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The Spanish government's attempt to exorcise the ghost of dictator Gen. Francisco Franco could backfire if relatives reinter his embalmed body under Madrid's cathedral

Macedonia's criminal court has ordered a former conservative prime minister to appear at the capital's jail by Nov. 8 to begin serving a two-year prison sentence imposed for influencing officials for the purchase of a luxury car

Vinicius Junior will be able to face Barcelona in the 'clasico' after all

Rescue officials say at least six people died as flash floods hit southern Russia, paralyzing road and train traffic across the Black Sea region and forcing hundreds to evacuate their homes

The Russian military intelligence agency known as the GRU has suffered another hit

China and Japan displayed a united front on trade issues as leaders of Asia's two biggest economies held a summit in Beijing for the first time in seven years

Hampered by chronic knee injury, Olympic downhill champion Svindal sees '50-50 chance' of racing again

North Carolina's public university board is holding an emergency session amid news reports that Margaret Spellings is leaving as president of the state's 17-campus system

From boom to bust, Russian soccer team Anzhi Makhachkala has gone from super rich to struggling to survive

Hundreds of passengers have been left stranded at Brussels international airport after luggage handlers went on strike over workload and pay demands

Amid a widening pipe-bomb scare, talk of national unity quickly gave way to finger-pointing

Saudi officials who killed journalist Jamal Khashoggi in their Istanbul consulate must reveal location of his body, Turkey's president says

Turkey says it will press for clear steps toward a political resolution of the conflict in Syria during a Saturday summit gathering the leaders of Turkey, France, Germany and Russia

Officials say eight rebels and two Indian soldiers have been killed in gunbattles in disputed Kashmir that sparked violent anti-India protests by residents seeking an end to Indian rule in the region

Ryanair has sought to deflect criticism about its handling of a racially charged dispute on one of its flights by releasing letters showing that it swiftly apologized to the victim and referred the matter to police

UNICEF says some of the estimated 2,300 children traveling with the migrant caravan in southern Mexico are ill or suffering from dehydration

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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Alan Williams, University of Massachusetts Lowell(THE CONVERSATION) While the first half of 1968 was a series of explosive moments – the Tet Offensive, Paris protests, the assassinations of MLK and RFK, the Chicago Democratic National Convention riots – the second half seemed like a car wreck in slow motion. The pace of the news cycle slowed to a crawl, the shock and surprise

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