Hazel Torres
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'Prayers are not enough,' Obama says after Oregon gunman targeting Christians kills 9
An angry President Barack Obama appeared in the White House briefing room on Thursday to say that "prayers are not enough" in addressing another horrific mass murder in a US campus, this time in Oregon where a gunman specifically targeting Christians opened fire, killing nine people and wounding seven others before police shot him to death.
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US, allies protest Russian raids as Iranian troops arrive in Syria to back up Assad
In a further escalation of the Syrian civil war, which is increasingly turning into a regional if not global conflict, hundreds of Iranian troops have arrived in Syria to join a major ground offensive backed up by Russian armour and air power in support of President Bashar al-Assad's government, sources said on Thursday.
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California kindergarten slams its door on girl, 5, for having 2 lesbian mothers
For having two lesbian "mothers," a five-year-old girl was kicked out of kindergarten at a school in San Diego, California, just before the start of the new school year.
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Russian Orthodox Church supports Putin's 'holy war' in Syria to protect Christians
Russia is waging a "holy war" in Syria to protect innocent Christians against the "tyranny of terrorism," the powerful Russian Orthodox Church declared in a statement on Wednesday as Russian warplanes began conducting airstrikes in Syria.
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Russia unleashes 'most violent, ferocious' airstrikes in Syria, drawing concerns in US
US lawmakers warned of the consequences of Russian military action in the Middle East moments after high-flying Russian warplanes unleashed the "most violent and ferocious" airstrikes Syria has ever known in four years of civil war on Wednesday.