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Turkey's main opposition nominates combative former teacher to challenge Erdogan

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) on Friday nominated one its most prominent and combative lawmakers to challenge President Tayyip Erdogan in June 24 snap presidential polls. Source: Reuters World News

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Seychelles monitoring abuses against foreign workers, some living in ‘deplorable’ conditions

The Ministry of Employment, Immigration & Civil Status has put together a task force to deal with cases of human rights violations against foreign workers in Seychelles. The Association for Rights, Information and Democracy (ARID) started bringing forward cases, thus making the task force necessary. The cases included foreign workers living in difficult conditions or [...]

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2018 Nobel Literature prize postponed over Academy sex scandal

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - No Nobel Prize for Literature will be given this year, because of a scandal over sexual misconduct allegations that has seen a string of board members resign from the board of the Swedish Academy that makes the award, the Academy said on Friday. Source: Reuters World News

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UK PM May avoids London wipeout in local elections

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party avoided a wipeout in London local elections and eked out gains in Brexit-supporting regions elsewhere, partial results on Friday showed, denting the opposition Labour Party's hopes of a big win. Source: Reuters World News

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