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  • Pope accepts resignation of LA bishop accused of misconduct

    Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of an auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles, Monsignor Alexander Salazar, following allegations of misconduct with...

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  • South Sudan security strip peace deal monitors, says group

    South Sudan security forces strip, kick, rob peace deal monitors, says regional group

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  • South Africa group: warrant issued for Grace Mugabe's arrest

    A South African group representing a model who was allegedly assaulted by Grace Mugabe says authorities have issued an arrest warrant for the wife of...

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  • German Cabinet approves plan to expand job-seeker visas

    Germany's Cabinet has approved a plan to expand a system of visas allowing people from outside the European Union to seek jobs as it tries to tackle a...

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  • Charity says Yemenis face 'double threat' of cold, hunger

    An international aid group says more than half a million displaced people in war-torn Yemen face the "double threat" of famine and freezing...

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  • Lines at top French airport as protesting police slow down

    French police protesting overwork and thousands of unpaid hours were dragging their feet at passport check-in lines in at least one terminal at...

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  • Pope accepts resignation of Los Angeles auxiliary bishop Alexander Salazar, accused of misconduct with a minor in 1990s

    Pope accepts resignation of Los Angeles auxiliary bishop Alexander Salazar, accused of misconduct with a minor in 1990s

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  • US, China face off again at World Trade Organization

    China and the United States have traded barbs again at the World Trade Organization, with the U.S. ambassador accusing China of theft of technology...

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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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  • AP investigation: Children fight on front lines of Yemen war

    An AP investigation has found that thousands of children have been recruited by Yemen's Houthi rebels to fight in the country's civil war

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  • US official says Washington reviewing North Korea travel ban

    The Trump administration's special envoy for North Korea says Washington is reviewing easing its strict travel restrictions to North Korea to...

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  • Human rights court rules against Greece in Sharia law case

    The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Greece violated a prohibition on discrimination by applying Islamic religious law to an inheritance...

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  • UK inflation eases but outlook depends on Brexit

    Official figures show that consumer prices rose in November by their weakest rate in 21 months, a development that's likely to cheer consumers as they...

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  • Swedish TV: Witness in killings of UN experts poisoned

    Swedish broadcaster SVT says a key witness to the murder in Congo of two UN experts was poisoned in custody, citing a new confidential report by the...

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  • Chechen critic fears for his life as he faces deportation

    Critic of Chechen ruler faces deportation from Poland as European nations become increasingly wary of sheltering refugees from Chechnya

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  • Report: 10 arrested in Estonia over massive money laundering

    The Baltic region's main news agency says ten former employees of the Estonian branch of Danske Bank have been arrested in connection with an ongoing...

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  • Report: 53 journalists killed worldwide so far in 2018

    The number killed worldwide in retaliation for their work nearly doubled.

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  • Germany arrests Russian suspected of breaching arms embargo

    German prosecutors say customs officials have arrested a 68-year-old Russian man on suspicion of exporting goods suitable for missile construction to...

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  • Elections in the time of Ebola: Congo votes amid disease

    Elections in the time of Ebola: Congo prepares for Dec. 23 election; 'There are so many risks'

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  • Pakistan takes steps to avoid terror finance blacklist

    The government has approved fresh measures to avoid being blacklisted.

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  • Belgian king consults party leaders after PM offers to quit

    Belgium's King Philippe is consulting leaders of political parties to work out who should govern the country until the next elections after Prime...

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  • SoftBank mobile subsidiary has bitter debut on Tokyo market

    SoftBank mobile subsidiary suffers bitter debut on the Tokyo market, slumping 15 percent after it reportedly raised $23 billion

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  • GSK, Pfizer to merge their healthcare divisions

    Drugmakers GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer are merging their healthcare divisions, creating a business with combined sales of 9.8 billion pounds ($12.7...

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  • Singapore bans former Goldman Sachs exec with 1MDB links

    Singapore issues lifetime ban on former Goldman Sachs banker facing 1MDB charges in US and Malaysia

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  • AP PHOTOS: Turkey's whirling dervishes honor Sufi poet

    AP PHOTOS: Whirling dervishes commemorate the life of Sufi poet Jalaladdin Rumi

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  • Children fight, kill and die in Yemen's civil war

    The Houthis have inducted 18,000 child soldiers into their army since 2014.

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  • Madagascar goes to the polls in runoff presidential election

    Voters have begun casting their ballots are across the Indian Ocean island nation of Madagascar Wednesday to select a new president in a runoff...

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  • Trust for US bondholders sues Venezuela over defaulted debt

    A trust representing holders of Venezuelan bonds has gone to New York federal court demanding payment on more than $34 million in unpaid debt

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  • AP PHOTOS: Editors' picks for 2018 from Asia

    AP PHOTOS: Editors' picks for the best images of 2018 from Asia

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  • Madagascar begins voting in runoff presidential election between 2 former leaders

    Madagascar begins voting in runoff presidential election between 2 former leaders

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  • Texas AG, universities face suit over Israel boycott law

    American Civil Liberties Union of Texas files a lawsuit against the state's attorney general and others over a law requiring contractors to certify...

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  • Lawmakers call for probe into Guatemalan child's death

    Lawmakers visiting the Border Patrol station where a 7-year-old Guatemalan girl was taken hours before her death are demanding an investigation into...

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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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  • Cuba eliminates gay marriage language from new constitution

    Cuba says language promoting the legalization of gay marriage will be removed from the draft of a new constitution after widespread popular rejection...

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  • Asylum seekers stake claims on patch of US soil at border

    21 Hondurans are camped between the official line between the U.S. and Mexico.

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  • UK business groups plead for deal to prevent no-deal Brexit

    Britain's five leading business groups are pleading with the government to prevent having the country's departure from the European Union without a...

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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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  • The Latest: Standoff ends as US processes asylum seekers

    Attorneys say six Honduran asylum seekers have been allowed to claim asylum at a U.S. border crossing in San Diego after spending a chilly night on a...

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  • This day in history: Dec. 27, 2007

    Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated.

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  • This day in history: Dec. 24, 2000

    Yasser Arafat visits Bethlehem.

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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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  • Blaze destroys at least 600 houses in Brazil neighborhood.

    Brazilian officials say a fire has engulfed a low-income neighborhood in the northern city of Manaus, destroying at least 600 wooden houses

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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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