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An independence day for Britain?

  LONDON Leaders of the campaign to end Britain’s membership in the European Union hope that next month’s referendum will make June 23, 2016, a date as luminous in modern British history as May 3, 1979, when voters made Margaret Thatcher prime minister. Michael Gove, secretary of justice and leader of the campaign for Brexit — Britain’s withdrawal from the ...

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OPEC meet must help set the market tone

  Had the OPEC meeting been held two months ago, the agenda would have been different in light of plummeting oil prices that hurt many economies and caused volatility at the global markets. But with the current surge in the oil price to around $50, the pressure on OPEC is remarkably easing. This will be reflected at the meeting on ...

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Uganda abandons North Korea amid South Korean outreach

  Uganda, one of Pyongyang’s few allies, announced that it will put an end to its cooperation with North Korea. The announcement came following a meeting between South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. After his meeting with Park on Sunday, Musevini announced that he’d decided that Uganda would cease its military cooperation with North Korea to ...

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