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Venezuelans appear to abstain from government vote
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelans appeared to be abstaining in massive numbers on Sunday in a show of silent protest against a vote to select a constitutional assembly giving the government virtually unlimited powers.
African Union troops ambushed in Somalia, official says 24 dead
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By Feisal Omar MOGADISHU (Reuters) - The death toll from fighting on Sunday between al Shabaab fighters and Somalia government and African Union peacekeeping troop stands at 24, a senior regional official said. The fighting broke out when the al Shabaab fighters ambushed the troops early Sunday in the Bulamareer district of the Lower Shabelle region, about 140 kilometres (84 miles) southwest of Mogadishu. "We have carried 23 dead AMISOM soldiers and a dead Somali soldier from the scene where al Shabaab ambushed AMISOM today," Ali Nur, the deputy governor of Lower Shabelle region, told Reuters. ...
Opponents of Venezuela's president Nicolas Maduro boycott 'rigged election'
Opponents of Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro have boycotted an election for a controversial assembly - claiming the polls are rigged and that the vote is a another move by the president to further cement his control of the country's institutions. Reports said streets in many cities were largely quiet as a trickle of people went out to vote, while tens of thousands of troops were deployed to ensure order, yet in Caracas a number of police were said to have been injured after an explosion at an anti-government protest. Mr Maduro, who was elected in 2013 following the death of Hugo Chavez, cast his vote in Caracas shortly after 6am.
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