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Protesters clash with police; 33 detained
A brief clash between protesters and police in Syntagma Square early Saturday afternoon resulted in 33 people being detained, police said.
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Venezuela stands by election count despite fraud allegation
Venezuela's president rejected accusations on Aug. 2 that his government inflated turnout figures from its constituent assembly election, branding them part of an effort to stain what he called a clean and transparent vote.
Venezuela‘s Maduro claims victory in vote to grant socialist party unlimited powers
Venezuela’s National Electoral Council has said more than eight million people voted to grant President Nicolas Maduro’s ruling socialist party virtually unlimited powers with a constitutional assembly – a turnout more than double the estimates of both the government’s political opponents and independent experts.
Anti-Islamist leads Tunisia presidential race
The head of Tunisia's anti-Islamist Nidaa Tounes party, Beji Caid Essebsi, was on Nov. 25 leading the country's first presidential election since a 2011 revolution that sparked the Arab Spring uprisings.
But with no outright winner from Sunday's poll, in which Essebsi took a lead of six percentage points over incumbent Moncef Marzouki, a runoff will be held in December.
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