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By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli airstrikes killed at least 16 Palestinians in Gaza on Monday and residents feared new air and ground attacks were aimed at emptying areas of civilians in the enclave’s north. The U.N. Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA said Israel was scaling back the number of aid trucks allowed into Gaza, compounding …

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By Tom Balmforth and Alexander Tanas CHISINAU (Reuters) -Moldovan President Maia Sandu promised to ring the changes after narrowly winning a runoff presidential vote, an acknowledgement of the fragile foothold her pro-Western forces have ahead of a parliamentary election next summer. Sandu, who has pressed the ex-Soviet state’s bid to join the European Union, defeated …

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By Mark Trevelyan and Alexander Marrow (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin met North Korea’s foreign minister in the Kremlin on Monday at a time of mounting concern in the West that North Korean soldiers are about to enter the Ukraine war on Moscow’s side. Video of the meeting showed the pair shaking hands for a …

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By Felix Light TBILISI (Reuters) – Several thousand Georgian demonstrators took to the streets on Monday to protest against what they say was fraud in last month’s parliamentary election, in which the ruling Georgian Dream party, seen as increasingly pro-Russian, claimed victory. Chanting “Victory to Georgia” and playing patriotic songs from a speaker system, the …

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