French election race tightening three weeks from vote, poll shows

PARIS (Reuters) - France's presidential election race is looking tighter than it was seven days ago with three weeks to run before voting starts, an opinion poll showed on Saturday.

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Paraguay rioters set fire to Congress after Senate re-election vote

ASUNCION (Reuters) - Protesters stormed and set fire to Paraguay's Congress on Friday after the Senate secretly voted for a constitutional amendment that would allow President Horacio Cartes to run for re-election, a change that will also require approval by the House.

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Boeing's newest, largest Dreamliner completes first flight

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - Boeing Co's newest and largest Dreamliner model, the 787-10, successfully made its first flight on Friday, kicking off a test program for the high-tech jet.

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Exclusive - Rohingya rebel leader challenges Myanmar's Suu Kyi, vows to fight on

YANGON (Reuters) - The leader of a Rohingya Muslim insurgency against Myanmar's security forces said on Friday his group would keep fighting "even if a million die" unless the country's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, took action to protect the religious minority.

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Judge approves $25 million settlement of Trump University lawsuit

(Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday approved a $25 million settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit that claimed fraud against President Donald Trump and his Trump University real estate seminars.

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Facebook hands Swedish prosecutors footage in gang rape case

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish prosecutors investigating a suspected gang rape and its broadcast via Facebook Live said on Friday they had received a copy of the footage from the U.S. social media company.

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UK BMW workers overwhelmingly back strike action over pensions

LONDON (Reuters) - British workers at BMW's Mini and Rolls-Royce car plants have backed strike action over plans by the German automaker to close the firm's final salary pensions, Britain's biggest trade union said on Friday.

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Colombia's FARC rebels give up guns in disarmament camps

MOUNTAINS OF CAUCA, Colombia (Reuters) - Former fighters from Colombia's FARC rebel group are handing over thousands of weapons and other materials to international officials in special camps, as the group's six-month disarmament process continues.

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Russia blocks access to Internet pages promoting new Moscow protest

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has blocked access to several Internet pages promoting what the authorities say is a planned illegal anti-government protest in or near Moscow's Red Square on Sunday.

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Northern Ireland parties to resume talks to save devolved rule

BELFAST (Reuters) - Northern Ireland's main political parties will resume talks on Monday to break a deadlock that threatens devolved government, the cornerstone of peace in the province for almost two decades, the British government said.

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Trump says former adviser Flynn should seek immunity

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday supported the decision of his former national security adviser to seek immunity from prosecution in exchange for his testimony in congressional probes of possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russia.

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Britain and U.S. tell NATO allies to 'raise their game' on defence spending

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain and the United States said on Friday that NATO allies needed to commit to increase defence spending every year, calling on countries who do not meet the alliance's 2 percent spending target to "raise their game".

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UK launches tax evasion, laundering probe into unnamed global financial institution

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Friday it had launched an investigation into suspected tax evasion and money-laundering by an unnamed "global financial institution" and some of its employees.

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