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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...

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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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