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Pence to face difficult Mideast visit over Jerusalem move

Bloomberg Neither the Palestinian Authority president nor the head of the Coptic Church in Egypt plan to meet with US Vice President Mike Pence when he visits the Middle East later this month, to protest the US declaration that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. The rejections emerged as the Anadolu Agency said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and French ...

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Liberia runoff vote to go ahead, says court

Bloomberg Liberia’s Supreme Court told the electoral commission to proceed with organising the final round of presidential elections that was initially scheduled Nov 7 but put on hold to probe allegations of fraud during the first round. The runoff should go ahead, Justice Philip Banks said in the ruling in the capital, Monrovia. The ruling ends weeks of uncertainty over ...

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Mexico opposition head resigns to seek 2018 presidential bid

Bloomberg The leader of Mexico’s largest opposition group is stepping down from his post to prepare for a presidential run under a left-right coalition that’s looking to dislodge the ruling party from power. Ricardo Anaya’s resignation as party president, effective this weekend, is the first step to seeking the nomination from his National Action Party (PAN) to run in 2018 ...

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