We've been endured too many of these tragedies in the past few years, and each time I learn the news, I react not as a president, but as anybody else would as a parent. And that was especially true today. President speaking last Friday about a shooti

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Secret Monitoring Clouds 9/11 Proceedings It was a bizarre twist in a case that has dragged on for years after the September 11 attacks in the effort to bring Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other accused co-conspirators to justice. Prosecutors were

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Baltimore Sees Fifth Day of Police Protests 巴尔的摩反警察暴力抗议第五天 BALTIMORE Hundreds of protesters gathered Thursday in downtown Baltimore, in the eastern U.S. state of Maryland, to again demand changes to the justice system foll

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Social media stumbles in the 2016 presidential election. Russian bought political ads and fake accounts that spread misinformation are being routed out, said Facebook and Twitter executives who appeared before Congress. Weve removed 32 pages and acco

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Syria and its political allies in Lebanon continue to exert pressure on the government of Prime Minister Saad Hariri, in what analysts say is another attempt to put an end to the international tribunal investigating the assassination of former Prime

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Al-Qaida in the Arab Peninsula is threatening to overthrow Yemeni President Ali Abdallah Saleh. The government and al-Qaida rebels have stepped up activity against each other across the country. In an audio tape broadcast on the internet, the leader

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Authorities imposed a strict curfew across Indian Kashmir a day after 18 people were killed in clashes with security forces. The government, which is searching for a way to calm down the protests that have gripped the region, says it will consult all

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Cyprus Poses Fresh Crisis as EU Questions Russian Investment In Cyprus the banks may still be closed, but lines at cash machines are still growing. Alongside the Cypriots withdrawing their savings are many foreign nationals. With a corporate tax rate

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By Scott Stearns White House 20 December 2007 President Bush says he has confidence in a Justice Department investigation into the CIA's destruction of videotapes showing the harsh interrogations of two suspected al-Qaida terrorists. The president's

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By Selah Hennessy Dakar 19 October 2007 Analysts say the transfer of former Congolese warlord Germain Katanga to The Hague is an important step towards ending impunity in war-ravaged DR Congo. Katanga was transferred to the International Criminal Cou

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Joe DeCapua 07 April 2010 Racial tensions remain high in South Africa following the recent murder of white supremacist Eugene TerreBlanche. Wednesday, the ruling ANC party issued a statement urging restraint among its members. Thousands of people sho

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By Steve Herman Kathmandu 09 April 2008 Seventeen-and-a-half million people are eligible to go to the polls in Nepal, Thursday. They will elect members of a constituent assembly that will draft a constitution to complete the transfer from a feudal Hi

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By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 10 December 2007 The U.S. Constitution guarantees religious freedom and prevents government support of religion. The provisions apply to those in the military, as well as civilians. Mike O'Sullivan reports, an organizat

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A suicide car bomber struck a security post in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least nine people and wounding more than 30 others. The attack came hours after suspected Taliban militants in the same region killed two truck drivers transporting sup

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For the first time since the August 20 presidential election in Afghanistan, the preliminary vote totals now show incumbent Hamid Karzai with a percentage high enough to avoid a runoff. But the country's electoral watchdog, backed by the U.N., says

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Platoon Testimony Continues in Afghan Atrocities Case Testimony continues in the military trial, court martial, of American soldier Calvin Gibbs, accused of masterminding war crimes allegedly committed by the platoon he led in Afghanistan. If convict

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Kosovo's former Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj has been acquitted of all charges by judges at the Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague. He and two former Commanders of the Kosovo Liberation Army had been charged with murdering, raping, torturin

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The group potentially faces up to life in prison in a case connected to the online distribution of pornography. Their trial on the charges ended on Friday in Beijing, with the courts withholding a verdict for the time being. Prosecutors allege some 2

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It paved the way for the three decades-long rule of President Mobutu. They didn't come any greedier in Africa. It's estimated he stole around half of the 12 billion dollars his country received in aid. The West helped to keep him in power. A people a

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: California's largest utility could be on the hook for billions of dollars in liability damages from deadly wildfires these last two years. The fires left more than 130 people dead, wiped out thousands of homes and businesses and

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