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  • Vatican committee: Church credibility at risk over sex abuse

    Organizers of a Vatican summit on sex abuse prevention issued the warning.

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  • Yemeni woman gets reprieve from Trump travel ban to see dying son

    Shaima Swileh's 2-year-old son, Abdullah, is on life support in a U.S. hospital.

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  • Greek lawmakers approve new budget _ with more austerity

    Greek lawmakers have approved the heavily indebted country's budget for 2019, the first since Greece exited an eight-year bailout program

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  • Russian businessman to stay in jail pending laundering trial

    A Russian businessman who lived lavishly in North Carolina will remain jailed while he's prosecuted on charges including money laundering and...

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  • Carnegie Hero Fund honors 18 for acts of selfless courage

    A Philadelphia teenager who went into a burning home to save his 23-month-old nephew is among the 16 Americans and two Canadians being recognized for...

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  • US pledges $10.6B aid for Central America, southern Mexico

    The United States is pledging $5.8 billion in aid for strengthening government and economic development in Central America, and another $4.8 billion...

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  • French govt offers 300-euro bonus to protest-weary police

    The French government has proposed giving 300-euro ($340) bonuses to officers deployed to the aggressive and disruptive protests that started last...

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  • US hospital ship returns after treating Venezuelan migrants

    A U.S. Navy hospital ship has returned home after its medical crew treated thousands of people in Central and South America

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  • Guatemala pulls diplomatic credentials of UN body's workers

    Guatemala has withdrawn diplomatic immunity from 11 workers with a U.N.-sponsored anti-graft commission who have investigated cases of alleged...

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  • Judge inclined to free DEA agent accused of helping gang

    A federal judge in Chicago says she's inclined to free a DEA agent on bond pending trial on charges he joined the agency specifically to help a...

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  • Fighting in Yemeni city dies down as cease-fire takes hold

    Officials say the key port city of Hodeida is calm, hours after a cease-fire.

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  • Guatemala: Body of girl who died in US custody set to return

    Guatemalan authorities say they have completed documentation needed to clear the way for repatriation of the body of a 7-year-old migrant girl who...

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  • Trump's travel ban almost blocked a woman from seeing her dying son

    Shaima Swileh's 2-year-old son, Abdullah, is on life support in a U.S. hospital.

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  • Hungary: Opposition vows renewed protests after holiday lull

    Street demonstrations against recent labor law changes in Hungary appear to wane on sixth day, but opposition lawmakers vow to pursue legal and...

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  • Saudi spending to hit record high as oil prices resume slide

    Saudi Arabia's expenditures will hit a record-high in 2019 as the government plans to increase state spending by 7 percent to reach $295 billion...

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  • US hints at Trump Mideast peace plan: lots to like, some not

    U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley has given a hint of the Trump administration's peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians, saying it's long, takes...

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  • Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel has announced his resignation in address at parliament, says he will notify king

    Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel has announced his resignation in address at parliament, says he will notify king

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  • The Latest: Greece accused of violently forcing out migrants

    An international rights watchdog has accused Greek authorities of violently forcing back migrants who tried to illegally enter Greece from neighboring...

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  • EU urges Kosovo to drop tariffs as political tensions mount

    The European Union's top diplomat is calling on Kosovo to lift tariffs on goods from Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina as tensions rise between the former...

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  • Macedonia offers partial amnesty for storming of parliament

    Macedonian lawmakers has approved a law offering partial amnesty to some suspected perpetrators of a violent storming of parliament last year, as a...

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  • The US is pledging $10.6 billion for Central America, southern Mexico to discourage migration

    The US is pledging $10.6 billion for Central America, southern Mexico to discourage migration

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  • Zimbabwe inquiry finds army, police killed 6 during protest

    Report says Zimbabwean soldiers and police used "unjustified and disproportionate" force to kill 6 people during election protests in August

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  • Divers celebrate Christmas, a squirrel monkey searches for nuts: World in Photos

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

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  • Ex head of DEA post in Colombia cleared in misconduct probe

    The former head of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's office in Colombia has been cleared of wrongdoing following a probe of misconduct...

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  • Clouds grow over German economy after stocks hit bear market

    Worries are growing about the strength of the German economy, Europe's largest, as business confidence slides and stock market enters bear market.

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  • UAE backs Saudi rebuke of US Senate over Khashoggi killing

    The United Arab Emirates has thrown its support behind Saudi Arabia's rebuke of the U.S. Senate, which passed a resolution last week blaming Saudi...

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  • Major powers report progress on new Syria constitution body

    Russia's foreign minister says the foreign ministers of Russia, Iran and Turkey have agreed to convene the first session of a committee to draft a new...

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  • Tourists found stabbed to death in Moroccan mountains

    The pair were found with knife wounds in their necks.

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  • Zimbabwe presidential inquiry says army, police responsible for killing 6 protesters in post-election violence

    Zimbabwe presidential inquiry says army, police responsible for killing 6 protesters in post-election violence

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  • Family: Blind Michigan woman vanishes during visit to Peru

    A blind Michigan woman has gone missing after traveling to Peru for a wedding

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  • Media freedom group records increase in journalists killed

    Media freedom group Reporters Without Borders says it has recorded an increase in the number of journalists killed and imprisoned worldwide this year

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  • Dutch student, 16, shot dead in school's bicycle shed

    Dutch police say a 16-year-old girl has been shot dead in her school's bicycle shed

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  • Poll shows Hamas leader would win Palestinian elections

    A public opinion poll shows that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas would lose to the leader of the Islamic militant group Hamas if elections were...

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  • Mexico doubles minimum wage in northern border zones

    Mexico's new government is increasing minimum wages across the country by 16 percent and doubling the minimum wage in a narrow stretch of territory...

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  • Israel says more than 130 arrested in search for attacker

    Israel's prime minister says more than 130 people have been arrested in Israel's search for a suspect wanted in a deadly drive-by shooting in the West...

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  • Macedonian, Greek leaders see Nobel Peace Prize nomination

    A former Nobel Peace Prize winner says the prime ministers of Macedonia and Greece will be nominated for 2019 peace prize for their efforts to end a...

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  • Blaze destroys at least 600 houses in Brazil neighborhood.

    Officials say a fire has engulfed a neighborhood in the northern Brazilian city of Manaus and destroyed at least 600 wooden houses

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  • Cameroon military says it killed 7 suspected separatists

    Cameroon's military says it has killed seven suspected English-speaking separatists in Bamenda in the North West region

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  • Spanish court gears for high-stakes trial of separatists

    Former Catalan officials are accused of rebellion and sedition.

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  • Putin: Russia has enough missiles without violating treaty

    President Vladimir Putin rejects U.S. claim that Russia has developed a new cruise missile in violation of a nuclear treaty, arguing that Russia has...

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  • Gingerbread house baking competition in Sweden

    A 21-year-old baker who made a six-sided house with marzipan elves and icing railings took home the prize out of 153 participants.

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  • Iraqi parliament confirms 3 new ministers, 5 seats unfilled

    Iraq's parliament confirms three ministers to Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi's government, leaves other key posts, including ministers of Defense and...

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  • South Africa eatery ad spoofs colonialism; regulators miffed

    A South African restaurant chain has been ordered to withdraw a television commercial deemed to have trivialized the brutal history of colonial rule...

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  • Norway allows cleric to face court in Italy

    Norway's justice minister says an Iraqi-born cleric suspected of enticing recruits to fight in Iraq and Syria, has been given travel documents...

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  • UK Defense Secretary says some 3,500 service personnel on standby for any no-deal Brexit disruption

    UK Defense Secretary says some 3,500 service personnel on standby for any no-deal Brexit disruption

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  • Dutch Supreme Court upholds weapon smuggling conviction

    The Dutch Supreme Court has upheld the war crimes conviction of a timber dealer who was found guilty of selling arms to former Liberian leader Charles...

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  • Huawei calls on US, others to show proof of security risk

    Huawei chairman challenges United States and other governments to provide evidence for claims the Chinese tech giant is a security risk

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  • UK Cabinet to consider 'no-deal' Brexit preparations

    The government will consider spending billions to cushion the economic impact.

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  • The Latest: UK Cabinet backs more 'no-deal' Brexit planning

    The British government has decided to ramp up preparations for a "no-deal" Brexit, saying it must be ready for the possibility of that default option.

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