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  • Death of young Thai kickboxer brings focus on dangers

    The sight of two preteen boys pummeling each other with fists, elbows, knees and feet as a boisterous crowd shouts wagers is considered good, clean...

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  • Jonestown memorials held at cemetery with remains of 400

    The Rev. Jim Jones orchestrated the deaths of more than 900 Americans.

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  • Landslides kill 13, leave 4 missing in south central Vietnam

    Landslides due to rains from a tropical storm have killed 13 people and left four others missing in south-central Vietnam

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  • Hong Kong starts trial for 9 accused in 2014 Occupy protests

    Three leaders of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests in 2014 and six others on trial for their involvement in the demonstrations that paralyzed the...

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  • Japan's exports recover but reports trade deficit in October

    Japan is reporting a trade deficit in October but is seeing a recovery in exports after getting slammed by natural disasters in September

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  • Tijuana protesters chant 'Out!' at migrants camped in city

    Thousands of migrants arrived via caravan in hopes of a new life in the U.S.

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  • Cambodia says Khmer Rouge tribunal that convicted 3 is done

    Cambodia has reiterated it intends to end the work of the U.N.-backed tribunal that convicted the last two surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge of...

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  • North Carolina man's body found in Mexican canyons

    Governor says the suspect, a drug trafficker, will pay dearly for the killing.

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  • In Jordan's ancient Petra, sirens warn of flash floods

    In ancient Petra, Jordan's main tourist draw, sirens give advance warning of desert flash floods

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  • Peru says ex-president has sought asylum in Uruguay

    Peru's government says former President Alan Garcia is seeking asylum in Uruguay days after a prosecutor sought to retain his passport as part of a...

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  • Scattered tax protests persist in France; injuries up to 409

    Grassroots protests over hikes in taxes on diesel fuel and gasoline continue.

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  • Cyprus gets back looted 6th century mosaic of St. Mark

    Cyprus' communications minister says an extremely rare, 6th century portrait mosaic of St. Mark which was looted from the east Mediterranean island...

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  • Migrants from Iran showing up on England's Dover coast

    British authorities say they found nine suspected migrants from Iran.

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  • Sri Lankan leaders' crucial talks fail to solve crisis

    Opposition lawmakers say crucial all-party talks have failed to reach a breakthrough to resolve the political turmoil that has engulfed the island...

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  • Netanyahu takes on defense post amid call for early polls

    Netanyahu takes defense minister portfolio, rejects calls to dissolve government

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  • Chilean police resign over shooting of indigenous youth

    Two senior police officials have resigned in Chile after the discovery that officers destroyed video showing the shooting of a young indigenous man...

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  • The Latest: Israeli PM Netanyahu takes over defense ministry

    Israel's prime minister says he will also take over as defense minister and is rejecting calls to hold early elections

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  • Israeli PM Netanyahu says he will take over temporarily as defense minister as early elections still loom

    Israeli PM Netanyahu says he will take over temporarily as defense minister as early elections still loom

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  • Finland's president rakes memory for source of Trump remark

    Finland's president isn't sure where U.S. President Donald Trump got the idea that raking leaves is part of his country's routine for managing its...

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  • Iraq's president meets Saudi king after visiting rival Iran

    In delicate balance, Iraq's President Barham Salih meets with Saudi King Salman day after visit to the kingdom's rival Iran

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  • Official: Car bomb in Iraq's Tikrit kills 5

    An Iraqi security official says five people have been killed in a car bomb explosion in the city of Tikrit

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  • Taliban hold talks with US envoy in Qatar

    The Taliban have held three days of talks with U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in the Gulf state of Qatar, where the Afghan insurgent group has a...

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  • Feminist activists interrupt Franco memorial event in Madrid

    Police intervened to prevent trouble at a rally marking Franco's death.

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  • Report: Iran arrests 4 workers protesting unpaid salaries

    Iran's state-run IRNA news agency is reporting that the country's authorities have detained four workers protesting not having been paid their...

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  • Iraqi cleric linked to Basra protests killed outside home

    Iraqi police say a Muslim cleric has been killed outside his home after he suggested that demonstrators should take up arms over poor public services...

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  • Madagascar heads to runoff election on Dec. 19

    In Madagascar, two former heads of state qualified for the second round of the presidential election, to be held on Dec. 19

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  • The Latest: APEC leaders fail to agree on final communique

    Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says leaders at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Papua New Guinea were unable to agree on a...

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  • Painting found in Romania studied as possibly stolen Picasso

    Pablo Picasso painting was snatched from a museum in the Netherlands 6 years ago

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  • Father mourns baby who died of starvation in Yemen

    Yemen is facing a humanitarian crisis during a war with rebels.

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  • Interpol meets to select new president after China's arrest

    Interpol member-states are gathering in Dubai to select a new president after the agency's former leader was detained in China

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  • Pope decries that 'wealthy few' feast on what belongs to all

    Pope Francis is championing the cause of the poor.

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  • Grenade attack on northern India prayer hall kills 3

    Police say three people were killed and over a dozen injured when two men on a motorbike targeted a prayer hall with a grenade in northern India

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  • Ukraine ex-president Yanukovych to miss treason hearing

    Lawyer says injuries sustained on a Moscow tennis court will keep him away.

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  • Azeri opposition leader faces charges after illegal rally

    The head of Azeri opposition party Popular Front faces legal action after authorities arrested him in Baku for attempting to lead an unsanctioned...

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  • Attacks kill 5 security forces in Pakistan

    Pakistani officials say five soldiers have been killed in two separate attacks by suspected militants

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  • US-led coalition denies reports it killed dozens in Syria

    Reports claim coalition airstrikes in Syrian area held by ISIS killed civilians.

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  • Pope prays for those stricken by California wildfires

    Pope Francis has prayed for the dead and injured in California.

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  • From Hockney to Hopper, 4 record-breaking collectibles that were auctioned this week

    A 19-carat vivid pink diamond sold for over $50 million.

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  • Iraqi war victims turn to social media to find medical help

    Feeling helpless and neglected, Iraqi war victims turn to social media to find free medical help, new chance at life

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  • Rights group says Egypt arrests 40 lawyers, activists

    An international rights group says Egypt has rounded up at least 40 lawyers and activists since last month, the latest arrests in a wide-scale...

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  • Pacific summit ends with no communique as China, US differ

    An acrimonious meeting of world leaders in Papua New Guinea fails to agree.

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  • Turkey keeps 1 activist under arrest, releases 12 others

    Turkey's official news agency says one person has been arrested in an investigation over allegations of supporting mass anti-government protests in...

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  • Migrants get cool reception in Mexican border town

    Many of the nearly 3,000 migrants who have reached the border with California say they do not feel welcome in the Mexican city of Tijuana

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  • Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says leaders at APEC summit couldn't reach consensus on final communique

    Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says leaders at APEC summit couldn't reach consensus on final communique

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  • Argentine submarine found at bottom of Atlantic after year of searching

    The submarine was lost on Nov. 15, 2017.

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  • Roadside bomb kills 2 local officials in Afghanistan

    Afghan authorities say a roadside bomb has killed two local officials in the eastern Logar province

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  • US, allies to bring electricity to most of Papua New Guinea

    The U.S., Japan, New Zealand and Australia say they'll bring electricity to 70 percent of Papua New Guinea's people by 2030, boosting the West's...

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  • The Latest: US signs up to bring power to Papua New Guinea

    Four countries including the U.S. have signed up to an effort to bring electricity to 70 percent of Papua New Guinea's people by 2030

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  • Cyclone kills 33 in India with thousands in relief camps

    The death toll from a cyclone that hit the coast of southern India has risen to 33

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  • Activists detained after boarding palm oil tanker off Spain

    Greenpeace says six of its activists boarded a tanker transporting Indonesian palm oil in the Gulf of Cadiz and were detained by its captain

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