Reuters
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Palestinians set fire to Joseph's tomb in West Bank
Palestinians set fire to a Jewish shrine in the West Bank on Friday as the Islamist group Hamas called for a day of rage against Israel, and two weeks of turmoil in the region showed little signs of abating.
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Thousands visit remains of youngest Catholic saint in Chicago
The skeleton of Maria Goretti, who was stabbed to death during an attempted rape in 1902, was encased in a wax statue lying inside a clear glass coffin.
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Peace in Myanmar edges closer as eight armed groups sign ceasefire deal
Myanmar's government and eight armed ethnic groups have signed a ceasefire agreement.
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Syrian rebels battle Islamic State as Russia-backed regime prepares assault on them all
Islamic State militants battled rival insurgent groups on Wednesday north of Aleppo.
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Corbyn suffers first rebellion as Labour MPs abstain in finance vote
The vote exposed divisions over Jeremy Corbyn's economic strategy and policymaking process.
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Osborne urges Labour rebels to back new fiscal discipline law
Osborne's policy has wrongfooted Labour's new left-wing leadership.
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Kerry to visit Middle East to try to calm Palestinian-Israeli tensions
Israel and the Palestinian territories are experiencing their worst unrest in years.
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Christian protesters highlight 'shame' of Australia's asylum seeker policy
Campaigners demand an end to the long-term detention of asylum seekers in centres in the South Pacific.
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India: Who are the Hindu nationalists targeting Christians and Muslims for conversion?
An Hindu nationalist group wants minority Muslims and Christians to accept that India is a nation of Hindus and is pushing some of them to convert.
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Turkey blames Islamic State for deadly Ankara bomb attack
Opponents have vented anger at President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at funerals, universities and courthouses.
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UN: Access to education for girls still more limited than boys
Less than half of the world's countries have equal numbers of girls and boys in school with not one sub-Saharan African nation achieving equality, according to a United Nations report released on Monday to mark International Day of the Girl Child.
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Afghanistan: Five NATO members killed in helicopter crash
Five members of NATO's international support mission in Afghanistan were killed and five injured when a British military helicopter crashed in the capital, Kabul, officials said on Monday.