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Bangladesh Workers Demand Justice after Rana Plaza Disaster

Thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers demanded justice on the third anniversary Sunday of one of the world's worst industrial disasters, the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory complex with the loss of over 1,100 lives.

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Dozens of Migrants Break through Macedonian Border

Several dozen migrants managed to illegally cross from Greece into Macedonia on Saturday -- a border that has been shut since February, an Agence France Presse photographer reported.

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Serbia Votes with PM Calling for European Future

Serbians began voting Sunday in a general election that is likely to return pro-European Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic to power, but also give a voice in parliament to the pro-Russian far-right.

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Brexit Row Sparks Fears of Tory Civil War

British Prime Minister David Cameron called the EU referendum to try to heal Conservative party divisions on Europe, but the bitterness of the campaign has sparked fears for its future -- and his.

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Nepal Marks one Year since Quake as Frustration Mounts

Nepal held memorial services on Sunday for the thousands killed in a massive earthquake one year ago, as victims still living in tents accused the government of failing them.

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N. Korea's Kim Hails 'Successful' Submarine Missile Test

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un hailed a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) test as an "eye-opening success", state media said Sunday, declaring Pyongyang has the ability to strike Seoul and the U.S. whenever it pleases.

Saturday's launch came amid growing concern that Pyongyang is preparing a fifth nuclear test.

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Austria Presidential Vote Set to Punish Ruling Parties

Austria's two main centrist ruling parties are set for a bloody nose in Sunday's presidential election at the hands of the far-right and the Greens two years before a general election.

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Ecuador Quake Death Toll Jumps to 646, One Week on

Nearly 650 people are now known to have died in the strong earthquake that hit Ecuador one week ago, President Rafael Correa said Saturday, as the toll jumped yet higher.

Last Saturday's 7.8-magnitude quake was the worst to strike the South American country in decades, causing buildings to collapse and damaging roads and other infrastructure in tourist areas along Ecuador's coast.

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Portuguese Court Paves Way for ex-CIA Agent's Extradition to Italy

Portugal's highest court has approved the extradition to Italy of a former CIA agent convicted over the kidnapping of an Egyptian imam as part of the agency's secret renditions program, a judicial source told AFP Saturday.

U.S. and Portuguese citizen Sabrina de Sousa, 59, lost her final appeal to avoid extradition to Italy, ordered by Lisbon's Court of Appeal in January and upheld by the country's Supreme Court in March.

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Police: Cambodian Passenger Bus Crash Kills Eight

At least eight Cambodians were killed and 33 others injured Saturday when a passenger bus collided into an oncoming crane truck at full speed in the country's northwest, a police officer said.

The bus, travelling from the capital Phnom Penh, swerved into the truck after its front tyre exploded on a road in Battambong province, said Sath Kimsan, chief of provincial traffic police.

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