Reuters
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North Korea: Imprisoned Canadian pastor digs holes all day, sees no one
Hyeon Soo Lim, a South Korean-born Canadian who was the head pastor at one of Canada's largest churches, has been held by the North since February.
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Anti-migrant protest turns violent as German welcome falters
A police spokesman said roughly half of those at the PEGIDA protest were from the 'hooligan scene'. Some in the crowd threw bottles and fire crackers at officers, and riot police used water canon to disperse the protesters.
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Republican Presidential race has 'sidelined fight against poverty in US'
With immigration and national security leading the Republicans' national debates, and outsider candidates like Donald Trump grabbing attention, the conservative anti-poverty effort has been shunted aside.
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Gunman in Philadelphia shoots police officer, claims allegiance to ISIS
Philadelphia Police said he pledges his allegiance to Islamic State, However a top U.S. Muslim advocacy group said it had found no evidence that Archer was an observant Muslim.
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Three tourists stabbed in beach attack in Egypt
The Security Information Center of Egypt's Ministry of Interior said in a statement that two Austrians and a Swede had been injured while the attackers were trying to escape.
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World's top drug lord captured by Mexican police after six month prison break
Once featured in the Forbes list of billionaires, Guzman led a cartel that has smuggled billions of dollars worth of cocaine, heroin, marijuana and methamphetamines into the United States and fought vicious turf wars with other Mexican gangs.
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Armed men kidnap missionary in Mali, Christian radio station attacked
Incident comes nearly four years after she was abducted by Islamist militants from the same house
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ISIS militant executes his mother for encouraging him to leave the group
An Islamic State militant executed his mother in public in the Syrian city of Raqqa because she had encouraged him to leave the group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Friday.
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Oregon occupation leader rejects sheriff's bid to end standoff
Ammon Bundy rejected the lawman's offer of safe passage out of the state to end the standoff.
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North Korea nuclear test: Pressure grows on China to rein in its ally
The United States called on China to end "business as usual" with its ally.
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Kerry says implementation of Iran nuclear deal is just 'days away'
The deal will allow tens of billions of dollars in sanctions against Iran to be lifted.
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Paris police shoot man dead on Charlie Hebdo anniversary
Paris police shot dead a knife-wielding man who tried to enter a police station shouting "Allahu Akbar" (God is Great) and who may have been wearing a suicide belt, official and union sources said.