Brazil's Ousted President Promises Strong Position Against New Government and other top stories.

• Brazil's Ousted President Promises Strong Position Against New Government

  Dilma Rousseff, ousted this past week as Brazil's president, says she has not elaborated on future projects but confirmed she has political plans. Speaking to the international media Friday in Brasilia, Rousseff decried the process that led to her impeachment. “I’m going to oppose this government regardless of where I might be. … Our role, the role of those that did not support the coup is to keep an eye on the Brazilian institutions and respect them. I will appeal in all instances because this..

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• Philippines President: Explosion that killed 14 was act of terrorism

  

  At least 71 people were injured in the attack on the popular market. Duterte described the attack as an act of terrorism, and declared the nation in "a state of lawlessness," the official Philippines News Agency reported, authorizing the police and military to search cars and frisk people at checkpoints. He said he had not declared martial law, according to PNA."We have to confront the ugly head of terrorism," Duterte said Friday, standing near the explosion site in his hometown. "We will take t..

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• Putin calls DNC hack public service, denies Russia's involvement

  

  Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the hack of the Democratic National Committee’s emails was a public service, but denied that Moscow played any part in the cyberattack. Security experts have suggested that Russian-backed cyber militias were behind the cyberattacks on top Democratic Party groups and the possible breach of Clinton Foundation computers. But Putin wondered why it mattered who was behind the hacks. “Listen, does it even matter who hacked this data?’’ he said in an..

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• Row on tarmac an awkward G20 start for US, China

  

  HANGZHOU, China A Chinese official confronted U.S. President Barack Obama's national security adviser on the tarmac on Saturday prompting the Secret Service to intervene, an unusual altercation as China implements strict controls ahead of a big summit.The stakes are high for China to pull off a trouble-free G20 summit of the world's top economies, its highest profile event of the year, as it looks to cement its global standing and avoid acrimony over a long list of tensions with Washington.Sho..

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• Islam Karimov: Uzbekistan to bury its strongman leader

  

  Image copyright AP Image caption Thousands lined the route of the funeral cortege on its way to Tashkent airport The body of Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov has arrived in his home city of Samarkand ahead of his funeral.Thousands lined the streets. His death at 78 was confirmed by the government on Friday, six days after he was taken to hospital suffering from a stroke.Karimov, one of Asia's most autocratic leaders, ruled for 27 years, and was ac..

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• Paris climate deal: US and China announce ratification

  

  Image copyright Reuters Image caption Signing up to cut emissions means China will have to move away from coal power The US and China - together responsible for 40% of the world's carbon emissions - have now both ratified the Paris global climate agreement.After arriving with other leaders of G20 nations for a summit in the city of Hangzhou, Mr Obama said: "History will judge today's effort as pivotal."CO2 emissions are the driving force behind climat..

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• Gabon soldiers, police oversee tense calm after post-vote riots

  

  By Gerauds Wilfried Obangome | LIBREVILLE LIBREVILLE Gabonese opposition candidate Jean Ping declared himself president on Friday, after a disputed election that triggered two days of post-election riots against President Ali Bongo.Violence erupted across the Central African country on Wednesday following the announcement of a slim victory for Bongo, who was first elected in 2009 after the death of his father Omar, Gabon's president for 42 years. But Ping says the poll on Saturday was a sham..

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• Mother Teresa and the media: What the camera saw

  

  As the great river of articles and commentary now gushing forth on Mother Teresa in advance of her canonization Sunday shows, perhaps no one in the modern age — with the exception of recent popes — has managed to communicate so much holiness through the window of the television and film screen. She fast became a legend in her own times — unusual in combining sanctity and celebrity while still alive – in large part because hers was a great media story. The Associated Press reporter who first made..

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• Italy earthquake: Miracle dog found alive in rubble 9 days after quake

  

  ROME - Firefighters rescued a Golden Retriever from a pile of quake rubble after they heard the dog barking, nine days after the temblor struck central Italy.The dog, called Romeo, appeared to be bewildered at first as it scampered down the mound of broken concrete and other debris, but quickly took a few steps, wagged its tail and sniffed its surroundings.Firefighters told The Associated Press rescuers heard the dog bark as they were accompanying the pet’s owners to retrieve essential be..

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