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SYDNEY, Sept 03, 2014 (AFP) - Australia will accept an invitation to boost its role within NATO at the group's summit in Wales, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Wednesday, saying it was in the country's national interest.

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories, July 20, 2014 (AFP) - Hamas, the main power in Gaza, said Sunday it had received an "invitation" for talks in Cairo on an Egyptian-proposed ceasefire with Israel, after nearly two weeks of conflict.

ANKARA, July 22, 2014 (AFP) - Turkish authorities on Tuesday arrested 55 senior police officers in a criminal probe over alleged corruption and abuse of office, the latest apparent crackdown on opponents of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead of presidential polls, television reports said.

KIEV, July 23 (Itar-Tass) - Ukraine's President Pyotr Poroshenko said on Tuesday he was against imposing martial law in the country.

BRUSSELS, July 22, 2014 (AFP) - European Union foreign ministers agreed Tuesday to expand sanctions on Syria over the government's "violent repression" of its civilian population.

PARIS, Sept 24, 2014 (AFP) - An investigation launched in July against former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for corruption and influence-peddling has been suspended, days after he dramatically announced his political comeback.

Oakland voters recently approved the nation's first ever business tax on retail marijuana sales, Measure F, on the July 21, 2009 ballot.

A STATEMENT by WORKERS' VOICE In the early hours of July 29, federal agencies staged raids on offices and homes associated with the African People's Socialist Party (APSP) and allied organizations. The raids also targeted the People's Democratic Uhuru Movement (Uhuru) and African Peoples Solidarity Committee offices in St. Louis and in St. Petersburg, Fla.…