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Netanyahu Seeks To Rally Israelis Against Obama After Critical UN Resolution
Netanyahu has tried to rally Israelis around him by portraying the anti-settlement resolution as a challenge to Israel's claimed sovereignty over all of Jerusalem.
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Myanmar Says Muslim With Links To Government Murdered In Troubled Rakhine
A man has been found dead with stab wounds in Myanmar's Rakhine State, in what the government said on Monday was the second murder in under a week of a Rohingya who cooperated with authorities as they crack down on suspected insurgents.
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Singer George Michael Dies At 53
British singer George Michael, who became one of the pop idols of the 1980s with Wham! and then forged a career as a successful solo artist with sometimes sexually provocative lyrics, died at his home in England on Christmas Day.
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Israel To Reassess UN Ties After Vote Condemning Settlements
Israel will re-assess its ties with the United Nations following the adoption by the Security Council of a resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlement building, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday.
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Pope Francis: Christmas Has Been 'Taken Hostage'
Pope Francis said on Saturday that Christmas had been "taken hostage" by dazzling materialism that puts God in the shadows and blinds many to the needs of the hungry, the migrants and the war weary.
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Russian War Jet Crashes Into Sea On Way To Syria
A Russian military plane with 92 people on board has crashed into the Black Sea on its way to Syria, Russian news agencies reported on Sunday, and it was unlikely there would be any survivors.
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US lets UN denounce Israeli settlements
The United States on Friday allowed the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlement building.
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Iraqi Christians Celebrate First Christmas Since ISIS Driven Out Of Ancient Towns
A few hundred Iraqi Christians flocked on Saturday to Bartella, a northern town recently retaken from Islamic State, to celebrate Christmas for the first time since 2013.
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Aleppo Battle Is Over Says Assad As Last Rebels Are Evacuated
The Syrian army said it had retaken complete control of Aleppo on Thursday after the last rebel fighters were evacuated from the battered city.
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North Carolina Won't Repeal Its Transgender Bathroom Law
North Carolina's Republican-controlled legislature on Wednesday rejected a bid to repeal a state law restricting bathroom access for transgender people.
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Berlin Massacre: Asylum-Seeker Released After Police Say They Had The Wrong Man
German authorities on Tuesday released a Pakistani asylum-seeker suspected of driving a truck into a Berlin Christmas market and killing 12 people due to a lack of evidence.
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Turkey Holds 6 After Russian Ambassador Dies In Aleppo Revenge Killing
Andrey Karlov was shot in the back as he gave a speech in Ankara on Monday by an off-duty police officer shouting "Don't forget Aleppo" and "Allahu Akbar".