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Colombian voters showed lukewarm support for peace talks with guerrillas Sunday by giving President Juan Manuel Santos a majority in Congress but also electing his conservative rival, ex-president Alvaro Uribe, to the senate. Santos, who took office in 2010 after serving as the popular Uribe's defense minister, is engaged in talks with Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels aimed at ending their half-century insurgency. Uribe's 2002-2010 tenure in office was characterized by a military crackdown that decimated the FARC's top leadership. It questions his negotiations with the FARC," said Vicente Torrijos, an analyst with the Rosario University.

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3 March 2014, 3:18 Ukraine: Russia Condemned By G7 Over Crimea Tweet The G7 nations have condemned Russia's intrusion into Ukraine and suspended preparations for the planned G8 summit in Sochi this June. As a tense stand-off continues between Russian and Ukrainian forces on the borders of Crimea, the group of countries urged Moscow to hold talks with Kiev. "We, the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States and the President of the European Council and President of the European Commission, join together today to condemn the Russian Federation's clear violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine," the G7 said in a statement....

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By informing Afghan President Hamid Karzai, our military, our NATO allies and the American people on February 25 that the US is finally planning an orderly withdrawal from Afghanistan if Karzai does not sign a bilateral security agreement (BSA), US President Barack Obama has acted prudently and in a strategically sound manner. Currently, the US and our NATO allies have about 50,000 troops in Afghanistan, down from about 100,000 about two years ago. The United Nations and NATO mandate to keep these foreign troops on Afghan soil expires at the end of this year. Therefore, the president must assume that these troops, and all of their equipment, will have to be completely out of the country and...

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As violence boiled over in Ukraine and President Viktor F. Yanukovych fled Kiev this week, lawmakers will weigh in on how President Obama's responding to the situation.

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Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro calls on the U.S. for a high-level meeting as protests consume Caracas -- but is it already too late for the country's embattled government?

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Uli Hoeness is close to royalty in football circles. In Germany, Mr. Hoeness was a household name for over 40 years. He started as a player, helping win West Germany the World Cup in 1974. He eventually became team manager of Bayern Munich, and since 2009, has served as President of the Club.

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By Daniel Wallis CARACAS (Reuters) - As violent protests in Venezuela alienate moderates in the opposition and show no signs of toppling President Nicolas Maduro, the socialist leader's call for talks is deepening divisions between his rivals. Day after day, thousands of opposition supporters march peacefully in cities around the nation, demanding political change and an end to high inflation, shortages of basic foods in stores, and one of the highest murder rates in the world. Maduro appears to have weathered the worst of the demonstrations on the streets for now and is repeatedly offering talks, creating a new dilemma for opposition leaders. The Democratic Unity opposition coalition said on Friday it would only sit down for dialogue with Maduro if the meeting were mediated by someone "of good faith" - and broadcast live.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will meet this week with Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the White House said, in a prominent show of U.S. support for Ukraine's fledgling new government.

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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe is back in elected office — this time in the Senate.