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Chinese Uighur Scholar Gets Life in Prison for 'Separatism'

A Chinese court has convicted a prominent Uighur on separatism charges and sentenced him to life in prison, in a ruling slammed by rights groups as unusually harsh.

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130,000 Syrian Kurds Flee to Turkey as IS Nears Border

More than 130,000 refugees have flooded into Turkey from Syria in the past few days, as the jihadist group Islamic State bears down on the Syrian border town of Kobane. Turkish authorities clashed with hundreds of Kurdish protesters, many of whom...

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Italian Presidency priorities discussed by EP committees

The priorities of the Italian Council Presidency are being outlined to the various parliamentary committees by Italian ministers on 2 and 3 September, following a first series of meetings held on 22 and 23 July.

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In talks with arriving world leaders, UN chief spotlights climate change, Ebola, regional cooperation

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

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