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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday she would seek a fourth term in elections next year to defend democratic principles, but that she expected her toughest campaign to date. Merkel told reporters at a meeting of her Christian Democratic Union party that she would run again to “fight for our values and our way of life”, but added that she expected strong challenges from both the right and the left of the political spectrum. […] Citing the uncertainties created by the British vote to leave the European Union and the election of Donald Trump as US president, she said she...

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Manipal: A trilateral meet of experts from India, Israel and United States have called for creation of a government mechanism among them to promote co-operation and concerted action against terrorism and appealed to like-minded nations to join in. The three countries are united by a shared commitment to Democratic values, human rights and fundamental freedom and yet all the three are confronted by terrorism in its multiple forms, the meet felt. However, "there can be no justification for any form of terrorism", was the consensus evolved at the two-day India-US-Israel trilateral meet held in New Delhi on February 6, former...