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Serbians vote for new president as PM Vucic aims for outright win
Serbians went to the polls Sunday to vote for a new president, with strongman Aleksandar Vucic aiming to tighten his grip on power amid accusations he is steering the nation toward authoritarian rule. Vucic, the 47-year-old prime minister, is hoping to clinch more than 50 percent of the vote, which would allow him to win outright a five-year mandate as president. The post of president has largely been ceremonial, but analysts believe it would become much more influential under Vucic.
Death toll continues to rise in Colombia landslide
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People pried through piles of rocks and wooden planks that entombed homes. Streets were covered in thick sand, mud and tree limbs from the rivers and rainforest that surround the city. There was little drinking water and no power, which forced authorities to suspend the search and rescue effort during the night. (AP)
Toll from deadly Colombia mudslide hovers at 200
The death toll from a devastating landslide in the Colombian town of Mocoa stood at around 200 on Sunday as rescuers clawed through piles of muck and debris in search of survivors. The Colombian Red Cross, which provided the revised consolidated toll, said it was unclear how many people were still missing. An earlier Red Cross tally said 234 had been killed and more than 100 were unaccounted for.
Four-day-old baby rescued in the Mediterranean by humanitarian ship
ABOARD THE GOLFO AZZURRO/ROME (Reuters) - A four day-old baby was one of over 480 migrants rescued by humanitarian ships on Saturday during search and rescue operations in the central Mediterranean Sea. The baby was traveling on one of two rubber boats carrying over 200 migrants from North and Central Africa, Sri Lanka and Yemen and seen drifting some 22 nautical miles north of the Libyan town of Sabratha, the most frequently used departure point currently used by people smugglers in Libya. Migrants were transferred into the former fishing trawler Golfo Azzurro, expected to reach the Sicilian port town of Augusta on Sunday afternoon.
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