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Putin Prepares For New Term as President
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Vladimir Putin will be sworn-in later today at a ceremony in the Kremlin to begin his fourth term as Russian president.
Italy’s president will make a last-ditch bid this week to convince the country’s feuding political parties to form a government and avoid new elections.
A small student radio station in Canada is trying to help Syrian refugee children by broadcasting stories and songs to help them go to sleep feeling safe and happy
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