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Violence rages in northeastern Brazil despite deployment
Attacks and fire-bombings sweeping Brazil's northeastern state of Ceara continue10m ago![Vehicles burn in the street after attacks in the city of Fortaleza, northeastern Brazil, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019. Brazil's newly inaugurated government has ordered military police sent to Ceara state following a wave of attacks on banks, public buildi]()
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Huge trash-collecting boom in Pacific Ocean breaks apart
The trash collection device was deployed to corral floating plastic litter.19m ago![FILE- In this Sept. 8, 2018 file photo, a ship tows The Ocean Cleanup's first buoyant trash-collecting device toward the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco en route to the Pacific Ocean. A trash collection device deployed to corral plastic litter fl]()
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Guatemala bars entry to UN-sponsored corruption investigator
Guatemala authorities hold a member of a U.N.-sponsored commission at airport.30m ago![Prosecutors of the Guatemalan Attorney General's office take position inside the La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City, late Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019. The Guatemalan government banned the entry of Yilen Osorio, an official of the Internatio]()
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Saudi woman runaway held in Thailand while fleeing family
Saudi woman uses social media to draw attention to her plight to flee her family as Thai authorities hold her en route to Australia1h ago
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Fatah withdraws officers from Gaza-Egypt crossing
The Palestinian Authority says it is withdrawing its officers from a key crossing point between the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip and Egypt1h ago
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With US leaving, rival powers seek to move into Syria's east
US planned troop withdrawal from Syria leaves rival powers converging to fill it, raising potential for new conflict1h ago![FILE -- In this April 4, 2018 file photo, a U.S. soldier stands in a newly installed position near the front line between the U.S-backed Syrian Manbij Military Council and the Turkish-backed fighters, in Manbij, north Syria. The planned U.S. troop wi]()
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Egypt el-Sissi inaugurates cathedral, mosque in new capital
Egypt's president is inaugurating a new cathedral for the Coptic Orthodox Church and one of the region's largest mosques1m ago![In this Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019 photo, police form a security cordon after a policeman was killed trying to defuse an explosive device near a church, in a residential district of Cairo, Egypt. The blast came just two days before the Orthodox Coptic Ch]()
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Brother questions why American man being held by Russia
The brother of an American man being held in Moscow on suspicion of spying is raising the possibility that his sibling is being used as a pawn in a...1h ago
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Trump adviser: US to leave Syria once IS beaten, Kurds safe
A top White House aide says U.S. troops won't leave northeastern Syria until Islamic State militants are defeated and U.S.-allied Kurdish fighters are...1h ago![U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton, seated front row forth from left, participates in a virtual reality demonstration at the Western Wall on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019, in Jerusalem. U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman and Israeli Ambassador t]()
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Congo delays announcing results of presidential election
Congo's top electoral official says the announcement of the results of the presidential election has been postponed2h ago![In this photo taken Friday Jan. 4, 2019, crates of soft drinks are stored next to a stage prepared for a victory party for Presidential candidate Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary in the event of his winning the presidential elections in Kinshasa, Congo. Con]()
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Iconic Japanese newspaper in Brazil closes after 72 years
The Brazilian newspaper that for more than 70 years has been influential in the largest Japanese community outside Japan has ceased to be printed2h ago![In this Dec. 21, 2018 photo, a worker prints an edition of the Sao Paulo Shimbun Japanese newspaper in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The Sao Paulo Shimbun newspaper printed its final edition on Jan. 1, 2019, ending a 72-year run as a vital reference point and v]()
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The Latest: Hundreds of thousands in Polish Epiphany parades
Organizers say that hundreds of thousands of people have participated in colorful Epiphany processions in more than 700 locations across predominantly...3h ago![People walk in the crowd of some 40,000 in an Epiphany procession pageant in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019. Epiphany, the 12th night of Christmas, marks the day the three wise men visited Christ. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)]()
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Reports: 2 British soldiers wounded in IS attack in Syria
Kurdish news agency, Syrian war monitor: Missile attack by IS in eastern Syria kills Kurdish fighter, wounds 2British soldiers3h ago![SYRIA]()
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Jan 6
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Son of ex-Nissan head Carlos Ghosn predicts court surprises
The son of former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn predicts that people will be surprised when his father, detained since Nov. 19 for allegedly falsifying...Jan 6![Carlos Ghosn]()
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Jan 6
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Egyptian policeman killed while defusing bomb outside church
Egyptian government says policeman killed trying to defuse homemade bomb near a church in residential Cairo districtJan 6![In this Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019 photo, police form a security cordon after a policeman was killed trying to defuse an explosive device near a church, in a residential district of Cairo, Egypt. The blast came just two days before the Orthodox Coptic Ch]()
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Jan 6
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Palestinians protest patriarch ahead of Orthodox Christmas
Dozens of Palestinians are protesting the arrival of the Greek Orthodox patriarch of the Holy Land at a Orthodox Christmas celebration in BethlehemJan 6![Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III holds mass in the Church of the Nativity, built atop the site where Christians believe Jesus Christ was born, to celebrate Christmas according to the Eastern Orthodox calendar, in the West Bank Cit]()
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Jan 6
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Sudanese flood Khartoum streets, demanding president go
Thousands took to the streets in the Sudanese capital on Sunday to call for President Omar al-Bashir to step down, the latest in nearly three weeks of...Jan 6
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The Latest: Pope urges Europe to help 49 stranded migrants
Pope Francis has appealed to European leaders to show concrete solidarity to 49 migrants stranded aboard a pair of rescue vesselsJan 6
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Spain rescues 549 migrants from boats in the Mediterranean
Spain's maritime rescue service says it has saved 549 migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean SeaJan 6![FILE - In this April 3, 2016 file photo, French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, Archbishop of Lyon, leads a mass for migrants in the Saint-Jean Cathedral, in Lyon, central France. The Roman Catholic Church faces another public reckoning when a French car]()
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Jan 6
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Roadside bombs wounds 8 in southwest Pakistan
Pakistani officials say two blasts of roadside bombs have wounded eight people in the country's insurgency-hit southwestern Baluchistan provinceJan 6
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AP Explains: Why Congo's election could lead to violence
AP Explains: Why Congo's presidential election results could lead to violenceJan 6![This photo taken Friday Jan. 4, 2019 shows a blackboard with presidential election results for that specific polling station, in a school in Kinshasa, Congo. Congo faces what could be its first democratic, peaceful transfer of power since independenc]()
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Independence decree presented to Ukrainian Orthodox bishop
The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople has presented a decree of independence to the Metropolitan bishop of the nascent Orthodox Church of...Jan 6![Patriarch Bartholomew I, Metropolitan Epiphanius]()
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Afghan officials: Flash flood kills at least 30 villagers
Afghan official says 30 villagers searching for gold in a riverbed perish in a flash flood in northeastern provinceJan 6
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Malaysia's king abdicates in unexpected and rare move
Malaysian King Sultan Muhammad V has abdicated in an unexpected and rare move, after just two years on the throneJan 6![Muhammad V]()
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Cardinal's cover-up trial a reckoning for French Catholics
The Roman Catholic Church faces another public reckoning when a French cardinal goes on trial for his alleged failure to report a pedophile priest who...Jan 6![FILE - In this April 3, 2016 file photo, French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, Archbishop of Lyon, leads a mass for migrants in the Saint-Jean Cathedral, in Lyon, central France. The Roman Catholic Church faces another public reckoning when a French car]()
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Jan 6
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Israel arrests minors suspected of killing Palestinian woman
Israel's Shin Bet security service says five Jewish minors have been arrested for their suspected involvement in the killing of a Palestinian womanJan 6
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Africa is divided over ivory trade ahead of wildlife meeting
Several African countries with some of the largest elephant populations are calling for looser controls on legal ivory trade; other countries on the...Jan 6
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3 dead after heavy rain turns Greek creek into torrent
Greece's fire service says the bodies of two men missing since a downpour on Thursday have been found separately in a creek southeast of AthensJan 6
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Afghan official says 30 villagers searching for gold in a riverbed perish in a flash flood in northeastern province
Afghan official says 30 villagers searching for gold in a riverbed perish in a flash flood in northeastern provinceJan 6
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Malaysia's palace says King Sultan Muhammad V has abdicated, cutting short his five-year term; no reason given
Malaysia's palace says King Sultan Muhammad V has abdicated, cutting short his five-year term; no reason givenJan 6
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Official: UAE-Pakistan talks on oil refinery at end stage
Pakistani minister: Talks with United Arab Emirates on oil refinery' have 'reached their final stage'Jan 6![A police commando walks past the huge billboards showing the portraits of Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, center, former President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, left, and Pakistani Prime]()
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Food bloggers bring Africa's rich cuisines to the world
Food bloggers bring Africa's rich cuisines to the world; 'Oh, this reminds me of home'Jan 6![In this Nov. 24, 2018 photo, Chef Touty Sarr scrapes the scales off a red snapper to boil in the savory broth of thiebou dieune, a traditional Senegalese dish of spiced rice, inside a kitchen in Ngaparou, Senegal. After finding no reliable recipes on]()
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Trump adviser: US Syria withdrawal conditioned on defeat of Islamic State, Turkey assuring safety of Kurdish fighters
Trump adviser: US Syria withdrawal conditioned on defeat of Islamic State, Turkey assuring safety of Kurdish fightersJan 6
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Congo's top electoral official says the announcement of the results of the presidential election has been postponed.
Congo's top electoral official says the announcement of the results of the presidential election has been postponed.Jan 6
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Romanian engineer who rescued churches from destruction dies
Romania's Orthodox Church says Eugeniu Iordachescu, a civil engineer who saved 12 churches and other historic buildings once slated for demolition by...Jan 6
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Russia: Too early to consider exchange of US spy suspect
Russian official brushes back suggestions that American held in Moscow on suspicion of spying could be exchanged for a RussianJan 6
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With US leaving, rival powers seek to move into Syria's east
US planned troop withdrawal from Syria leaves rival powers converging to fill it, raising potential for new conflictJan 6![FILE -- In this April 4, 2018 file photo, a U.S. soldier stands in a newly installed position near the front line between the U.S-backed Syrian Manbij Military Council and the Turkish-backed fighters, in Manbij, north Syria. The planned U.S. troop wi]()
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Jan 5
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6 schoolchildren, bus driver die in road accident in India
6 schoolchildren, bus driver die in road accident in IndiaJan 5
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Venezuela's congress names new leader, vows to battle Maduro
A fresh-faced leader struck a defiant tone toward embattled socialist president.Jan 5![Juan Guaido]()
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Italian leaders send conflicting messages on migrants at sea
The leaders of Italy's governing coalition parties are sparring over the fate of migrants stranded at sea for daysJan 5
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USGS: Magnitude 6.8 quake shakes remote part of west Brazil
A powerful earthquake has shaken western Brazil near its border with Peru, affecting a remote jungle-shrouded regionJan 5
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Mexico launches plan to stimulate US border economy
Mexico will slash income and corporate taxes in six states along border.Jan 5![Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador]()
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Poland: Fire kills 5 girls locked in home-based escape room
Poland say a faulty heating system appears to have caused a fire at the house.Jan 5![A fire engine stands outside an]()
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US sends troops for possible 'violent' Congo vote protests
US sends troops ahead of possible 'violent' Congo election protests on eve of 1st resultsJan 5![Congolese election observers from political parties wait for their shift to observe the count of the presidential ballots from over 900 polling stations at outside a local results compilation center in Kinshasa, Congo, Friday Jan. 4, 2019. CENI said]()
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Thousands brave snow to rally against Serbia populist leader
Thousands of people have braved snow and freezing temperatures in Serbia's capital to turn up for the fifth week of street protests against populist...Jan 5![People march during a protest against populist President Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019. Thousands of people have protested in Serbia for a fifth consecutive week over what they say has been a stifling of democratic free]()
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Hungary: Unions call for strike, protests over labor law
Union leaders in Hungary are calling for a Jan. 19 national strike and protests to oppose labor code changes they see as a "slave law" harmful to...Jan 5![Anti-government demonstrators carry a banner reading]()
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The Latest: Carter urges Congo vote to reflect people's will
The Latest: Former US president Carter urges that Congo vote results reflect people's willJan 5
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Trump aide trying to allay Israeli concerns on Syria pullout
Israel is concerned about Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria.Jan 5![FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2018 file photo, National Security Advisor John Bolton unveils the Trump Administration's Africa Strategy at the Heritage Foundation in Washington. The White House has sent Bolton on a mission to allay Israel's concerns about]()
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Thick smoke covers Hobert, Tasmania after bushfires
Thick smoke covered Hobart, Tasmania on Friday after bushfires raged in an area near Gell River.Jan 5![VIDEO: Thick smoke covered Hobart, Tasmania on Friday after bushfires raged in an area near Gell River.]()
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