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Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa, main rival sign up for first post-Mugabe election

HARARE (Reuters) - President Emmerson Mnangagwa registered on Thursday for Zimbabwe's first national elections of the post-Mugabe era, with his main rival Nelson Chamisa hoping to rally younger voters against the generation that won independence. Source: Reuters World News

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Jordan's king approves new cabinet led by ex-World Bank economist

AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan's King Abdullah issued a decree on Thursday forming a new government led by a former World Bank economist and mandated to review a disputed tax system after widespread protests against IMF-driven austerity measures. Source: Reuters World News

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Jordan's King Abdullah issues decree forming new cabinet

AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan's King Abdullah issued a decree on Thursday forming a new government led by a former World Bank economist and mandated to review a controversial tax system after widespread protests against IMF-driven austerity measures. Source: Reuters World News

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Israel has bombed Iranian-backed militias in Syria: Netanyahu

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel has attacked Iranian-backed Shi'ite Muslim militias in Syria, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday, casting such actions as potentially helping to stem a Syrian Sunni Muslim refugee exodus to Europe. Source: Reuters World News

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Japan eyes Kim-Abe summit but abductees' families urge caution

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is eyeing a meeting between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, government sources said on Thursday, while the foreign minister said a summit would have to bring results on the issue of Japanese abducted by Pyongyang. Source: Reuters World News

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South African labor unions picket Eskom office in wage dispute

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Hundreds of union members picketed outside the headquarters of Eskom on Thursday because of a wage dispute which has hurt the cash-strapped South African power utility's ability to deliver electricity to Africa's most industrialized economy. Source: Reuters World News

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