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Germany says renegotiating EU pact ‘not possible’ after French election

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The German government on Monday ruled out reworking the European Union’s fiscal pact despite calls to do so by French president-elect Francois Hollande. “It is not possible to renegotiate the fiscal pact,” government spokesman Steffen Seibert told a regular news conference. He noted that 25 of the 27 EU member states had already signed…

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Only 20 U.S. bases left in Iraq: spokesman

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BAGHDAD — There are only 20 American military bases left in Iraq ahead of a year-end US withdrawal, down from a peak of 505, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said in a statement on Monday. There are “only 20 US bases that remain to be evacuated, while US forces are continuing…

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Woman gang-raped in Libya will face charges for slander

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The saga of Eman al-Obeidy, the woman who burst into a Tripoli hotel full of foreign reporters Saturday and told the story of her gang-rape at the hands of pro-Gaddafi militiamen, continues. Libyan government spokesman Musa Ibrahim said Tuesday that the men al-Obeidy had implicated had filed a civil suit…

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