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Egypt’s top prosecutor killed in car bomb
CAIRO, Egypt – A car bomb on Monday morning killed Egypt’s prosecutor general, Hisham Barakat, whose cavalcade was hit by a powerful explosion near his home in Cairo, marking the first assassination …
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Controversial drug use permitted by US Supreme Court in executions
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court has upheld the use of a controversial drug in executions in the United States but opened a new debate on the constitutional validity of death penalty in the …
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Hate crime suspected behind two fire attacks on black churches
WASHINGTON Federal investigators are probing recent fires at six churches with predominately black congregations in five Southern states. Three of the fires are being investigated as …
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UN human rights council ‘morally flawed’, alleges Israel
GENEVA, Switzerland – Israel has reacted sharply and is reportedly mulling leaving the United Nations’ human rights agency over its report alleging that the Jewish state may have committed war …
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Tsipras urges ‘No’ vote on Sunday as Greece set to default on loan
ATHENS – Greece was hours away from defaulting on a 1.6 billion euro loan from the International Monetary Fund, due by midnight Tuesday, as three major Eurozone countries issued a joint warning to …