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Civilian Casualties In Mosul Are Rising Too Fast To Cope With, Says UN
Mounting civilian casualties from fighting in eastern Mosul between Iraqi forces and Islamic State are overwhelming the capacity of the government and international aid groups, the United Nations said on Saturday.
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Give Trump Time And Don't Assume The Worst, Urges Obama
US President Barack Obama did in Latin America what he tried to do in Europe: tell worried citizens not to draw negative conclusions about President-elect Donald Trump.
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'Genocide Risk' In South Sudan: US Urges Sanctions, Arms Embargo
The United States has circulated to the 15-member United Nations Security Council a draft resolution to impose an arms embargo on South Sudan and further targeted sanctions amid warnings by a senior UN official of possible genocide.
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'Stunning Reversal' For Trump As He Pays $25 Million To Settle University Fraud Lawsuit
Donald Trump agreed on Friday to pay $25 million to settle fraud lawsuits over his Trump University real estate seminars, in what New York's attorney general called a "stunning reversal" for the US president-elect.
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'Bleak Moment' For Aleppo As Regime Pounds Rebel Areas
Syrian rebels have fought fiercely with pro-government forces trying to advance into opposition-held areas of eastern Aleppo.
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How Escaped Chibok Girls Have Overcome Doubts And Jealousy To Attend University
Boko Haram has abducted hundreds of men, women and children, killed thousands and displaced more than 2 million people during its insurgency.
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After Liberation From ISIS, Iraq's Yazidis Dream Of Returning Home
Islamic State has killed Muslims and non-Muslims alike, but has been particularly brutal with the Yazidi minority, whose beliefs combine elements of several religions. Thousands have been killed, captured and enslaved by the group in what the United Nations says is genocide.
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US Forces May Have Committed War Crimes Say Prosecutors
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court in The Hague said there were preliminary grounds to believe US forces committed war crimes in Afghanistan and at secret detention facilities elsewhere in 2003 and 2004.
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'Utter Devastation': New Zealand Reels Under Huge Earthquake
A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake pummeled central New Zealand early on Monday, killing at least two people, damaging roads and buildings and setting off hundreds of strong aftershocks.
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Oscar Winner Ennio Morricone Honors Homeless At Vatican Concert
Morricone, 88, who won this year's Academy Award for "The Hateful Eight," premiered a new, short composition for the event called "God, One of Us," and also conducted the orchestra in some of his most famous film sound tracks.
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Thousands Across US Protest Trump Presidency
Chanting "Not my president" and "love trumps hate," thousands of demonstrators took the streets in cities across the United States on Saturday to protest against President-elect Donald Trump, who they say threatens their civil and human rights.
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Families Who Fled ISIS Now Trapped In Squalor As Battle For Mosul Continues
Thousands of people who have fled Mosul have holed themselves up where they can, such as the half-destroyed concrete bungalows of Shahrezad.