US election 2016: Trump and Cruz seek 'one-on-one' battle

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Media captionDonald Trump said he wanted to go "one on one" with Ted Cruz

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US Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has called for a "one-on-one" battle with Ted Cruz, urging other rivals to quit the nomination race.

Brazil Petrobras scandal: Former president Lula questioned

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Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been questioned by police and his house raided as part of a major fraud inquiry into the state oil company Petrobras.

Slovak election: PM Fico sees Muslim 'threat'

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Media captionSlovakia goes to the polls on 5 March

Migrant crisis

• Macedonia tries to stop migrant flow
• Greece rejects 'EU lies' over borders
• EU migration: Crisis in seven charts
• Tightened borders give migrants chill on Europe's frontier

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is defying EU officials in the migrant crisis - and may win re-election on Saturday.

Slovak voters will decide whether to give his Smer-Social

Why I will vote for Bernie Sanders A vote for Hillary Clinton is not a vote against Republicans.

US Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders [EPA]

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Hamid Dabashi

Hamid Dabashi is the Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University.

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In a recent interview with Al Jazeera, the eminent US dissident and world-renowned linguist Noam Chomsky comes out in support of the presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, whom he considers to have the "best policies of the Democratic presidential contenders in this election year".

Why I'd vote for Trump, but you shouldn't Trump's potential danger lies not in his political or ideological extremism per se.

Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump [Reuters]

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Marwan Bishara

Marwan Bishara is the senior political analyst at Al Jazeera.

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There are at least three reasons why Donald Trump is leading in the United States Republican primaries, three more why I would vote for him, and another three reasons why sensible Americans shouldn't.

Why Muslim Americans should vote for Bernie Sanders.

He has consistently condemned the bigoted, anti-Muslim rhetoric that has become a staple of this presidential campaign.

US election 2016: Republican Ben Sasse 'won't endorse Trump'

• 29 February 2016
• From the section US Election 2016

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Image caption Ben Sasse is the highest ranking Republican to publicly reject Donald Trump's candidacy

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Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse says he will not back Republican

Iran election: Early results suggest gains for reformists.

Moderates and reformists in Iran, including President Hassan Rouhani,

South Carolina primary: Huge win for Clinton over Sanders

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Hillary Clinton has secured a big win over Bernie Sanders in the South Carolina primary

UK EU exit would be global economy 'shock' - G20 leaders

27 February 2016
From the section EU Referendum


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You need to install Flash Player to play this content. Media captionGeorge Osborne: "This is deadly serious. It's about people's jobs and their livelihoods"

Finance ministers from the world's leading economies have warned of a "shock" to the global economy if the UK leaves the EU.