Gunmen seize building in Afghan capital, firing on security forces

KABUL (Reuters) - A group of armed men seized a building under construction in the Afghan capital on Monday and were exchanging fire with security forces in a heavily populated area, an official said.

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U.N.'s Zeid toughens warning of 'genocide' in Myanmar

GENEVA (Reuters) - The top U.N. human rights official has said he would not be surprised if a court one day ruled that acts of genocide had been committed against the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar, according to a television interview to be shown on Monday.

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Moscow says U.S. and North Korea should start a dialogue: RIA

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Moscow hopes that the United States and North Korea will start a dialogue, Russian state-run RIA news agency reported on Monday.

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South Africa's ANC votes to elect successor for party leader Zuma

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Battle lines were drawn on Monday for South Africa's ANC as voting began to elect a new leader to succeed President Jacob Zuma as head of a party that has ruled since the end of apartheid but faced scandals and corruption allegations.

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OAS says Honduran presidential election should be redone

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - The Organization of American States (OAS) said late on Sunday that Honduras should hold new presidential elections, after the electoral tribunal declared conservative President Juan Orlando Hernandez the official winner of the bitterly contested Nov. 26 presidential vote.

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At least 61 dead after days of violence in Ethiopia's Oromiya region

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - At least 61 people have been killed in clashes between different ethnic groups in Ethiopia's Oromiya region, officials said, the latest bout of violence to highlight increasing instability in a province racked by bloody protests in 2015 and 2016.

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Australia's embattled Turnbull seen weighing cabinet reshuffle to exploit poll win

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will reshuffle his cabinet within a day, media said on Monday, a sign the embattled leader hopes to capitalize on a weekend by-election win to refresh his ministry.

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India ruling party pulls ahead in election in Modi state after tight race

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was set to win an election in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state on Monday, the vote count showed, but with a reduced margin, which will be a boost for the opposition.

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IPPR proposes creation of ‘shared market’ for UK and EU

The IPPR proposes a post-Brexit trade deal based on the UK and the EU sharing each other's markets.

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Mobile phone and broadband services need 'radical improvement'

The head of the UK's Infrastructure Commission says mobile phone and broadband coverage is deplorable.

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Bitcoin trading starts on the huge CME exchange

The Chicago-based CME exchange begins Bitcoin trading for investors.

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Ryanair pilots in Ireland suspend strike plans

Ryanair pilots in Ireland join other unions in Europe and suspend strike planned for Wednesday

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Sri Lanka appeals to Russia to lift temporary tea ban

Moscow suspended Ceylon tea imports after an insect was found in one of Sri Lanka's tea consignments.

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Star Wars: The Last Jedi takes $450m on opening weekend

It is the second biggest grossing opening weekend in North America.

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Port Talbot steelworkers' pension help 'grossly inadequate'

The Financial Conduct Authority has been investigating 17 companies who had given pension advice.

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Diane Abbott: Listen to CBI and NHS' on Brexit migration

Diane Abbott says Labour would make migration "less bureaucratic" after Brexit.

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IMAX boss: Don't sell new technology too hard

IMAX's Richard Gelfond says firms shouldn't try and change the world with new technology, but make it fit the market.

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Barry Sherman: Family disputes reports on mystery double death in Canada

Barry Sherman and his wife were found dead at their home in Toronto, Canada, in unclear circumstances.

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Power restored to Atlanta airport after daylong outage paralyzes travel

(Reuters) - One of the heaviest travel weeks of the year began with the cancellation of more than 1,000 flights on Sunday at the world's busiest airport in Atlanta, where a power outage that lasted nearly 11 hours left passengers stranded in darkened terminals or in aircraft idling on tarmacs.

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Break in winds helps California battle historic wildfire

VENTURA, Calif. (Reuters) - Calming winds on Sunday helped firefighters slow the spread of a California wildfire that already ranks as the third largest in state history, having scorched 270,000 acres (109,000 hectares) along the scenic Pacific Coast north of Los Angeles.

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U.S. taxpayers rush to claim deductions under threat from tax bill

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Financial advisers and accountants are working overtime as many U.S. taxpayers scramble to pay the rest of their 2017 taxes before Jan. 1 when the proposed Republican tax overhaul would sharply cut the amount they can deduct on federal tax bills.

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Track Palin, son of politician Sarah Palin, arrested in Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The elder son of former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin was in jail on Sunday, facing assault and burglary charges in her home state of Alaska.

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Republican Senator John McCain leaves Washington before expected tax vote

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senator John McCain is expected to miss an upcoming vote on a tax code overhaul, after his office said he had returned to his home in Arizona following medical treatment.

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