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Dutch populist Wilders warns of backlash ‘if he is frozen out’

  THE HAGUE / AP Dutch populist Geert Wilders says mainstream politicians in the Netherlands will have to work with his Party for Freedom if voters strongly back his anti-immigration, anti-European Union platform in the country’s upcoming election, or face a peaceful backlash. Wilders’ Party for Freedom is polling strongly ahead of the March 15 election for the lower house ...

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Greece defuses WWII bomb after 75K people evacuated

  THESSALONIKI / AP Authorities in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki evacuated an estimated 75,000 people on Sunday so army experts could defuse a 500-pound (227-kilogram) unexploded World War II bomb found under a gas station. The evacuation started at 7 a.m. Police went house-to-house ringing bells and knocking on doors to remind people living within a 1.9-kilometer (1.2-mile) ...

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Cambodian oppn names acting chief after leader resigns

  PHNOM PENH / AP Executive members of Cambodia’s beleaguered opposition party on Sunday accepted the resignation of Sam Rainsy, its charismatic leader, and named his deputy, Kem Sokha, acting chief until a party congress can be held. The action came a day after Sam Rainsy, who has been in self-imposed exile since late 2015, resigned his membership in the ...

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