BAGHDAD – A quiet middle-class Shiite neighborhood in western Baghdad was transformed recently into a mini-boot camp, training teenagers for battle against the Islamic State group. The Shiite boys and young men ran through its normally placid streets carrying out mock exercises for urban warfare since the toughest battles against …
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Emergency crews were working Sunday to clean up in the aftermath of a vicious windstorm that tore through southwestern British Columbia, toppling trees and branches onto power lines and cars and leaving an estimated 500,000 people without electricity. BC Hydro said it could take until Monday …
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GENEVA – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is warning that public discussion of select details of the ongoing nuclear negotiations with Iran will make it more difficult to reach a deal that prevents the country from developing atomic weapons. In comments to reporters in Geneva on Monday, Kerry said …
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RIO DE JANEIRO – The Brazilian lead investigator in the case of a religious sect leader sought on sex charges by the U.S. government says the support of a Brazilian woman described as a longtime friend helped him elude authorities in the middle of a manhunt. The chief of federal …
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KINSHASA, Congo – Lawmakers in Congo have approved a new version of the country’s electoral law after scrapping a provision that opposition leaders said was intended to prolong the president’s time in power. Both the Senate and the National Assembly passed the law on Sunday. It now heads to President …
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – A Sri Lankan minister says the country’s new government plans to give back military-held private land in the country’s war-ravaged north and release detainees in apparent moves at post-civil war reconciliation with ethnic minority Tamils. Cabinet Spokesman Rajitha Senaratne told reporters late Wednesday that his government …
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PODGORICA, Montenegro – Police in Montenegro say they have arrested 16 people suspected of smuggling into Serbia 138 Syrian migrants who were trying to flee their war-ravaged country and reach Western Europe Police said Friday they have broken a human smuggling chain from Albania to Serbia that passes Montenegro. Tens …
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LIMA, Peru – Mourners carried a coffin holding a 61-year-old farmer through the streets of a southern Peru port city Thursday after the man became the first fatality of a monthlong protest against a Mexican-owned copper mining project. Agriculture Minister Juan Manuel Benites, the chief government negotiator in the dispute, …
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LONDON – British military and civilian police are trying to locate a Royal Navy submariner who went missing after warning about lax safety and security procedures in the country’s nuclear fleet. Able Seaman William McNeilly on Sunday released an 18-page report via the WikiLeaks website filled with numerous allegations about …
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You may be surprised, but Hamas does not call for only killing Jews and eliminating Israel. If you are Christian, a member of another religion or even participate in your local Rotary club or the Lions, Hamas also considers you an enemy, too. “Hamas is using Gaza as an umbrella …
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