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    Four to five rounds were fired at a booth from a moving car.

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  • UN rights chief warns UN could 'collapse' without change

    The outgoing U.N. human rights chief says the U.N. Security Council's five permanent members wield too much power at the United Nations, warning that...

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  • Little League World Series, lightning and whirlwinds: World in Photos, Aug. 20

    Here's a look at the top photos from around the globe.

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  • Creaking heard from remnant of Genoa bridge after fatal collapse, evacuees kept away

    At least 43 people died after part of the Italian bridge collapsed last week.

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  • Keystone XL company moves to condemn South Dakota land

    The company planning the Keystone XL oil pipeline is moving to condemn private land in South Dakota

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  • Greece wants new talks with Britain on Parthenon Sculptures

    The Greek government has launched a new bid to engage Britain in talks over the return to Athens of a celebrated group of ancient sculptures...

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  • Mexican state confirms ICE detainee wanted for homicide

    An official of the Mexican state of Guanajuato confirms that a man detained by immigration agents in California is wanted on an arrest warrant for...

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  • UN calls for funding to fuel essential facilities in Gaza

    The U.N. is making an urgent appeal for funds to provide emergency fuel for essential services in the Gaza Strip

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    The service member died in an aircraft crash, which is being investigated.

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  • Poland bans Ukraine activist from Europe, raising questions

    Poland has used its powers as a European Union member to ban a Ukrainian human rights activist from all 26 countries in Europe's Schengen area, saying...

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  • German foreign minister honors Nazi victims at Auschwitz

    German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas is making a visit to the former German death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau, a gesture that he said is meant to "keep...

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    Police in Barcelona say they are treating a man's knife attack on officers at a police station as a terrorist incident.

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  • Uganda police battle protesters seeking release of pop star

    Ugandan police have fired bullets and tear gas to disperse a growing crowd of protesters demanding the release of a jailed lawmaker who is a...

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  • Cambodian king pardons imprisoned land rights activists

    A prominent leader of Cambodia's land rights movement and three activists who were imprisoned with her have been freed under a royal pardon

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  • Russia, Egypt pledge to strengthen military ties

    Russia and Egypt have discussed ways to expand their military ties and boost anti-terrorism cooperation

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  • Islamic militants launch attacks in Chechnya, 5 killed

    Officials in Chechnya say at least five militants have been killed and several police officers have been injured after militants launched a series of...

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  • Afghan forces free most hostages taken in new Taliban attack

    Afghan forces rescue nearly 150 people hours after they were seized by the Taliban, who escape with 21 captives

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  • Venezuelans nervously await dramatic economic reforms

    Venezuelans are bracing for dramatic economic measures the government has announced, including a more-than 3,000 percent hike in the minimum wage

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  • Brief Korean reunions bring tears for separated families

    South Koreans separated from loved ones in the North are crossing the border.

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    Pennsylvania's top law enforcement official says he hopes the state's Roman Catholic leaders will "cease their denials and deflections" about a grand...

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  • 9 teenage migrants detained over riot in Greek facility

    Police in northern Greece have detained nine teenagers in a hostel for unaccompanied minor migrants, following a riot over the facility's food and...

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  • Pope on sex abuse: 'We showed no care for the little ones'

    Pope Francis has issued a letter to Catholics around the world condemning the crime of priestly sexual abuse and its cover-up and demanding...

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  • Italy asks EU to find countries for 177 migrants

    The migrants have been aboard a ship for days following a standoff with Malta.

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  • Firefighters battle forest blaze near southern Greek village

    Greek firefighters are battling a forest fire that briefly threatened a village in the southern Peloponnese but caused no injuries or damage to...

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  • Spanish police shoot man dead in suspected terror attack

    Police say the man "intended to attack police officers".

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  • Mali constitutional court upholds election results

    Mali's constitutional court has confirmed the re-election of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita for a second five-year term

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  • UK woman 'sang to stay awake' after falling off cruise ship

    The rescuers of a British woman who fell from a cruise ship and spent 10 hours in the Adriatic Sea at night say it's a miracle that she's alive

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  • PepsiCo buys SodaStream for $3.2 billion

    Beverage giant PepsiCo has bought Israel's carbonated drink maker SodaStream for $3.2 billion

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  • New database documents Irish clergy linked to sex abuse

    An international research group is launching a database of Irish clergy accused of sexually abusing children in hopes of pressing Pope Francis to...

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  • Austria spy agency denies that it's being frozen out

    The head of Austria's BVT spy agency is denying that there has been any significant reduction in cooperation with its foreign partners following a...

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  • Transgender Pakistanis demand protection after killing

    Dozens of transgender people in Pakistan have held a protest demanding more protection after a transgender woman was shot dead and dismembered last...

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  • Conoco says Venezuela will pay $2 billion arbitration award

    U.S. oil giant ConocoPhillips says it has reached an agreement with Venezuela*s state-owned oil company to recover nearly $2 billion it was awarded as...

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  • Born out of the financial crisis, bull market nears record

    The U.S. stock market is poised this week to pass a surprising milestone, rising for the longest, unbroken stretch of time in the history of U.S....

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  • Iran oil minister: French oil giant Total pulls out of Iran

    Iranian oil minister: France's oil giant Total SA pulls out of Iran after cancelling gas project.

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  • Russia: West is obstructing aid to Syria, return of refugees

    Russia has lashed out at Western countries, accusing them of blocking U.N. aid for Syria's reconstruction and trying to prevent the return of refugees

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  • Report: Experts knew Genoa bridge had weakened 20 percent

    Experts determined last February that corrosion of the metal cables encased in pressed concrete had reduced by 20 percent the strength of the highway...

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  • Romania probes death of man injured in anti-graft protest

    Romanian authorities are probing the death of a man who died after sustaining injuries during an anti-government protest that left 450 seeking medical...

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  • Australian filmmaker testifies in his Cambodian trial

    An Australian filmmaker in Cambodia facing a possible five to 10 years in prison on a charge of endangering national security has testified that he...

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  • Ethiopia human rights abuses could cost man US citizenship

    A Virginia man's U.S. citizenship is in jeopardy, with authorities saying he failed to disclose his role in suspected human rights abuses in Ethiopia

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  • German journalist in court case cleared to leave Turkey

    A Turkish court has ruled that German journalist Mesale Tolu can leave the country, eight months after being released from prison pending the outcome...

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  • Russian military braces for massive war games in the east

    Russia's defense minister says the military forces in the country's east have been put on high alert in the run-up to massive war games that would...

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  • South Sudan claims civil war is over but skepticism abounds

    South Sudan claims its civil war is over but skepticism abounds, many call peace deal 'a recipe for more conflict'

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  • South Africa opens inquiry into corruption during Zuma rule

    A South African commission charged with probing allegations of widespread corruption under the government of former President Jacob Zuma started its...

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  • The Latest: EU recognizes Greeks may not see benefits yet

    Even though the European Union welcomes Monday's end of Greece bailout program as the beginning of a new era, it does recognize many Greeks will not...

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  • Malaysia lobbies for Chinese help amid fiscal woes

    Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad says he hopes China will sympathize with his country's fiscal problems as he meets with Chinese leaders...

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  • Pakistan's 21-member Cabinet is sworn in; PM promises change

    Pakistan's 21-member Cabinet of Prime Minister Imran Khan is sworn in

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  • Nasty, brutish and long: A timeline of Greece's debt crisis

    A timeline of Greece's 8-year debt crisis, when the country suffered an economic hit comparable to the Great Depression in the United States of the...

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  • The Latest: Security increased at police stations in Spain

    Authorities in Spain have stepped up security at regional police stations after police in Barcelona opened a locked police station door to a man who...

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  • Greeks see little cause for joy as 8-year bailout era ends

    For all the official pronouncements that Greece's eight-year crisis is ending together with its bailout program Monday, few Greeks see cause for...

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