Daughter of South Korean leader's friend arrested in Denmark amid graft probe

SEOUL (Reuters) - Danish police have arrested the daughter of South Korean President Park Geun-hye's friend, Choi Soon-sil, who is at the center of an influence-peddling scandal that has engulfed her presidency, police and prosecutors said on Monday.

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Trump aide says U.S. sanctions on Russia may be disproportionate

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top aide to President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview aired on Sunday that the White House may have disproportionately punished Russia by ordering the expulsion of 35 suspected Russian spies.

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Expelled Russian diplomats leave United States

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian diplomats who were expelled by order of U.S. President Barack Obama left Washington on Sunday, Russian news agencies reported, citing Russia's embassy.

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Shooter kills at least 11 and himself at Brazil New Year's party

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A gunman stormed a house party and killed at least 11 people and himself during New Year celebrations in the southeastern Brazilian city of Campinas late on Saturday.

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Pope says terrorism casts bloodstain over world, condemns Istanbul attack

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis urged leaders to work together to fight the "plague of terrorism", saying in his New Year's address on Sunday that a bloodstain was covering the world as it started 2017.

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Air strikes, clashes persist on third day of Syrian truce: monitor, rebels

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian government warplanes carried out several air strikes and low-level clashes persisted in some areas on Sunday, but a Russian and Turkish-backed ceasefire largely held in other areas on its third day, a monitoring group and rebels said.

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South Korea's Park rejects wrongdoing in scandal, says she was 'set up': media reports

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Sunday rejected allegations of wrongdoing in the political scandal that threatens her presidency, saying she was "set up" and the allegations were "fabrication and falsehood", said South Korean media.

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