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Serbia’s elections open and highly competitive, additional transparency needed

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A voter collects his ballot papers at a polling station in Staro Sajmište, Belgrade, during the parliamentary elections and early presidential elections in Serbia, 6 May 2012.

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Argentina destroys 11,000 firearms

Nearly 11,000 firearms surrendered by their owners were destroyed by the government as part of a programme to reduce the number of weapons in Argentina, officials said.

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France Elects First Socialist President in Nearly Two Decades

Francois Hollande has been elected France's first Socialist president in nearly two decades, beating incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy in a vote marked by anger over austerity measures, high unemployment and the country's lagging economy.

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Japan Shuts Down Last Nuclear Reactor

Nearly 14 months after a powerful earthquake and tsunami triggered the most severe nuclear accident since Chernobyl, Japan is shutting down the last of its nuclear reactors.

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Senior al-Qaeda man killed in Yemen

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A senior al-Qaeda leader, wanted in connection with the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole warship, has been killed in a Yemen air raid.

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Greece Votes in General Elections

Greeks are voting Sunday in the first general election since the start of the country's debt crisis.

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France votes in crucial presidential run-off

French people are voting in a crucial run-off in the country's presidential polls Sunday that could see a Socialist win for the first time since 1988.

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Iran arrests drug smugglers linked to killing of nuclear scientists: minister

Iranian Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi said Sunday that some drug smugglers linked to the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists have been arrested, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported.

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Russia to keep supporting Syria peace plan

Russia will keep backing the peaceful settlement plan in Syria, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said.

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US civil libertarians call for greater access to Guantanamo documents

The American Civil Liberties Union has requested access to statements made by alleged conspirators of the September 11th attacks.