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Ilir Meta, a former prime minister and leader of the Socialist Movement for Integration, was elected as Albania's new president on April 28, 2017
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28.04.2017
Albanian MPs elect new president
Health worker tries to immunise a child during a vaccination campaign against polio at Hotoro-Kudu, Nassarawa district of Kano in northwest Nigeria, on April 22, 2017
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28.04.2017
Health body urges polio vaccine dose cut amid global shortage
Marine Le Pen, the French presidential election candidate for the far-right National Front
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28.04.2017
French journalists accuse candidate's party of curbing access
Sacked finance minister Pravin Gordhan enjoyed rare popularity rare in the post and was seen as the "Mr Clean" of South African politics
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28.04.2017
Sacked South Africa finance minister warns of ANC meltdown
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In DR Congo's capital Kinshasa, many speak French and Lingala
World 28.04.2017
African country is home to a tenth of the world's languages
Germany's new law on facial coverings falls short of a total ban in public places demanded by right-wing parties
World 28.04.2017
Lawmakers approve partial burqa ban, security measures
Czech Republic's Prime minister Bohuslav Sobotka asked Finance Minister Andrej Babis, who also runs the centrist ANO political party, to clarify his past use of tax-free bonds in connection with Agrofert operations
World 27.04.2017
PM takes on finance minister as election battle heats up
Dutch King Willem-Alexander gestures as he celebrates his 50th birthday on the traditional King's Day (Koningsdag) in the southern city of Tilburg
World 27.04.2017
Thousands of revellers celebrate Dutch king's 50th birthday
The "Mafia Capitale" case has exposed how organised crime infiltrated Rome's corridors of power and, for years, used extortion, fraud and inside accomplices to steal millions of euros destined for public services
World 27.04.2017
Court urged to jail Mafia Capitale boss
President Muhammadu Buhari
World 27.04.2017
Presidency plays down president's health concerns
Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic has sacked three ministers from a coalition partner in his government
World 27.04.2017
Croatia PM sacks ministers amid fresh election talk
The age gap between Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte mostly draws shrugs in France, but much interest abroad
World 27.04.2017
Age gap 'unusual' to French, titillates abroad
The Ooni of Ife is revered as a "sovereign, second in rank to the gods" but appears to have been snubbed by the traditional ruler of Lagos
World 27.04.2017
Controversy in Nigeria over traditional ruler 'snub'
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