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Dutch vote in test of anti-elite sentiment in Europe
THE HAGUE - Dutch people vote in an election seen as a test of nationalist feeling magnified by a furious row with Turkey, the first of three polls this year in the European Union where anti-immigrant parties are seeking breakthroughs.
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Dutch vote in test of anti-elite sentiment in Europe
THE HAGUE - Dutch people vote in an election seen as a test of nationalist feeling magnified by a furious row with Turkey, the first of three polls this year in the European Union where anti-immigrant parties are seeking breakthroughs. (NETHERLANDS-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 4, TV, PICTURE, GRAPHICS), expect by 1130 GMT/7.30 AM ET, by Stephanie van den Berg and Toby Sterling, 745 words)
+ See also:
- NETHERLANDS-ELECTION/CYBER, moved, 325 words
Top EU officials condemn Turkish remarks about fascism
BRUSSELS - The European Union's top officials sharply criticise Turkey for accusing EU states Germany and the Netherlands of fascism, saying it drove Turkey further away from joining the bloc. (TURKEY-REFERENDUM/NETHERLANDS-TUSK (UPDATE 1, TV), moving shortly, by Robert-Jan Bartunek and Gabriela Baczynska, 485 words)
+ See also:
- TURKEY-REFERENDUM/GERMANY, moved, 485 words
- TURKEY-REFERENDUM/NETHERLANDS-MINISTER (UPDATE 1, INTERVIEW, PICTURE), moved, by Orhan Coskun and Tulay Karadeniz, 480 words
- CYBER-TURKEY/ (UPDATE 1), moved, by Eric Auchard, 550 words
Heavy fighting as Iraqi forces set sights on Mosul mosque
MOSUL - Government forces set their sights on reaching the Grand Mosque in Mosul's Old City and the prime minister says the battle to drive Islamic State from its last urban stronghold in Iraq is reaching its final stages. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-MOSQUE (UPDATE 1, TV, PICTURE), expect by 1130 GMT/7.30 AM ET, by Patrick Markey and John Davison, 760 words)
Trump paid $38 mln in taxes in 2005 -White House
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump paid $38 million in taxes on more than $150 million in income in 2005, the White House says, responding to an MSNBC report that the network had obtained two pages of the returns. (USA-TRUMP/TAXES (UPDATE 4), moved, 395 words)
MIDDLE EAST
After six years, Assad secure but Syria carved up
BEIRUT - Six years since the start of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, he is winning on the battlefield but Syria's civil war is far from over, with his once stable country broken into fiefdoms ruled by rebels and warlords. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-WAR (ANALYSIS, PICTURE, TV, GRAPHICS), moved, by Samia Nakhoul, 1,455 words)
+ See also:
- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-WARCRIMES, expect by 1330 GMT/0930 AM ET, by Stephanie Nebehay, 450 words
- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-UNICEF (INTERVIEW, TV, PICTURE), moved, 480 words
- SYRIA-HEALTHCARE/ (PICTURE), moved, by Kate Kelland, 490 words
Syrian rebels expected in Astana, Kazakhstan says
ASTANA - Kazakhstan's Foreign Ministry say Syria's rebel delegation is expected in Astana on Wednesday night for peace talks this week aimed at ending the six-year civil war, a spokesman for the ministry says. (MIDEAST-CRISIS-SYRIA/ASTANA (UPDATE 1), moved, 200 words)
EUROPE
German Social Democrats just behind Merkel's conservatives
BERLIN - Germany's centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) remained steady at 32 percent support over the past week, one percentage point behind Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats, according to a poll published on Wednesday. (GERMANY-ELECTION/POLL, moved, 205 words)
Disappearing books: Russia shutters its Ukrainian library
MOSCOW - First, armed police seized some of its books. Next, its director was put on trial accused of stirring up ethnic hatred. And now, quietly, its shelves have been emptied and its volumes packed up, ready to be merged into another library's collection. (UKRAINE-CRISIS/RUSSIA-LIBRARY (PICTURE), moved, by Andrew Osborn, 1,040 words)
Scottish referendum in 2018/19 would not be legal -minister
LONDON/EDINBURGH - It will be impossible to hold a legal and decisive referendum on Scottish independence in the timeframe demanded by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, the British government's Scotland minister says in a newspaper interview. (BRITAIN-EU/SCOTLAND (UPDATE 1), moved, by Estelle Shirbon and Elisabeth O'Leary, 545 words)
+ See also:
- BRITAIN-EU/SCOTLAND, moved, 275 words
ASIA
S.Korea to hold election May 9, prosecutors summon Park
SEOUL - South Korea says it will hold an election on May 9 to choose a successor for former President Park Geun-hye, who was removed from office in a historic court ruling last week over a widening corruption scandal. (SOUTHKOREA-POLITICS/ (UPDATE 5, PICTURE, TV), moved, by Christine Kim and Ju-min Park, 610 words)
+ See also:
- SOUTHKOREA-POLITICS/CAMPAIGN (FACTBOX), moved, 575 words
Malaysia says DNA confirms murdered Kim Jong Nam's identity
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia has confirmed the identity of Kim Jong Nam's body based on a DNA sample taken from one of his children, the deputy prime minister says. (NORTHKOREA-MALAYSIA/KIM (UPDATE 1, PICTURE, TV), moved, 340 words)
Philippine VP decries Duterte's drug war tactics
MANILA - The vice president of the Philippines has issued a strong rebuke of President Rodrigo Duterte's bloody war on drugs, describing it in a video sent to the United Nations as an issue of public health that cannot be solved "with bullets alone". (PHILIPPINES-DRUGS/ROBREDO (PICTURE), moved, 450 words)
Taiwan says Chinese military threat grows
TAIPEI - China's accelerated military development and recent activity by its military aircraft and ships around Taiwan pose an increased threat to the self-ruled island, according to a Taiwanese government defence report draft reviewed by Reuters. (TAIWAN-DEFENCE/ (UPDATE 3, EXCLUSIVE, PICTURE, GRAPHIC), moved, by J.R. Wu, 695 words)
UNITED STATES
Courts to hear arguments challenging Trump's new travel ban
Court hearings in Hawaii and Maryland on Wednesday could decide the immediate fate of President Donald Trump's revised travel ban, which is set to take effect at 12:01 a.m. EDT (0401 GMT) on Thursday. (USA-IMMIGRATION/COURT, moved, by Mica Rosenberg, 595 words)
Fed expected to raise rates as U.S. economy flexes muscle
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates for the second time in three months on Wednesday, encouraged by strong monthly job gains and confidence that inflation is finally rising to its target. (USA-FED/ (WRAPUP 1, PICTURE), moved, by Howard Schneider, 465 words)
In conservative America, small cities back LGBT rights
WHEELING, W.Va., - When Mike Lujano and George Lenz hoisted a rainbow flag outside their business in a Victorian brownstone on Market Street two decades ago, they found that few neighbors in socially conservative Wheeling, West Virginia, knew it was a symbol of gay pride. (USA-LGBT/CITIES (FEATURE, PICTURE, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Letitia Stein, 1,000 words)
AMERICAS
Short of options, Venezuela opposition stages flash protests
CARACAS - A dozen activists alight surreptitiously from cars, walk determinedly towards Venezuela's heavily-guarded Food Ministry, and dump two bags of garbage at its front entrance. (VENEZUELA-POLITICS/PROTESTS (PICTURE, TV), moved, by Andrew Cawthorne, 800 words)
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