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Pope on 2018: forget life's useless baggage, work for peace
Associated Press, Published on 01/01/2018
» VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Monday recommended jettisoning life's “useless baggage” in 2018, including what he called “empty chatter” and banal consumerism, and focusing instead on building a peaceful and welcoming world, particularly for refugees and migrants.
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Gunman opens fire on Cairo church; shootout kills at least 9
Associated Press, Published on 30/12/2017
» CAIRO: A gunman on a motorcycle opened fire Friday outside a church in a Cairo suburb and at a nearby store, sparking a shootout that killed at least nine people, including eight Coptic Christians, authorities said. It was the latest attack targeting Egypt's embattled Christian minority.
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Pope laments 'winds of war' blowing around the world
Associated Press, Published on 25/12/2017
» VATICAN CITY: Lamenting "the winds of war" blowing around the world, Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message on Monday called for a two-state solution to find peace in the Middle East and prayed that confrontation can be overcome on the Korean Peninsula.
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Jerusalem wrangling chills Christmas in Bethlehem
Associated Press, Published on 25/12/2017
» BETHLEHEM, West Bank: It was a subdued Christmas Eve in the historic birthplace of Jesus Christ on Sunday, with spirits dampened by recent violence sparked by President Donald Trump's recognition of nearby Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
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Suicide bombers attack church in Pakistan, killing 5
Associated Press, Published on 17/12/2017
» QUETTA, Pakistan: Two suicide bombers attacked a church in the southwestern city of Quetta on Sunday, killing five people and wounding 18 others, officials said.
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IS mosque attack kills 235 in Egypt
Associated Press, Published on 25/11/2017
» EL-ARISH, Egypt: Militants believed to be Islamic State loyalists attacked a crowded mosque during Friday prayers in the Sinai Peninsula.
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Turkey-backed Iraq overruns Kurds in Kirkuk
Associated Press, Published on 17/10/2017
» KIRKUK, Iraq: Kurdish forces were withdrawing from Kirkuk on Monday as Iraqi federal forces moved in to the disputed city and seized oil fields and other infrastructure amid soaring tensions over last month’s Kurdish vote for independence.
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Afghan officials: Suicide bombing in Kabul kills 5 people
Associated Press, Published on 29/08/2017
» KABUL, Afghanistan -- A suicide bombing on Tuesday in a busy commercial area in Kabul, near a string of banks and not far from the US Embassy, killed at least five people, Afghan officials said.
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13 Philippine marines killed in fighting with militants
Associated Press, Published on 12/06/2017
» ILIGAN, Philippines -- Thirteen Philippine marines were killed in fierce fighting with Muslim militants who have laid siege to a southern city for nearly a month in the biggest single-day loss for government forces, the military said Saturday.
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Big brands wake up to 'modest fashion'
Business, Associated Press, Published on 01/06/2017
» LONDON: When Ruba Zai uploaded her first video online, the Netherlands-based Afghan student just wanted to share with other Muslim girls and women how she styled her headscarf. She had no idea her "hijab tutorials'' would be an internet hit, watched by hundreds of thousands worldwide.
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