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After poor showing in election's first round, Poland's president promises reformPolish President Bronislaw Komorowski says that he seeks to draw a lesson from Sunday's vote, which is seen as a defeat for his party.
As economy slides, China cuts interest rates againIn an attempt to reverse an economic slide and boost employment, China has cut interest rates for the third time in six months.
Gunfight in Macedonia kills eight police, 14 alleged terroristsMacedonia's government said that eight police officers were killed in a gunfight with a group of 14 ethnic Albanian 'terrorists,' all of whom died.
- Japan's Abe and China's Xi meet, agree to work for better relations
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Indonesia on Wednesday with a pledge to improve ties between the two nations.
- Pope says 'genocide,' angers Turkey
Pope Francis has set off a diplomatic fracas between the Vatican and the Turkish government after referring to the massacre of up to 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman government 100 years ago as a 'genocide.'
Two British teenagers arrested for terrorism, police sayA 14-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl from northern England have been arrested on suspicion of terrorism, say British police.
Are Yemen's Houthis ready for peace talks?If the Saudi-led airstrikes are stopped, Yemen's Houthis would be ready for peace talks, say leaders of the Shiite insurgency.
In Easter address, Pope Francis prays for end to persecution of ChristiansIn his 'Urbi et Orbi' Easter address, Pope Francis commemorated the university students slain by Islamic militants in Kenya.
Britain's 7-way electoral debate: Cameron and rivals talk recession, immigrationLeaders of Britain's main political parties took part in the leaders' televised election debate at Media City in Salford in Northern England.
Did Netanyahu really mean to reject Palestinian statehood?Just before his reelection, Benjamin Netanyahu said that there would never be a Palestinian state as long as he is prime minister. Now, amid a widening rift with the White House, the Israeli prime minister's allies say that the statement was an observation, not a pledge.
- How Russia forces its soldiers to fight against Ukraine
Human rights groups have received dozens of complaints in the past month from Russian conscripts, who say they have been strong-armed into signing contracts to become professional soldiers and sent to fight in Ukraine
Turkey: Lawmakers brawl as opposition suspects Erdogan power playThe Erdogan government says proposed heightened police powers are aimed at preventing violent demonstrations. Critics say they're designed to block dissent.
Armies from across Africa join US military exercises, amid Boko Haram threatSome 1,300 participants from 28 countries are joining in the US military's annual training exercise this week in Chad.
Key Ukrainian city falls to Russia-backed rebels; troops retreatAfter weeks of relentless fighting, the embattled Ukrainian rail hub of Debaltseve fell Wednesday to Russia-backed separatists, who hoisted a flag in triumph over the town.
CommentaryNew editor at The Christian Science Monitor
Election week could be just as long, and fraught, as in 2020
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In Gaza or Ukraine, peace can look impossible. Here, there’s hope.
On immigration, Harris and Trump talk tough – with critical differences
