Reuters
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Tears in New York as 17 Catholic churches close
Teary-eyed and angry Catholic parishioners across New York attended final mass services on Friday in some of dozens of churches closing or stopping regular worship services.
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Bin Laden relatives 'killed in private jet crash' in Britain
A private jet crashed in southern England on Friday, killing four people on board, a spokesman for Britain's Hampshire police service said.
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Israeli soldiers shoot dead Palestinian teenager near Gaza border
Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian teenager near the border fence in the northern Gaza Strip on Friday, Palestinian medical officials said.
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Confederate flags found at Martin Luther King church
Four Confederate battle flags were found on Thursday at the historic Atlanta church where civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. once preached, in a chilling reminder of the shooting of nine African-Americans at a South Carolina church in June.
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Pastor held by North Korea 'confesses' attempting to overthrow the state
Hyeon Soo Lim of Toronto's Light Korean Presbyterian Church 'admitted crimes', says state media.
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US is investigating Cecil killing for illegal wildlife trading conspiracy
Dentist Walter Palmer admitted killing the 13-year-old lion and tourist attraction.
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French deploy extra riot police to control Calais migrants
Migrants say they will keep trying to cross to Britain/
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Jerusalem: Orthodox Jew detained after gay pride march stabbing spree
Six participants in the city's annual Gay Pride parade were wounded, two seriously.
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Arson attack by Jewish extremists claims life of Palestinian toddler
The fire is a suspected 'price tag' attack.
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Florida gun store sued after declaring itself 'Muslim-free zone'
A Florida gun store that proclaimed itself a Muslim-free zone was sued on Wednesday in federal court by the state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations on the grounds that the restriction is discriminatory.
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Kuwait 'uncovers Islamic State network'
Kuwait has uncovered a network of Islamic State militants who fought in Iraq and Syria and detained several of its members, the interior ministry said on Thursday.
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MH370 search: Malaysia 'almost certain' debris found is from Boeing 777
Malaysia is "almost certain" that plane debris found on Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean is from a Boeing 777, the deputy transport minister said on Thursday.