Two thirds of Russian political parties face liquidation
Two-thirds of Russia's 70,000 political movements ceased to exist on Thursday when they failed to meet the deadline to register for official status, the ITAR-TASS reported.

Classified Pinochet documents released
The United States on Tuesday released thousands of classified documents on former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet covering his regime from 1973 to 1978, the State Department said.

Russia rejects Pak request for mediation in Kashmir
Russia has rejected Pakistan's request for mediation in the normalisation of relations between India and Pakistan.

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