Reuters
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US gun control campaigners mark third anniversary of Sandy Hook massacre
The Sandy Hook attack stands as one of the deadliest mass shootings in US history.
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Bowe Bergdahl may face life sentence in court-martial over desertion
Bergdahl walked away from his post in Afghanistan and became a Taliban prisoner for five years.
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John Kerry arrives in Moscow for Syria peace talks
Kerry will seek to prepare the ground for a third round of talks of world powers on Syria.
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America's mosques are hiring armed guards amid rising anti-Muslim feeling
Mosques around the United States are warily stepping up security in the face of growing fears about reprisals on American Muslims.
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Merkel wants to 'drastically reduce' refugee arrivals in Germany
The move signals a compromise to critics of her open-door policy from within her conservatives on the eve of a party congress.
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Election defeat for French far-right marks upset for Le Pen
The result is a setback to Marine Le Pen's hopes of being a serious presidential contender in 2017.
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19 killed in Yemen by Saudi-led air strikes
Saudi-led air strikes killed 19 Yemeni civilians in bombings of homes and a market on Sunday, residents said, a day before a U.N.-brokered ceasefire is set to start ahead of peace talks to end eight months of war.
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16 dead after attack in Syria claimed by ISIS
Twin explosions in a government-controlled neighbourhood of Syria's Homs city killed at least 16 people and wounded scores more on Saturday, a group monitoring the war and state media said, in an attack claimed by Islamic State.
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Paris climate deal a 'victory for all of the planet'
The global climate summit in Paris forged a landmark agreement on Saturday, setting the course for a historic transformation of the world's fossil fuel-driven economy within decades in a bid to arrest global warming.
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Historic change or merely symbolic? Saudi Arabian women have been given the vote for the first time
Saudi Arabian women voted for the first time on Saturday in local council elections and also stood as candidates, a step hailed by some activists in the Islamic patriarchy as a historic change, but by others as merely symbolic.
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Climate deal is a 'historic turning point'
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius presented a landmark global climate accord on Saturday, a "historic" measure for transforming the world's fossil fuel-driven economy within decades and turn the tide on global warming.
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At least twenty dead in Burundi capital after days of violence
At least 20 dead bodies were seen on the streets of the Burundian capital Bujumbura on Saturday, a police source said, following the worst outbreak of violence since a failed coup in May.