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Bored of male heroes, Afghan girl coders build their own champions
Like the princess who hops over goblins and throws daggers at evil wizards in the videogame they built, a team of women coders in patriarchal Afghanistan wants to inspire a generation of girls to smash obstacles
Argentina's Peronists sweep back into power as Macri ousted
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's Peronists swept back into power on Sunday, ousting conservative president Mauricio Macri in an election result that shifts Latin America's No. 3 economy firmly back toward the left after it was battered by economic crisis.
Defying crackdown, hundreds of Iraqis protest for third day
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Hundreds of Iraqi protesters remained in Baghdad's central Tahrir Square on Sunday, defying a bloody crackdown that killed scores over the weekend and an overnight raid by security forces seeking to disperse them.
Booker Prize winner Evaristo hopes to build ties with African and British readers
LAGOS (Reuters) - Author Bernardine Evaristo hopes her Booker Prize-winning novel will help to alter perceptions of black British people among African readers and Britons she sees as grappling with heightened racial tension.
Facebook takes down false ad from PAC on Republican Graham
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Iraqi cleric Sadr's political allies go into opposition
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A parliamentary bloc backed by populist Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said on Saturday it would go into opposition until demands of anti-government protesters who flocked to the streets defying a violent security crackdown were met.
Four Burundian journalists charged with undermining state security
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Four Burundian journalists arrested this week were charged on Saturday with undermining state security, an editor at their newspaper tweeted, as Burundi's government clamps down on journalists and human rights groups ahead of elections in 2020.
U.S. diplomat unaware of possible quid pro quo on Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. diplomat for Europe did not know U.S. security aid may have been withheld to pressure Ukraine's new president to conduct investigations politically helpful to U.S. President Donald Trump, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Belgium to have first female PM as Michel takes EU top job - papers
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Liberal politician Sophie Wilmes is set to become the first female prime minister of Belgium, local newspapers reported on Saturday.
Bolivia's Morales vows second-round vote if fraud found in election, threatens siege of cities
LA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivian President Evo Morales on Saturday vowed to hold a run-off election if fraud is found in a vote count that gave him an outright win, but warned his rural base would siege cities if they keep protesting his disputed re-election to a fourth term.
