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Belgium arrests 5 in Paris attacks probe – prosecutors
BRUSSELS, Belgium – Belgian police have arrested a total of 5 people including two brothers during a series of arrests in connection with last month's Paris attacks, prosecutors said Monday, December...
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Saudi reformist writer 'jailed for 4 years'
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – A Saudi reformist writer who called his fellow intellectuals "cowards" and his country racist has been jailed for 4 years and banned from writing, his lawyer and son said...
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EU, Switzerland cite progress, but no deal on migrant curbs
BRUSSELS, Belgium – The EU and close partner Switzerland said Monday, December 21, they had made progress but reached no agreement over Swiss curbs on EU migrants which violate the bloc's free movement...
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Senator Lindsey Graham ends US presidential bid
WASHINGTON, United States – Lindsey Graham, the hawkish Republican senator who has called for thousands of US troops in the Middle East and warned Americans against nominating Donald Trump for...
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Large number of refugees to Germany may not be able to find work – Bundesbank
FRANKFURT, Germany – Many of the refugees arriving in Germany could initially find it difficult to get a job because of their young age and lack of qualifications, the German central bank or Bundesbank...
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Russia says downed warplane's damaged black box 'not yet' readable
MOSCOW, Russia – Russian military officials said Monday, December 21, they would call on more specialists to help decipher the damaged black box of a warplane shot down by Turkey after a first attempt...
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Guatemala detains 33 migrants from Nepal, Bangladesh
GUATEMALA CITY, GUATEMALA – Guatemalan authorities Monday, December 21, were holding 33 undocumented migrants from Nepal and Bangladesh found being transported in a bus on the outskirts of the capital...
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Cagayan priest to sue dam operator Aboitiz over floods
CAGAYAN, Philippines – A priest based in this province is studying the possibility of suing the owner and operator of Magat Dam for releasing water at the height of Typhoon Nona (Melor), causing floods...
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Soldiers with relief goods ambushed by rebels in Northern Samar
MANILA, Philippines – One soldier was killed while 2 others were wounded when communist rebels early Tuesday morning, December 22, ambushed their convoy transporting relief goods in Northern...
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Cardinal Tagle to priests: Don't say Mass in campaigns
MANILA, Philippines – Months before the May 2016 elections, Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle advised priests not to say Mass in political events or campaigns.In a circular dated December...
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Comelec votes on Grace Poe appeal vs disqualification
MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections on Tuesday, December 22, has finished voting on the two motions for reconsideration filed by Senator Grace Poe involving her disqualification from the...
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Duterte welcomes 2nd disqualification case
DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Mayor Rodrigo Duterte welcomed the filing of a second complaint before the Commission on Elections (Comelec), seeking to have his certificate of candidacy (COC) cancelled.If...
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Employers urged to share blessings, pay employees correctly
MANILA, Philippines – It's the season of giving after all.Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz on Tuesday, December 22, reminded all employers to make sure they pay their employees correctly as the...
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Rodrigo Duterte faces 3rd disqualification case
MANILA, Philippines – A third petition seeking to cancel the Certificate of Candidacy of presidential aspirant Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte was lodged on Tuesday, December 22.Petitioner JP Delas...
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Trump hurls deeply personal, and crude, insults at Hillary Clinton
WASHINGTON, United States – The frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, who has made a string of incendiary comments on the campaign trail, said Clinton got "schlonged" by Barack...
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Comelec junks 2 Poe motions vs disqualification
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – Three days before Christmas, the Commission on Elections voted to junk the two motions for reconsideration of presidential aspirant Senator Grace Poe involving her...
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Besieged Afghan forces battle to flush out Taliban in key district
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – Military planes have dropped food and ammunition to besieged Afghan forces battling to push Taliban insurgents out of Sangin, officials said Tuesday, two days after the...
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Japan ruling party forms group to review modern history
TOKYO, Japan – Japan's ruling party on Tuesday, December 22, launched a study group to review its modern history, amid reports it may take up contentious regional issues including the Nanjing massacre...
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India passes bill increasing penalties for juveniles in 'heinous crimes'
NEW DELHI, India – Indian lawmakers Tuesday, December 22, passed a bill allowing harsher punishments for juveniles aged 16-18 after an outcry over the release of a young rapist who served three years...
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11 migrants, including 3 children, drown off Turkey – report
ANKARA, Turkey – Eleven migrants bound for EU member Greece, including three children, drowned off the Turkish coast on Tuesday, December 22, when their boat sank in the latest tragedy in the Aegean...
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