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U.N. says nearly one million Syrians besieged; U.S. names, shames commanders
UNITED NATIONS The number of besieged Syrians has more than doubled over the past year to nearly one million, the United Nations aid chief told the Security Council on Monday, as the United States named 13 Syrian military commanders it accused of killing civilians.
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Iran's Guards using Trump victory to claw back power
ANKARA Donald Trump's victory and the war on Islamic State have given Iran's hard-line Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps what it sees as a unique opportunity to claw back economic and political power it had lost.
French prosecutor investigates alleged security breach linked to president
PARIS The Paris prosecutor's office said on Monday it had opened an investigation into whether documents left lying on President Francois Hollande's desk in front of reporters constituted a breach of national security.
Brazil's Temer keeps minister despite allegations - spokesman
BRASILIA President Michel Temer has decided his minister in charge of relations with Congress will continue in his post despite allegations he pressed another cabinet member to allow a luxury building in a historic preservation area, a spokesman said on Monday.
Haiti awaits results of re-run vote, shattered by hurricane
PORT-AU-PRINCE Haiti waited on Monday for delayed results of a re-run presidential election held on Sunday in the impoverished Caribbean country which has been in political limbo for over a year and is still reeling from a devastating hurricane.
Child sex trafficking ring busted in Colombia's jungle - police
BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Colombian authorities arrested a dozen people on charges of trafficking girls into prostitution as part of an international human trafficking ring that preyed on poor teenagers in a jungle town in the country's south, state prosecutors said on Monday.
US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall Street stock indexes close at record highs
Nov 21 All three major U.S. stock indexes finished at record highs on Monday, extending the market's post-election rally as energy and other commodity-related shares gained and Facebook led a jump in technology.