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Latin Americans march to condemn violence against women

  Buenos Aires / AFP Mass marches to condemn horrific violence against women swept Latin America, after a series of brutal murders stoked outrage over a long-smoldering problem in the region. Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in Buenos Aires, the latest in a series of massive protests organized by a burgeoning movement against domestic violence and a ...

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Saudi sinks Russia oil talks with OPEC deal in limbo

  Bloomberg Saudi Arabia pulled out of planned talks with non-OPEC nations. including Russia, as disagreements about how to share the burden of supply cuts stood in the way of a deal to boost prices just days before a make-or-break meeting in Vienna. OPEC officials were scheduled to meet with non-members including Russia on Monday before a ministerial meeting in ...

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Kuwait goes to polls as opposition ends boycott

  AFP Kuwaitis went to the polls on Saturday for the first election contested by the opposition in nearly four years amid fresh disputes over cuts in subsidies due to falling oil revenues. Turnout was high at many of the 100 polling stations with some centres reporting 70 percent of eligible voters had cast their ballots with two hours to ...

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