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Manic Monday: Britain plunges deeper into Brexit crisis
London, United Kingdom - Monday's are rarely fun. But for British Prime Minister Theresa May and her embattled government, Monday, December 10, 2018 will likely go down as a particularly lousy day. It all started
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Migrants separated at US border: ‘Don’t hurt my mamma or papa’
The United States has been accused of serious human rights violations in its crackdown on migrants trying to cross the border after fleeing poverty and crime in Central America. US President Donald Trump's administration
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Marc Lamont Hill and the Israeli lobby on US campuses
Marc Lamont Hill, a CNN commentator and professor of media studies at Temple University, was fired by the US cable network shortly after delivering a speech at the United Nations on the occasion of
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UK government postpones parliamentary vote on Brexit deal
British Prime Minister Theresa May has postponed a so-called "meaningful vote" on her widely unpopular Brexit deal. May was expected to face a major defeat in the vote, which was scheduled for Tuesday evening in
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Work underway to clear land mines from Jesus baptism site
QASR AL-YAHUD, Palestinian Territories: Efforts to clear thousands of land mines and other ordnance around the site where many believe Jesus was baptized have reached a milestone and officials allowed a rare glimpse Sunday of
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Iraq marks anniversary of ‘victory’ over Daesh
QASR AL-YAHUD, Palestinian Territories: Efforts to clear thousands of land mines and other ordnance around the site where many believe Jesus was baptized have reached a milestone and officials allowed a rare glimpse Sunday of
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British PM blinks – and cancels Brexit vote
London, United Kingdom - Britain's prime minister has blinked in her fraught showdown with parliament over an unpopular deal she reached with the European Union on the country's "Brexit" from the bloc. A decision
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Saudi opposition joins forces in London to tackle ‘oppression’
London, United Kingdom - Saudi opposition figures from all over the world called for a coordinated effort to challenge Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's "oppressive" rule over the kingdom. Speakers at the Second
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‘Appalling’ video shows NY police pulling baby from mother’s arms
A video showing police officers violently yanking a toddler from his mother's arms at a Brooklyn food stamp office last week prompted outrage, with public officials expressing horror and clients of the facility complaining
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Iraq’s Yazidis ‘forgotten by world’ since ISIL attacks
The Yazidi community in Northern Iraq was torn apart in 2014 when the ISIL group attacked their villages. Thousands of men were killed, while the women were forced into slavery, sparking widespread international condemnation.


