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Finland takes first step towards legalising gay marriage Finland's parliament voted in favour of same-sex marriage in a victory for campaigners who gathered thousands of signatures to force parliament to examine the issue.

29 November 2014 14:46

Brazil leader names pro-market Levy as finance minister Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff named Joaquim Levy to be her new finance minister as her government looks to steer the economy out of recession.

28 November 2014 12:51

Obama discusses immigration changes with Mexican president The leaders of the United States and Mexico spoke to discuss President Barack Obama's executive actions to overhaul aspects of America's immigration system.

27 November 2014 12:49

OPEC mulls oil supply glut weighing on crude prices OPEC ministers met to try to work out a deal to tackle rising oil supplies that are weighing heavily on crude prices and the cartel's revenues.

27 November 2014 12:40

Canada to dress Ukrainian soldiers for winter warfare Canada's Defense Minister Rob Nicholson announced the sending of winter coats, boots and gloves to dress 30,000 Ukrainian soldiers.

27 November 2014 11:04

Uzbek President marks Nazarbayev's farsighted approach Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov has marked the farsighted approach of Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev.

26 November 2014 16:46

Mexico leader forced into action over 43 missing Protests have swept the nation, sounding a wake-up call for the president to finally tackle corruption and impunity.

26 November 2014 14:15

Leader of Spain's Catalonia region says he wants early polls on independence The head of the regional government of Spain's Catalonia region, Artur Mas, said he wants to hold early elections centred on independence.

26 November 2014 13:53

Russia says Ferguson violence highlights 'massive' US problems Russia said that the racial unrest in the US town of Ferguson highlighted "massive" domestic problems in America.

26 November 2014 11:38

Kazakhstan - center of economic miracle: Czech President The President of Czech Republic Milos Zeman has called Kazakhstan an economic miracle during his official visit to Kazakhstan.

26 November 2014 10:11

Pope heads to Strasbourg to reinvigorate 'tired' Europe Pope Francis heads to Strasbourg for a lightning visit to the European Parliament, where he hopes to help reinvigorate a "tired" Europe.

25 November 2014 15:24

Britain's Prince William to visit China in 2015: reports Britain's Prince William is to visit China next year, though his pregnant wife Kate is thought unlikely to go with him.

25 November 2014 10:37

Japan's Abe vows support for victims after quake injures 41 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe promised "firm" support after meeting victims of a weekend earthquake.

25 November 2014 10:19

Oil prices mixed ahead of key OPEC meeting Oil prices were mixed in Asia ahead of a crucial meeting of the OPEC cartel later in the week that will discuss whether to trim output, analysts said.

24 November 2014 16:45

Tunisia presidential runoff likely after 'historic' vote Tunisia's incumbent President Moncef Marzouki appeared set for a runoff vote against an anti-Islamist party ex-premier.

24 November 2014 16:44

French President Francois Hollande to visit Kazakhstan in December President of France Francois Hollande will visit Kazakhstan’s capital Astana in December 2014.

24 November 2014 13:59

World powers, Iran discuss extending nuclear deal deadline: US Iran and world powers are now discussing a possible extension of their deadline for a nuclear deal.

24 November 2014 12:12

Nazarbayev talks to Putin on phone Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev has had a phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

22 November 2014 17:49

China rejects Uighur scholar's appeal against life sentence A Chinese court rejected an appeal against a life sentence handed to a prominent scholar from the mostly-Muslim Uighur minority.

22 November 2014 11:48

Ukraine coalition agrees to make NATO membership a priority Ukraine's pro-Western political parties agreed to make joining NATO a priority in a coalition deal that will give them a parliamentary majority.

22 November 2014 10:44

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