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The number of suspects arrested by British counter-terrorism police over the killing of a soldier in London has risen to seven. Police have made three more arrests in the brutal killing of British soldier Lee Rigby, Metropolitan Police said. The men, in their 20s, were arrested Saturday evening and are being held on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder, police said.
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A French soldier patrolling a business area of western Paris was stabbed in the neck on Saturday by a man who quickly fled the scene and was still being sought, a police source said.
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The final death toll in the EF5 tornado that ripped through Moore just outside Oklahoma City on Monday is 24, including 10 children. Locals complain about exorbitant prices and rising insurance costs.
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Tokyo is trying to re-establish contact with Pyongyang. Japan is willing to consider the possibility of a top-level meeting in the case the situation with the abduction of Japanese citizens is resolved.
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Estonia completed on Saturday large-scale military drills, which began on May 9 and involved some 5,000 military personnel, including from NATO allies, the General Staff of the Estonian Defense Forces said.
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A court of appeals in the West Georgian city of Kutaisi turned down an appeal from former Prime Minister Vano Merabishvili, charged with corruption and abuse of office, and ruled to keep him in custody.
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President Obama gave a wide ranging speech on national security on Thursday at the National Defense University where he outlined his ideas for making America safer. He took time to note that the war against radical Islam is not a fight against the Muslim faith
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Two explosion in the southern part of the Lebanese capital have injured at least five people, state news reported.
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The grand opening of a unique Park of Glory takes place on May 26 in the U.S. city of Howell, New Jersey.
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A medical examination has confirmed that the driver who ran over three cyclists on Saturday at the Exhibition Center in Moscow was drunk, reported RIA Novosti with reference to a spokesperson for the press service of the capital’s Ministry of the Interior office.
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Patriarch Kirill has unveiled a Moscow statue of St Germogen, a Russian Patriarch who was martyred by invaders from Poland in 1612.
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"The passengers of a Boeing 777 en route from Moscow to New York,which earlier made an emergency landing at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport shortly after takeoff, are safe and sound", Sergey Bykhal, spokesman for Transaero aircarrier that operated the flight, told the Voice of Russia.
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Brazil said Saturday it plans to cancel $900 million (700 million euro) worth of debt in 12 African countries, as part of a broader strategy to boost ties with the continent.
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Lebanese banks in Cyprus have wired over $1.2 billion in deposits back to Lebanon in the last two weeks, the Daily Star wrote Saturday.
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The European Union will emerge from the current crisis stronger than before if the EU governments pursue their previously set agendas and discard their self-serving interests.
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On Thursday, the Japanese stock market experienced its biggest one-day plunge since 2011 caused by an earthquake coupled with a giant tsunami. This time, the cause of the crash had nothing to do with a natural disaster.
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Bitcoin, the digital cryptocurrency, is starting to attract the attention of the US government. It seems that the American authorities would like to destroy the digital currency before it could become a widespread alternative to the US dollar.
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David Cameron's woes are continuing this week with plans to legalize same-sex marriage to be debated in Parliament today and tomorrow. The issue is hugely divisive, not least within the Tory Party which seems to have been in open rebellion in the last couple of weeks over everything from the E.U. to the next election. And on Sunday 34 current and former local party chairmen delivered a letter to Downing Street opposing the policy as "flawed, un-Conservative and costing us dearly in votes and membership". Gay marriage is causing a heated row across the political and public spheres.
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Many of the indigenous peoples of North America called the continent “Great Turtle Island.” A part of their advanced philosophy and culture included a complex and extremely developed constitution called the Great Path. The Mohawk were responsible for maintaining the peace and were the guardians of the Great Law which was supposed to bring peace not only to North America but to the entire world. Kahentinetha Horn spoke to John Robles about the history of the Mohawk, American Indian culture and beliefs and current issues of important to the indigenous people of “Great Turtle Island.” Please visit our website in the near future for a continuation of this very revealing interview.
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Thirty people have reportedly been killed in firefights in northern Lebanon between Sunni Muslims and Alawites.
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Six residents of San Diego were taken off a Spirit Airlines flight in the United States for speaking Russian.
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