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A phone app and a database of more than 50 million voters were key weapons in the successful campaign of cricket legend Imran Khan in last month's general election, though rivals allege Khan also received clandestine aid from Pakistan's powerful military.

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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said he survived an assassination attempt involving explosive drones on Saturday thanks to God, the people and the country's armed forces, and he blamed Colombia and the United States for what he called a right-wing plot to kill him.

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At least one explosion rocked a military event where Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was giving a speech on Saturday and the government said it was a failed assassination attempt involving drones carrying explosives.

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A senior Chinese diplomat on Saturday said China hopes Australia will not voice "groundless suspicions" so that ties between the two countries can return to health and stability.

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called for the immediate release of two Reuters reporters detained in Myanmar when he met Myanmar Foreign Minister Kyaw Tin on Saturday on the sidelines of a regional conference in Singapore, the State Department said.

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Archbishop of Santiago Ricardo Ezzati said on Saturday that he would not lead Chile´s Te Deum, an annual religious ceremony attended by the country´s top politicians and clergy, amid a church sex abuse scandal that has sent shockwaves through the conservative Catholic nation.

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