South Sudan, and government ministries are closed because employees say they fear violence. President Salva Kiir Mayardit dissolved the cabinet and removed vice president Riek Machar Teny Tuesday,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 25, 2013

China unveils plan to reduce air pollution

BEIJING, July 25 (UPI) -- China's Ministry of Environmental Protection has issued strict plan to reduce air pollution by the year 2017, officials said. The Airborne Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan, which was announced Wednesday by Zhao Hualin, head of the pollution prevention and... Sign in to see full entry.

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