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Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi resigned Sunday, as security forces clashed with protesters in Tunis demanding the removal of some ministers of his interim government.
 
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Wisconsin's Republican Governor Scott Walker said on Sunday he would not back down in his confrontation with state public sector unions and repeated his threat to lay off state workers if the standoff continues.
 
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Fine Gael party leader Enda Kenny addresses supporters Saturday in Dublin.

Irish PM-in-waiting eyes coalition, bailout talks

Ireland's victorious opposition party Fine Gael set the stage for coalition talks with its traditional partner Labour next week, after a historic election that crushed long-time rival Fianna Fail.

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China protest call smothered in police blanket

An online call for anti-government protests across China on Sunday instead brought an emphatic show of force by police determined to deter any buds of the kind of unrest that has shaken the Middle East.


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Two dead in Oman clashes with protesters

Omani police fired rubber bullets at stone-throwing demonstrators demanding political reform on Sunday, killing two people, and protesters set government buildings and cars ablaze, witnesses said.

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UN resolution freezes Gadhafi assets

The United Nations Security Council voted 15-0 Saturday night to bar travel and freeze the foreign assets of Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi and four other officials in an effort to halt his regime’s attacks on protesters.

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