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US ELECTION

JAPAN
Feb 21, 2018
Japan donates ballot boxes worth $7.5 million to Cambodia despite global condemnation over crackdown on democracy
Japan donated over 10,000 ballot boxes for Cambodia's 2018 election on Wednesday, the first international aid for the vote after the European Union and United States withdrew their support following the dissolution of the main opposition party.
WORLD
Feb 21, 2018
German newspaper gets dog registered as a Social Democrat
Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) were forced on Tuesday to declare that a 3-year-old dog called Lima would not be allowed to vote with party members on a coalition deal with Angela Merkel's conservatives, despite joining the party.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 17, 2018
Democrats hijack the anti-Trump resistance
Leftists want to change the world. They want peace, equal income, equal wealth, equal rights for everybody.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 13, 2018
Hong Kong court rules pro-independence stance must bar standing for election
Hong Kong's High Court on Tuesday ruled in favor of barring a pro-independence activist from standing in an election, saying it is "fundamental" for lawmakers to accept the city as an inalienable part of China.
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WORLD / Politics
Feb 10, 2018
As Trump attacks U.S. law enforcement, another top official quits
The U.S. Justice Department's third-ranking official, Rachel Brand, will resign and take a senior job at Walmart Inc., with sources familiar with her decision saying on Friday that she had grown increasingly uncomfortable with President Donald Trump's attacks on her department and the FBI.
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WORLD / Politics
Feb 6, 2018
Trump's lawyers want him to refuse Mueller interview request: New York Times
Several of U.S. President Donald Trump's lawyers have advised him not to sit down for an interview with a special counsel investigating possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign to influence the 2016 presidential election, the New York Times reported on Monday.
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JAPAN / Politics
Feb 5, 2018
Election victory in Nago seen as LDP win but new mayor may prove tough to crack
Sunday's victory in the Nago mayoral election by a candidate who appears to favor the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to the city's Henoko district is widely seen as a political victory for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and a defeat for anti-base advocates in Okinawa, starting with Gov....
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WORLD / Politics
Feb 5, 2018
Ecuadoreans back limits on presidential re-election in blow to former leader Rafael Correa
Ecuadoreans on Sunday voted to prevent presidents from holding more than two terms in office, according to the elections council, a win for President Lenin Moreno that blocks his mentor-turned-adversary Rafael Correa from returning to power.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 5, 2018
Incumbent Nago Mayor Susumu Inamine falls in closely watched Okinawa election
In a political victory for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and a defeat for anti-U.S. base forces in Okinawa, incumbent Nago Mayor Susumu Inamine failed in his re-election bid Sunday night, losing to a candidate strongly backed by Abe's Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito.
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JAPAN / Politics
Feb 4, 2018
LDP-backed incumbents win in Nagasaki and Yamaguchi gubernatorial elections
Incumbents pledging economic promotion are set to win gubernatorial elections in Nagasaki and Yamaguchi prefectures Sunday, beating newcomers who focused more on welfare issues.
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WORLD / Politics
Feb 3, 2018
Trump pick K.T. McFarland withdraws nomination as envoy to Singapore
K.T. McFarland, picked by President Donald Trump to be the U.S. ambassador to Singapore, withdrew from consideration for the job Friday after her nomination became stalled in the U.S. Senate.
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WORLD / Politics
Jan 31, 2018
U.K.'s May walks tightrope between trade and politics on trip to China
U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May arrived in China seeking to balance her desire to build a powerful post-Brexit trade relationship with a clutch of political concerns.
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JAPAN / Politics
Jan 30, 2018
Gifu election loss bad news for potential LDP challenger to Abe
The loss by a ruling party candidate in Gifu's mayoral election over the weekend has spurred speculation that the outcome may deal a blow to a potential successor to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 30, 2018
Russian bots retweeted Trump's Twitter 470,000 times ahead of 2016 election
Russian-linked Twitter bots shared Donald Trump's tweets almost half a million times during the final months of the 2016 election, Twitter Inc. said in a submission to Congress.
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WORLD / Politics
Jan 29, 2018
Russia opposition leader Alexei Navalny nabbed as protesters point to Putin poll fraud threat
Russian police wrestled opposition leader Alexei Navalny into a patrol wagon on Sunday moments after he appeared at a rally to urge voters to boycott what he said would be a rigged presidential election in March.

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