Wrestlers travel to North Korea

CNN's Will Ripley gets a rare look at a North Korean pro-wrestling event.



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Vows of civil disobedience

Thousands of Hong Kongers are pledging civil disobedience after China announced the city would not have open elections.



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U.N.: 43 peacekeepers captured

An armed group detained 43 U.N. peacekeepers in Syria near the country's only border crossing with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights early Thursday, a day after militants took the crossing from the Syrian regime, the United Nations said.



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Publicist: Lawrence photos stolen

A publicist for Jennifer Lawrence slammed the appearance of nude photographs of the Oscar-winning actress online Sunday as a "flagrant violation of privacy."



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Beheadings in ISIS camp for children

Children are being indoctrinated into ISIS's barbaric system of justice, one young boy tells CNN.



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Empty U.S. embassy as water park

Libyan militia members have apparently turned the abandoned U.S. Embassy in Tripoli, Libya, into a water park, judging by amateur video posted to YouTube on Sunday.



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Lesotho PM alleges army coup attempt

After an apparent attempted military coup on Saturday, the people of the African nation of Lesotho are doing their best to return to every day life.



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Russian rebels press forward

A few miles south of the town of Starobeshevo in eastern Ukraine, a group of men in uniform is slumped under a tree.



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Russia nearing 'point of no return'

European leaders warn the situation in Ukraine "has worsened considerably" and urge Russia's president to "change course" before it is too late.



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Ukrainian plane crashes in Algeria

A Ukrainian cargo plane crashed shortly after takeoff in mountainous southeastern Algeria on Saturday morning, killing seven people who were aboard, Algerian state-run news agency Algerie Presse Service reported.



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China says no to open elections in Hong Kong

Beijing says only candidates approved by a nominating committee can run for Hong Kong's chief executive, prompting criticism that it stifles democracy.



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Hong Kong-China relations

CNN's Kristie Lu Stout finds out about the root cause of Hong Kong's antagonism towards the mainland.



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Kerry: Cancer of ISIS must not spread

ISIS is a cancer that must be stamped out, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry wrote Saturday in an opinion piece for The New York Times.



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Ferrer, Sharapova stunned in US Open

Fourth seed David Ferrer was sent crashing out of the US Open by Frenchman Gilles Simon, the biggest scalp to be taken so far during the final grand slam of the season.



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Elvis Presley's jets for sale

Elvis Presley's last two jets, the "Lisa Marie" and "Hound Dog II," are for sale.



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Liverpool swat Spurs aside

Mario Balotelli didn't score but, once again, it was still all about him.



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Are atheists 'unelectable' in U.S.?

This fall, for the first time in U.S. history, an openly atheist candidate is running for Congress. James Woods is fighting an uphill battle as a Democrat seeking to represent the very Republican 5th Congressional District in Arizona.



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Father: I took son for treatment

Police say they've arrested the parents of a cancer-stricken boy after they removed him from a British hospital.



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Abuse scandal shocks nation to core

The sex abuse of hundreds of children has shocked a nation.



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Russia-Ukraine: Fog lifts, now it's war

Russian advances in Ukraine mean diplomacy has failed, a regional expert says.



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What is Russia doing in Ukraine?

Russia's tactics in Ukraine are difficult to pin down: The Kremlin categorically denies Russian troops are fighting alongside rebels there, or that the sophisticated weaponry being used against Ukrainian government forces is supplied by Moscow.



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ISIS vs. al Qaeda: How they differ

Jim Sciutto explains the similarities and differences between these Islamist jihadis.



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Israeli soldier's death raises Gaza toll

An Israeli soldier who was critically injured in fighting last month died Sunday, the Israel Defense Forces announced in a tweet.



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Prison in Somalia attacked; 11 dead

Islamist rebels attacked a prison in Somalia on Sunday and were fought off by security guards, who killed eight of the rebels, Somali Security Ministry spokesman Mohamed Yusuf told CNN.



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Missing cancer boy's parents arrested

The parents who pulled their cancer-stricken son from a British hospital and spurred an international search for the boy have been arrested, police said.



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Israel shoots down drone near Syria

Israel has shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle that entered Israeli airspace near the Syrian border, the Israel Defense Forces said Sunday.



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Iraqi forces enter town of Amerli

Iraqi and volunteer forces entered the town of Amerli, breaking the siege that started in mid-June.



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Can Real Madrid end Liverpool jinx?

Real Madrid, the kings of Europe, will take on a team living one of the greatest fairytale stories in Bulgarian football history.



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Ukraine warns of 'full-scale war' risk over Russia crisis

Ukraine's president warns his nation's crisis with Russia is inching closer to "full-scale war," with thousands of foreign troops in the country.



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Why did forces leave border?

There is a forbidding sense among Ukrainians that their fate is still out of their control. CNN's Diana Magnay reports.



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Quake hits northern California

A 3.4-magnitude earthquake rumbled through northern California early Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.



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U.S. strikes ISIS near siege town

The United States says it has carried out airstrikes and dropped humanitarian aid in the Iraqi town of Amerli to protect an ethnic minority that one official says faces the threat of an "imminent massacre."



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No strategy? Obama sparks uproar

When is a strategy not a strategy? When it's a political football.



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Pakistan protests turn deadly

Pakistani protesters took to the streets for another day Sunday demanding a solution to a political crisis that has gripped the nation.



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Reclining seats spark new skirmish

Inching into another passenger's knee space has some airline passengers itching for a fight. Why are people so angry about seat reclining in the air?



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Rescuers tried to dig her out

Rescue teams rushed to free a young girl trapped by a collapsed sand cave along Oregon's coast. KATU's Bob Heye reports.



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9-year-old U.S. girl bured by sand

A 9-year-old died at an Oregon beach when a hole she was digging in the sand caved in and buried her, authorities said.



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Candy and fliers in KKK recruit drive

Carlos Enrique Londoño laughs at the Ku Klux Klan recruitment flier recently left on the driveway of his suburban New York home. It's unlikely the group would accept him.



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'Point of no return' looms?

The conflict in Ukraine is ratcheting up as Russian troops enter the country by the thousands.



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Pakistan PM stays put amid protests

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is vowing to stay put despite protests against his government that have enveloped the nation's capital.



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U.N. peacekeepers attacked

United Nations peacekeepers were attacked on the Golan Heights on Saturday, even as U.N. officials said they were working to gain the release of dozens of others detained by Islamist fighters.



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Ebola outbreak spreads to Senegal

The West African country of Senegal has confirmed its first Ebola case one week after closing its borders with Guinea over fears that the deadly outbreak could spread, the Senegalese Press Agency reported Friday.



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Despite threat, London busy

The United Kingdom may have raised its terror threat level, but the streets of London don't appear to be fazed.



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UK raises terror threat level to severe

The UK government raises its terror threat level from "substantial" to "severe," in response to ISIS "ruthlessly seeking it's own state."



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U.S. Open: Qualifier humbles Kvitova

Day six of the U.S. Open at Flushing Meadows and the shocks just keep on coming in the women's draw.



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Marquez on pole at Silverstone

Spain's Marc Marquez claimed a 10th pole position in 12 attempts this season at qualifying for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone on Saturday.



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Chelsea win thriller as rivals stumble

Chelsea continued its perfect start to the new English Premier League with a 6-3 win against Everton at Goodison Park on Saturday.



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Iran: Sanctions crime against humanity

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday called new U.S. penalties against firms violating sanctions against Iran illegal and a crime against humanity, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.



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First openly gay NFL player released

The St. Louis Rams announced Saturday that Michael Sam, who made history as the first openly gay player to be drafted into the NFL, has been waived and did not make the team's final 53-man roster.



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2 more given drug survive Ebola

Two more medical workers have survived Ebola.



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U.S. mobile home fire leaves 6 dead

Firefighters in Clinton, North Carolina, discovered six bodies inside what remained of a mobile home that burned down early Saturday morning.



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McCartney tells Scotland to stay in UK

Beatles star Paul McCartney became the latest high profile figure to sign a letter calling on Scottish voters to choose to remain part of the United Kingdom in a vote on independence next month.



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Fears for missing brain tumor boy

A 5-year-old surgery patient whose parents allegedly removed him prematurely from a British hospital -- now the subject of a major international search by authorities concerned for his health -- could be in southern Spain, British police said Saturday.



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Putin issues "warning" to critics

Russia's Vladimir Putin issues a defiant message to his critics, as a British source tells CNN up to 5,000 Russian troops are fighting in Ukraine.



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Ukrainian volunteer troops retreat

Diana Magnay reports from Mariupol, Ukraine where she catches up with some Ukrainian volunteer soldiers on the retreat.



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'Coup' in Lesotho, PM flees

A military coup took place in Lesotho Saturday, the country's Prime Minister, Thomas Thabane, said in an interview aired by South African broadcaster eNCA.



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What could the U.S. do to fight ISIS?

If the United States is serious about thoroughly defeating ISIS, it must -- somehow, someway -- go through Syria.



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Soldiers killed in Iraq suicide bomb

At least three Iraqi soldiers were killed Saturday in a suicide car bombing south of Iraq's capital, police said, dealing a deadly blow to the military in that area for a second straight day as government forces fight ISIS militants across the country.



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Dozens hurt in Canada bus crash

Canadian authorities are investigating a bus crash which left at least 50 people injured. CTV has the story.



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Judge deals blow to abortion law

A Texas judge rules part of an abortion law unconstitutional. TWC News Austion has the report.



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Ukrainian plane crashes in Algeria

A Ukrainian cargo plane crashed shortly after takeoff in mountainous southeastern Algeria on Saturday morning, killing seven people who were aboard, Algerian state-run news agency Algerie Presse Service reported.



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Pakistani military wades into crisis

The Pakistani military has waded into the political turmoil that has beset the civilian government in recent weeks, prompting concerns the country's fragile democracy could be undermined.



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Volcanoes erupt in Iceland, PNG

Ivan Cabrera reports on a volcanic eruption in Iceland, and explosive activity at another volcano in Papua New Guinea.



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Kerry: Cancer of ISIS must not spread

ISIS is a cancer that must be stamped out, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry wrote Saturday in an opinion piece for The New York Times.



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Putin warns: Don't come after a nuclear-armed Russia

As concern over Russia's actions in Ukraine grows, European leaders meet to discuss possible new sanctions against Moscow.



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Russian troops spotted in Ukraine

Satellite imagery said to show Russian troops and equipment inside Ukraine.



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Gunmen hit Afghan spy agency

Gunmen attacked a spy agency in eastern Afghanistan early Saturday, killing six people and leaving dozens injured, authorities said.



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Rescuers free trapped miners

Rescuers freed 20 workers from a mine in Nicaragua late Friday, dozens of hours after it collapsed and buried them underground, authorities said.



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Fearful mood in Baghdad

As violence rises, the mood in Baghdad is one of fear and apprehension, as Jomana Karadsheh reports.



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Marina gains momentum

“A PASSING wave.” That is how Aécio Neves, the presidential candidate of the centre-right Party of Brazilian Social Democracy (PSDB), earlier this week dismissed the rising popularity of Marina Silva. Ms Silva was propelled to the top of the centrist Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) ticket in the wake of the tragic death in a plane crash two weeks ago of its leader and candidate, Eduardo Campos. “Groundswell” would have been a more appropriate description. Nor does it look like dissipating any time soon.

Support for Ms Silva, a former environment minister and green activist, has surged from 21% in the days immediately following the accident to 34%, according to a poll published on August 29th by Datafolha. With five weeks left before the election this pushes Mr Neves into distant third and puts Ms Silva neck and neck with President Dilma Rousseff, who had until now enjoyed a healthy first-round lead. In a second-round run-off, the Datafolha poll has Ms Silva...Continue reading



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Abuse scandal shocks nation to core

The sex abuse of hundreds of children has shocked a nation.



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Author: 'Putin created a monster'

Author Ben Judah says Vladimir Putin has presented a "Nazi Ukraine" to the Russian people and is trapped by propaganda.



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Opinion: Fog lifts; now it's war

Russian advances in Ukraine mean diplomacy has failed, a regional expert says.



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Uzi girl finds support in grieving family

Daughter of a man killed by a 9-year-old girl learning to fire an Uzi says: "My heart goes out to her."



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Reporters find 'laptop of doom'

Two reporters from Foreign Policy talk to CNN about a laptop they found that they claim has thousands of ISIS documents.



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Putin rival: He wants a deal

CNN's Hala Gorani speaks to Ilya Ponomarev, a member of the Russian State Duma, about Putin's soaring popularity.



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Venus exits after U.S. Open epic

Former champion Venus Williams loses epic at U.S. Open but there's a fairytale for qualifier Mirjana Lucic-Baroni.



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Ebola: Your questions answered

CNN's Isha Sesay asks Emory University's Dr. Jay Varkey questions from CNN viewers about the Ebola virus.



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Does UK have a jihadi problem?

"Any attempt by you, Obama, to deny the Muslims their rights of living in safety under the Islamic caliphate will result in the bloodshed of your people" may have been the last words James Foley ever heard.



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Can Real Madrid end Liverpool jinx?

Real Madrid, the kings of Europe, will take on a team living one of the greatest fairytale stories in Bulgarian football history.



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'We don't have a strategy': Obama

U.S. President asks America's top defense officials to prepare "a range of options" for what can be done to go after ISIS militants in Syria.



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Obama's ISIS comment sparks uproar

When is a strategy not a strategy? When it's a political football.



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How to make Putin back down

Leon Aron says the U.S. and Europe can help get Russia out of Ukraine by helping Ukraine win its just war, sharing defense technologies and intelligence



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Reclining seats spark new skirmish

Inching into another passenger's knee space has some airline passengers itching for a fight. Why are people so angry about seat reclining in the air?



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The man who fixed football

He rose from humble beginnings, worked his way through the local leagues before graduating to become a major player on the international stage, netting him millions of dollars along the way.



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How much of a fix is football in?

Recent revelations in print and now on television by convicted match fixer Wilson Raj Perumal are once again throwing the spotlight onto match-fixing in football.



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How to buy a referee

Who'd be a referee? When the crowd aren't getting on your back you've got the players acting up or giving you an earful.



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Jihadists: Foley beheading justified

Foreign fighters inside Syria and Iraq have become a massive concern for authorities worldwide. Many are alarmed at the quick rise in the number of Westerners who have joined militant groups trying to establish an Islamic caliphate, with several investigations launched following the gruesome beheading of American journalist James Foley last week.



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Cold War spy dies in jail

John Walker, a former U.S. Navy officer convicted of spying decades ago for the Soviet Union, has died in federal prison, according to the U.S. government.



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Did ISIS waterboard captives?

Did ISIS use a notorious former CIA interrogation technique on Western hostages?



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Ebola breaks out in new country

The West African country of Senegal has confirmed its first Ebola case one week after closing its borders with Guinea over fears that the deadly outbreak could spread, the Senegalese Press Agency reported Friday.



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Why is a 9-year-old firing an Uzi?

A 9-year-old girl accidentally killed a shooting instructor with an Uzi on Monday, authorities in Arizona said, and now the world is asking itself an absolutely absurd question: Should a fourth-grader be legally allowed to shoot an Uzi? The only answer to that question is: Hell fricking NO -- it should be against the law.



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UK raises terror threat level

The UK government raised its terror threat level Friday from "substantial" to "severe," the fourth highest of five levels, in response to events in Iraq and Syria, where ISIS militants have seized a swath of territory.



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Foreign students: Coming and going

THE number of foreign students at universities in America reached a new high of 819,644 last year. Many of them came from China on F-1 visas, which are reserved for students. Chinese studying in America now number 200,000, up from 16,000 in 2003. Students from India, South Korea and Saudi Arabia also flock to America’s top-notch universities.

Foreign students contribute over $30 billion to the American economy, according to a new report from the Brookings Institution, a think-tank. But few are invited to stay past their studies. The number of H-1B visas, which are given to skilled foreign workers, has barely budged over the past decade (see chart). America is not trying to poach bright young minds, say officials. Research has shown that foreigners who study in America bring liberal values back home with them.But American employers want those bright minds to stick around. Foreign students often study in fields—like science, technology, engineering and maths—where America has skills shortages. Under pressure from business, the White House is considering giving thousands of high-tech workers new green cards. More far-reaching reforms, though, will...



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UK child sex abuse 'ignored'

A new report says police, social services, and local government officials ignored abuse happening on a massive scale.



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Can U.S. afford another $3 trillion war?

After piling up trillions of dollars of war debt during the last decade, America seemed to be on the brink of a new era -- ready to shut off the Iraq-Afghanistan funding faucet, bring its troops home and enjoy a peace dividend.



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Ebola outbreak 'accelerating'

The deadly Ebola outbreak continues to accelerate in West Africa and has killed 1,552 people so far, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.



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Three million Syrians have fled: U.N.

The number of people who have fled Syria and registered as refugees will surpass a record 3 million Friday, and a further 6.5 million are believed to be displaced within the war-torn nation, the U.N. refugee agency said.



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Systematic abuse ignored in UK town

Hundreds of children have been systematically raped, beaten and sex trafficked in a northern English town for more than 12 years. And it is still going on, a government commissioned report says.



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Cold Russian winter ahead

The meeting on Tuesday between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart, Petro Poroshenko, marks the beginning of a new phase in the conflict between the two countries.



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Why teens need to start school later

Terra Ziporyn Snider says many adolescents suffer chronic sleep deprivation, which can indeed lead to safety problems. Would starting school an hour later be so wrong?



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Joan Rivers 'resting' in hospital

Comedian Joan Rivers is "resting comfortably" in a New York hospital after apparently suffering cardiac and respiratory arrest during a procedure at a medical clinic Thursday.



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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie marry

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie married over the weekend in France, a representative for Jolie confirmed Thursday.



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Putin: Pro-Russia rebels will let Ukrainian troops retreat

Pro-Russia rebels in Ukraine agree to open a humanitarian corridor for surrounded Ukrainian troops to retreat, Russian President's office says.



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Some Ukrainian fighters retreat

Diana Magnay reports from Mariupol, Ukraine where she catches up with some Ukrainian volunteer soldiers on the retreat.



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How will the world respond?

Russian forces are now fighting inside Ukraine. Anderson looks into how the U.S. and other countries might respond.



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Miley's 'homeless' date faces arrest

The young man Miley Cyrus chose to represent homeless youths at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday faces arrest in Oregon, a corrections official said.



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Volcano erupts in Papua New Guinea

A volcano erupted in Papua New Guinea on Friday, spurting ash tens of thousands of feet into the sky.



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What could the U.S. do to fight ISIS?

If the United States is serious about thoroughly defeating ISIS, it must -- somehow, someway -- go through Syria.



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Children taught about 'ISIS ideals'

CNN's Nick Paton Walsh looks at how ISIS tries to spread their ideas through the generations by cramming them into the minds of young children.



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ISIS boy recruit saw beheadings

Children are being indoctrinated into the group's barbaric system of justice, according to one boy who witnessed atrocities at a camp in Syria.



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Pakistani military wades into crisis

The Pakistani military has waded into the political turmoil that has beset the civilian government in recent weeks, prompting concerns the country's fragile democracy could be undermined.



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Ukraine: 'Full-scale invasion' by Russia under way

A top Ukrainian army officer says a "full-scale invasion" of his country is under way, as the U.S. confirms 1,000 Russian troops crossed Ukraine's southern border.



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NATO images 'show forces'

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Stop spy flights, China warns the U.S.

China has warned the United States to end its military surveillance flights near Chinese territory, refuting claims by Washington that a Chinese fighter jet made several "dangerous" and "unprofessional" passes at a U.S. Navy plane last week.



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Gazans return to rubble

After 51 days of chaos, many of the displaced residents of Gaza have nowhere to return to. CNN's Ian Lee reports.



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Should sites block violent videos?

How do online video sites decide if they should block violent videos like James Foley's beheading? Samuel Burke reports.



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6 questions about the crisis

It's been building for months. And now, according to some, Russia has launched a "full-scale invasion" of Ukraine.



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U.S. lawsuit slams Ferguson police

In a $40 million federal lawsuit, five people arrested recently in Ferguson, Missouri, accuse police of using "wanton and excessive force" and treating U.S. citizens "as if they were war combatants."



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MH370 'may have turned earlier'

A failed satellite phone call has given experts a better idea of where the Malaysian plane was traveling when it dropped off radar, says Australia's deputy prime minister.



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Army shooter asks to be ISIS citizen

The Army psychiatrist who killed 13 people at Fort Hood has written a letter to the leader of ISIS, asking to become a citizen of the Islamic State's caliphate, his attorney said Thursday.



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Boston bombers' sister arrested

The sister of the Boston marathon bombing suspect was arrested in New York City Wednesday for allegedly making a bomb threat, police said.



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Ukraine: A bumpy road to peace

The fear of Russian invasion is receding but peace may still be tricky to find.



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Google reveals drone delivery tests

Google is the latest company to branch out into delivery by drone, it revealed today. The technology giant started running its first test flights earlier this month as part of Project Wing, a secretive, two-year-old program exploring drone delivery.



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Wrestlers to face off in N. Korea

CNN grapples with restrictions while attending the latest attempt at 'sports diplomacy.'



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Israel’s economy: Shekeled and bound

More guns, less butter

JUDGING by the actions of the Bank of Israel, Israel’s central bank, the economy is in worrying shape. The bank’s Monetary Committee, at its monthly meeting on August 25th, cut its main interest rate from 0.5% to 0.25%—the lowest on record.Few had seen the cut coming. Bond prices prior to the move had implied that there would be no change in rates for the next three months. The bank had only just cut rates by a quarter of a percentage point the month before, matching the previous record low. Furthermore, the statement accompanying July’s cut had a hawkish tone, implying that the cycle of interest-rate cuts that had begun in September 2011 was at, or near, its end.The main change since the July meeting has been the Israeli army’s latest incursion into Gaza, in response to rocket attacks on southern Israel. The hostilities have dented consumption, especially in the southern part of the country, near Gaza. Tourism, which accounts for 7% of Israel’s GDP, has slumped throughout the country, ruining this year’s peak summer season. But the Bank of Israel suggests that the fighting, and the drag on the economy it has...



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French political fiction: What if it were true?

ONE pleasure of the French summer is the publication of political fiction in media usually busy with the soap opera of real political life. During the holidays, reporters let their imaginations run wild. Improbable alliances, liaisons and betrayals are invented. Le Figaro, a conservative newspaper, ran a 17-part fictional series in August entitled “Hollande departs”. L’Opinion, another daily, ran a 14-part series originally called “The kidnapping of Arnaud Montebourg”.Other countries turn out political drama, from America’s “House of Cards” to Denmark’s “Borgen”. But the French seem keen on fiction based on real characters. In recent years directors have made films about serving, or recently active, politicians, including “La conquête”, a fictional portrayal of the rise to power of Nicolas Sarkozy, the former president. “Quai d’Orsay” was an entertaining glimpse into theatrics at the foreign office under a fictitious Dominique de Villepin, a former foreign minister.Television does it too. A French series, “L’Ecole du Pouvoir”, followed five characters who met at the elite Ecole Nationale d’Administration in the late 1970s, ahead of the election of a Socialist president, François Mitterrand, in 1981. One seemed rather like François Hollande, the incumbent; another resembled Ségolène Royal, his classmate, former partner and...

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Berlin’s mayor: Wowi bows out

HIS 13-year reign as mayor of Berlin, Germany’s capital as well as one of its 16 federal states, coincided with the city’s rise as a metropolis of cool. Indeed, Klaus Wowereit personified much of what modern Berlin stands for. “I am gay and that is just fine,” he proclaimed in 2001, becoming the first candidate for state premier to out himself, and the stigma seemed gone at once.His description of Berlin as “poor but sexy” stuck. No matter that its schools are mediocre and its finances perpetually subsidised by richer states. Mr Wowereit partied hard in a party town, looking at ease even when sipping prosecco from stiletto heels. Usually donning an ironic smile under an errant strand of hair, he projected urbaneness, tolerance and cosmopolitanism. For years, he was considered a top talent by his Social Democratic Party.But his reputation took a tailspin along with his favourite project, a huge new airport. Co-financed by Berlin, the surrounding state of Brandenburg and the federal government, the new airport was due to open in June 2012 but keeps being delayed. Construction problems crop up everywhere and costs continue soaring. The airport and Mr Wowereit, chairman of its...



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Turkey’s new government: Davutoglu’s moment

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Michelangelo: The maestro’s maestro

Pietà de resistance

Michelangelo: A Life in Six Masterpieces. By Miles Unger. Simon & Schuster; 432 pages; $29.95. Buy from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.ukMichelangelo: Complete Works. By Frank Zöllner, Christof Thoenes and Thomas Pöpper. Taschen; 736 pages; $200 and £120. Buy from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.ukMILES UNGER’S biography of Michelangelo Buonarotti focuses on six of the great man’s greatest hits. In an appendix the author tells readers where to find them in Rome and Florence, but, in passing, he makes an arresting remark about the first of them, the “Pietà” in St Peter’s Basilica (pictured). Michelangelo was only 24 when he sculpted...



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Modern Asian leaders: No unity in diversity

Makers of Modern Asia. Edited by Ramachandra Guha. Belknap Press; 385 pages; $29.95 and £22.95. Buy from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.ukTHE cliché of the “Asian century” is usually presented as an economic argument: that the startling growth of a number of Asian countries is shifting the centre of gravity of the global economy to the continent where the bulk of its people live. But, argues an Indian historian, Ramachandra Guha, in the introduction to this entertaining and illuminating collection of essays, “the politics matters just as much as the economics.” Modern Asia is of course also the result of the anti-colonial movements, wars and revolutions of the previous century. The justifiable conceit behind the book Mr Guha has edited is that a good way to understand this is to look at the national leaders thrown up by the tumult.The strength of the idea lies in the 11 leaders it covers and the expertise of the writers...



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Prison in America: Protection rackets

Nothing beats a tattoo

The Social Order of the Underworld: How Prison Gangs Govern the American Penal System. By David Skarbek. Oxford University Press; 240 pages; $99 and £64. Buy from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.ukIN 2009 Edward John Schaefer drunkenly swerved his motorbike over a pavement in the town of Marin, California. He hit a father and his daughter. The girl died. Schaefer was jailed for life. Some ten days after arriving at San Quentin State Prison, Frank Souza, another inmate, stabbed Schaefer to death with a “bone-crusher”, a seven-inch homemade metal spear.The murder was not a random act of violence. Nor was it an example of the haphazard terrors of prison life. Mr Souza was a member of the Aryan Brotherhood, a prison gang. When asked why he did it, Mr Souza replied: “All I got to say, nine-year-old girl.” The killing was justice, determined and meted out by the gang. It was one...



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Fiction: Multiple imaginings

The Bone Clocks. By David Mitchell. Random House; 624 pages; $30. Sceptre; 595 pages; £20. Buy from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.ukDAVID MITCHELL’S novels are often made up of interconnecting novellas. His first, “Ghostwritten” (1999), started the trend, and his most accomplished, “Cloud Atlas” (2004), transported the reader through six distinct eras, from historical past to post-apocalyptic future. Mr Mitchell says he had hoped to write 70 stories for his sixth book, “The Bone Clocks”, but stopped far short. Even so, he takes greater risks than ever before—and, for the most part, pulls them off.The link in each section is Holly Sykes. At the start in 1984 she is a teenager in Gravesend on the south bank of the Thames, opposite Tilbury in Essex. After a row with her mother she runs away from home. In the book’s final novella, set in 2043, she is nearing the end of her days and fighting for survival on the west coast...



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Libya paying price for Mideast divide?

The polarization of Mideast powers backing Islamist groups versus those who fear their rise is playing out in Libya, with claims of secret strikes unsurprising, says H.A. Hellyer.



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Ukraine and Russia: War, not peace

THE war in Ukraine is intensifying, as Russia’s incursions into the east of the country become ever more brazen. On August 27th a column of Russian troops and equipment crossed the Russia-Ukraine border in the far south, at Novoazovsk, in an apparent attempt to open a new front outside the rebel-held areas and closer to Crimea. Ukraine’s security services released videos of ten Russian soldiers captured in eastern Ukraine. Reports have surfaced in Russia of mysterious funerals for members of Pskov’s 76th Airborne Division. As The Economist went to press, NATO was releasing photographic evidence showing that as many as 1,000 Russian soldiers are now in eastern Ukraine. And Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine’s president, declared baldly that “an invasion of Russian forces has taken place.”All this came after Mr Poroshenko met Vladimir Putin, for the first time since June, in the margins of a summit in Minsk. The meeting began icily and achieved little. Russia’s interests—keeping Ukraine out of NATO—have not changed. Even if many Russians are ready to buy claims of soldiers “accidentally” crossing the border, the rest of the world is not. Yet Mr Putin still maintains that...



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Germany’s economy: Watching the wages

BLAMING Germany—or at least the austerity prescribed for the euro zone by Chancellor Angela Merkel—for Europe’s ills may be popular in France. But Germans are inclined, not without some pride, to see their economy as the strongest horse to pull the euro zone out of its misery. Hence the fear caused by a surprising update this month: real output shrank by a seasonally adjusted 0.2% in the second quarter from the first, and manufacturing by 1%.Part of the explanation was statistical. Thanks to a mild winter, there was more construction than usual in the first quarter. But geopolitical crises, especially in Ukraine, had a bigger impact. German exports to Russia have plummeted. Given the timing, the drop was due less to sanctions already imposed than to expectations of more to come. Russia accounts for only 3% of Germany’s total trade, so the losses were easily made up in higher exports elsewhere. More devastating is the rising uncertainty over Russia that is causing managers to delay investment. Germany’s Ifo business-climate index, a widely watched benchmark, fell in August.Aside from such new risks, however, the underlying German economy still...



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France’s government: Adieu, Cuba à la française

THE return to work after the summer break, known in France as la rentrée, is always a time of uncertainty and change. But nobody expected such a political upheaval. On August 25th the entire government was forced to resign after simmering disagreements over economic policy under President François Hollande erupted into the open. This prompted the eviction of anti-austerity ministers, and the formation of a fresh government under the same reformist prime minister, Manuel Valls. The upshot is greater clarity over economic policy, but more political uncertainty over putting it into effect.The turmoil began when Arnaud Montebourg, the firebrand left-wing industry minister, lashed out at the government’s economic policy in a newspaper interview and then at a political rally. Amid bottles of burgundy and plates of local chicken at a fête in his old constituency, Mr Montebourg denounced austerity. It was a “financial absurdity” and an “economic aberration”, he declared, and France should not be “aligning itself with the obsessions of the German right”.Mr Montebourg, who has a taste for theatrics, has seldom been shy about voicing disagreements...



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Corporate settlements in the United States: The criminalisation of American business

WHO runs the world’s most lucrative shakedown operation? The Sicilian mafia? The People’s Liberation Army in China? The kleptocracy in the Kremlin? If you are a big business, all these are less grasping than America’s regulatory system. The formula is simple: find a large company that may (or may not) have done something wrong; threaten its managers with commercial ruin, preferably with criminal charges; force them to use their shareholders’ money to pay an enormous fine to drop the charges in a secret settlement (so nobody can check the details). Then repeat with another large company.The amounts are mind-boggling. So far this year, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and other banks have coughed up close to $50 billion for supposedly misleading investors in mortgage-backed bonds. BNP Paribas is paying $9 billion over breaches of American sanctions against Sudan and Iran. Credit Suisse, UBS, Barclays and others have settled for billions more, over various accusations. And that is just the financial institutions. Add BP’s $13 billion settlement over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Toyota’s $1.2 billion settlement over alleged faults in some...



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The euro zone: That sinking feeling (again)

JUST a few months ago the euro zone’s leaders believed that, having weathered the storm, they were set fair at last. Buoyed by the promise of Mario Draghi, the president of the European Central Bank, to do “whatever it takes” to support the currency, confidence had seeped back into the continent. Growth seemed to be returning, albeit at a slow pace. Troubled peripheral countries were recovering, after bail-outs and painful measures to cut budget deficits and improve competitiveness. Unemployment, especially among the young, was still desperately high, but at least in most countries it was falling. And bond spreads had narrowed sharply, as financial markets stopped betting that the euro would fall apart.It was an illusion. In recent weeks the countries of the euro zone have begun to take in water once again. Their collective GDP stagnated in the second quarter: Italy fell back into outright recession, French GDP was flat and even mighty Germany saw an unexpectedly large fall in output (see article). The third quarter looks...



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Russia accused of invasion

Bobby Ghosh, managing editor of Quartz, weighs in as Ukraine accuses Russia of an invasion.



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EU steps in to stop its milk souring

The European Union is stepping in to save its dairy from going sour.



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Why is a 9-year-old firing an Uzi?

A 9-year-old girl accidentally killed a shooting instructor with an Uzi on Monday, authorities in Arizona said, and now the world is asking itself an absolutely absurd question: Should a fourth-grader be legally allowed to shoot an Uzi? The only answer to that question is: Hell fricking NO -- it should be against the law.



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Ludogorets complete football fairytale

It is a football fairytale even Hollywood scriptwriters might view as stretching the bounds of credibility.



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Libya violence: U.N. calls for sanctions

The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution on Libya on Wednesday that calls for an immediate ceasefire and includes sanctions for those involved in violence there.



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Freed journalist: 'I'm overwhelmed'

After almost two years in captivity, Peter Theo Curtis is finally home.



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Can U.S. afford another $3 trillion war?

After piling up trillions of dollars of war debt during the last decade, America seemed to be on the brink of a new era -- ready to shut off the Iraq-Afghanistan funding faucet, bring its troops home and enjoy a peace dividend.



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Ebola death toll passes 1,550 -- WHO

The deadly Ebola outbreak continues to accelerate in West Africa and has killed 1,552 people so far, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.



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No clues in Israel hunt for U.S. man

Search intensifies for Aaron Sofer who disappeared while hiking near Jerusalem. CNN's Ben Wedeman reports.



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Second American 'dies with ISIS'

An American man who died in Syria while fighting for ISIS may be one of around 100 who have joined the Islamic militant ranks, the U.S. believes.



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Opinion: Cold Russian winter ahead

The meeting on Tuesday between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart, Petro Poroshenko, marks the beginning of a new phase in the conflict between the two countries.



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UK report details systematic rape

Hundreds of children have been systematically raped, beaten and sex trafficked in a northern English town for more than 12 years. And it is still going on, a government commissioned report says.



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Escobar's former hit man released

John Jairo Velasquez, who was drug lord Pablo Escobar's hit man, has been released from prison. CNN's Rafael Romo reports.



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U.S. Coast Guard fires at Iranian boat

The U.S. Coast Guard fired at an Iranian fishing dhow in the Persian Gulf after the Iranian boat pointed a machine gun at the American crew, the Navy said on Tuesday.



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Police: Girl buried alive in India

Police are looking for a couple suspected of attacking and then burying alive a six-year-old girl in an Indian village in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.



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Compensation for Fukushima suicide

Four years after the meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, questions about the lingering physical and mental health toll of the disaster persist.



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Miley's 'homeless' date faces arrest

The young man Miley Cyrus chose to represent homeless youths at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday faces arrest in Oregon, a corrections official said.



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Behind the lines: Rebels bury dead

Working inside Donetsk presents various challenges as a photojournalist. One of them is working directly with rebel forces defending one of their last bastions against government forces.



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Fighting may be spreading

Ukrainian officials accuse Russia of making military incursions into previously untouched areas. Diana Magnay reports.



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Kiev: Russian troops captured

Ukrainian officials say they have captured 10 Russian paratroopers near Donetsk. CNN's Diana Magnay reports.



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Raid on ISIS suspect in France

It was almost midnight when the surveillance team spotted their target at the base of the cavernous luxury apartment complex. He fit the picture on the international arrest warrant which had urgently been issued just weeks previously -- a French-Algerian in his early 20s with buzz-cut hair and thick arching eyebrows.



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U.N.: Syria, ISIS committing war crimes

A U.N. probe is blasting both sides of the war in Syria, saying both are committing war crimes. Hala Gorani reports.



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Ukraine: Russians back rebels

Separatist forces in eastern Ukraine, backed by Russian tanks and armored personnel carriers, battled government forces on two fronts Thursday, a Ukrainian military official said.



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Qantas reports biggest ever loss

Australia's ailing flag carrier was sent into a tailspin Thursday, as the airline reported its biggest ever loss.



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Woman fights off leopard attack

The fight is said to have lasted half an hour and pitted a leopard against a woman armed only with farm tools in an isolated field in India.



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Uzi instructor 'extremely reckless'

A shooting instructor is dead, the victim of a gun-range accident. A 9-year-old girl is surely traumatized. And plenty of people, including many gun enthusiasts, are asking: Why give a child a submachine gun to shoot?



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Dad cleared of shooting driver

A father and his two young sons were pushing a truck that had run out of gas down a road in December 2012, when a drunk driver plowed into it, killing the boys. The drunk driver was then shot dead at the scene of the crash near Houston.



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Should sites block violent videos?

How do online video sites decide if they should block violent videos like James Foley's beheading? Samuel Burke reports.



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Japanese MP denies meth charges

A Japanese lawmaker facing drug charges punishable by death has pleaded not guilty in a Chinese court, Chinese state media reports.



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MH370 'may have turned earlier'

Satellite phone data suggests Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 may have turned south earlier than previously thought, Australian Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss said Thursday.



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How U.S. can help Syria drive out ISIS

Robert Ford says the West should be helping moderates in the Syrian armed opposition to press for end to the al-Assad regime, form a new government to focus on driving ISIS from the country



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U.S. weighs aid drops for Iraqis

U.S. President Barack Obama is considering airstrikes and humanitarian airdrops to help save thousands of Iraq's Shiite Turkmen, who officials said Wednesday are facing a potential slaughter at the hands of fighters with the so-called Islamic State.



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Boston bombers' sister arrested

The sister of the Boston marathon bombing suspect was arrested in New York City Wednesday for allegedly making a bomb threat, police said.



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Ukraine: A bumpy road to peace

The fear of Russian invasion is receding but peace may still be tricky to find.



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Police scale back in Ferguson

Police are scaling back their presence in Ferguson, Missouri. But that doesn't mean their jobs are done.



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Zara pulls shirts reminiscent of Holocaust

Spanish fashion retailer Zara has apologized for selling a striped T-shirt bearing a yellow star that drew criticism for its resemblance to uniforms worn by Jewish concentration camp inmates.



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Captive's mom: Please release him

Shirley Sotloff says her son Steven is innocent and should be spared.



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Ebola: 'Even worse than feared'

"It's even worse than I'd feared," Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told CNN on Wednesday. "Every day this outbreak goes on it increases the risk for another export to another country.



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When Americans leave for jihad

The death of Douglas McAuthur McCain, the first American killed fighting for ISIS, highlights the pull of Syria's war for Western jihadists, writes Peter Bergen.



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Libyans pay price for Mideast divide

Amid U.S. claims that Egypt and the UAE launched secret airstrikes in Libya, H.A. Hellyer writes that the absence of a strong Libyan state has allowed Mideast powers -- split between supporters and opponents of Islamist groups -- to engage in Libyan affairs.



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Escobar hit man 'Popeye' walks free

John Jairo Velasquez -- the top hit man for notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar in the '80s, known in Colombia as the "narcoterrorism era" -- is a free man for the first time in 22 years.



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Kate Bush on stage after 35 years

After 35 years away, British singer Kate Bush returned to the stage Tuesday night -- and the response was rapturous.



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Al-Nusra Front 'controls crossing'

The al-Nusra Front has apparently taken control of a Syrian crossing to Golan Heights. CNN's Ben Wedeman reports.



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Dad joins Israel search for missing son

The father of a New Jersey man who went missing while studying in Israel has joined police and hundreds of volunteers searching the forest outside Jerusalem where his son disappeared.



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Syrian rebels make ground on Golan Heights

Militants battling the Syrian government seize control of a border crossing between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.



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U.N. calls for Libya ceasefire

The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution on Libya on Wednesday that calls for an immediate ceasefire and includes sanctions for those involved in violence there.



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French politician 'pulls grenade pin'

Why is the French government imploding? It's partly the economy and partly ideological.



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Freed journalist: 'I'm overwhelmed'

After almost two years in captivity, Peter Theo Curtis is finally home.



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Teen catches rare blue lobster

A 14-year-old girl found a rare blue lobster off of Pine Point in Maine. CNN affiliate WGME has more.



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Mammoth unearthed in Texas

A prehistoric mammoth was discovered in Texas while a sand and gravel crew were working. CNN affiliate WFAA reports.



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More American jihadis may be fighting for ISIS

An American man who died in Syria while fighting for ISIS may be one of around 100 who have joined the Islamic militant ranks, the U.S. believes.



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Other Americans 'within ISIS'

CNN's Brian Todd looks into ISIS' claims that Americans continue to join their ranks while fighting in Syria and Iraq.



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Ukraine President urges peace action

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko has made a call for peace following one-to-one talks in Belarus with Russia's President Vladimir Putin over the conflict wracking eastern Ukraine.



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U.S. Coast Guard fires at Iranian boat

The U.S. Coast Guard fired at an Iranian fishing dhow in the Persian Gulf after the Iranian boat pointed a machine gun at the American crew, the Navy said on Tuesday.



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Did a second ISIS militant kill Foley?

The shocking video of James Foley being beheaded in Syria has set off multiple investigations into the mystery of who killed the American journalist.



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Putin: Ukraine talks 'positive'

Ten armed Russian soldiers have been detained in eastern Ukraine, as Russian and Ukrainian leaders prepare to meet in Minsk.



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Compensation for Fukushima suicide

Four years after the meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, questions about the lingering physical and mental health toll of the disaster persist.



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China seizes tainted chicken feet

In the latest stomach-churning food scandal to hit China, police have seized 30,000 tons of tainted chicken feet.



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Health workers die in Ebola battle

The WHO says 120 healthcare workers on the frontline in the fight against Ebola have died, and twice that number have been infected.



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Refugees starved, beaten on boats

Tens of thousands of people are fleeing violence in Myanmar only to be robbed, beaten and starved on boats helmed by human traffickers, according to a new report from the United Nations Refugee Agency.



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Doubt over India rape-hanging claim

Two teenage girls, who were found hanging from a tree in northern India in May, were not raped as originally alleged, according to new forensic reports commissioned by federal investigators.



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From American kid to jihadi in Syria

He was a basketball-loving kid from the Midwest who turned into a jihadi fighting for terrorists in Syria.



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U.S. warns of foreign ISIS fighters

CNN's Jim Sciutto speaks with Pentagon Press Secy. John Kirby about the death of American jihadist in Syria.



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Rush hour car bomb kills 10 in Iraq

A car bomb exploded in eastern Baghdad on Tuesday, killing 10 people and wounding 34 others, police said.



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Will U.S. extend ISIS airstrikes to Syria?

The U.S. is considering "a range" of options to pursue the terror group, as President Obama authorizes reconnaissance flights over Syria.



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Indian woman fights off leopard attack

The fight is said to have lasted half an hour and pitted a leopard against a woman armed only with farm tools in an isolated field in India.



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Girl shoots gun instructor with Uzi

A 9-year-old girl learning to fire a submachine gun accidentally killed her instructor at a shooting range.



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Prisoners moved after beheadings

Brazilian authorities say they have begun transferring inmates from a prison in the southern city of Cascavel after riots inside turned deadly -- with two inmates decapitated and two thrown off the roof of a cell block.



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Japan lawmaker faces meth charges

A Japanese lawmaker facing drug charges punishable by death has pleaded not guilty in a Chinese court, Chinese state media reports.



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Audio 'gives clues' on Brown shooting

Could a newly released audio give more clues on what led up to Michael Brown's shooting death?



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How U.S. can help Syria drive out ISIS

Robert Ford says the West should be helping moderates in the Syrian armed opposition to press for end to the al-Assad regime, form a new government to focus on driving ISIS from the country



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Survivor: 'I'm alive because of God'

CNN's Nima Elbagir brings the story of an Ebola survivor in Liberia and his experiences as he fought the deadly virus.



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What is ISIS' Achilles' heel?

ISIS has swept Iraq and Syria in recent months, but may begin to suffer setbacks on the battlefield.



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Ukraine: A bumpy road to peace

The fear of Russian invasion is receding but peace may still be tricky to find.



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Western jihadis on Foley killing

CNN's Atika Shubert speaks exclusively to two jihadis about the global reaction to the killing of James Foley.



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Israel-Gaza truce reached

After more than seven weeks of heavy fighting, Israel and Hamas have agreed to an open-ended ceasefire.



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What the deal means

After all the bloodshed, will anything be different between Israel and Palestinians now?



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Samba in the rain

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Legroom fight diverts flight

Do airline passengers have the right to recline?



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Freed journalist returns to U.S.

The mother of a hostage freed by extremists remains conflicted knowing others are still in danger.



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Being a drug addict's mom

Being the mother of an addict is an incredibly lonely and isolating place, parents around the country tell CNN's Kelly Wallace.



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Ferguson was 'a propaganda godsend'

Frida Ghitis says media reports from critics and foes are gleefully portraying Ferguson as the breakdown of a corrupt U.S., leaving out context or depth.



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Ferguson death: Legal questions loom

Was a police officer justified in shooting and killing Michael Brown?



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Saudi Arabia vulnerable to attack?

Wesley Clark says the U.S. can offer support to its Islamic friends in the region most threatened by ISIS, but it can't fight their war



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U.S. girl kills shooting instructor

A 9-year-old girl learning to fire a submachine gun accidentally killed her instructor at a shooting range when the weapon recoiled over her shoulder, according to Arizona authorities.



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Bus swept away by S.Korea floods

A South Korean bus was swept away by flooding following heavy rain; onlookers could only shout for help.



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American jihadi killed,uncle says

An American named Douglas McCain was killed last weekend in Syria, where he'd gone to fight as a jihadi, his uncle told CNN.



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French economy minister booted

A new French government was announced Tuesday, one day after it dissolved amid turmoil among top ministers.



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United sign Di Maria for record fee

Manchester United needs a miracle to win the league title this year according to manager Louis van Gaal -- so what better way to start off than with the arrival of an angel.



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Israel blasts Gaza residential tower

The Israel Defense Forces said Monday that it had destroyed rocket launchers concealed inside a shelter for evacuees in Gaza.



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Hamas: Deal reached to end conflict with Israel

Hamas officials say that a truce has been reached that would end the fighting between Israel and Palestinians in Gaza.



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New Jersey man missing in Israel

Israeli police have stepped up their search for a New Jersey man who went missing while hiking in a forest outside Jerusalem.



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Residential tower 'hit by Israel'

New video shows an Israeli strike on a residential tower in Gaza. CNN's Ralitsa Vassileva has the details.



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How I overcame depression

Rick Martin says the death of Robin Williams brought back memories of his own battle facing down depression as a youth



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Romney to run for president in 2016?

Julian Zelizer says it's not crazy to think Mitt Romney would be able to end up at the top of the GOP ticket in 2016.



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Can peace come to Ferguson?

The lines to get a seat inside Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church started forming before 8 a.m. By then the sun was already high and the air thick.



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French political turmoil: No end in sight

When France's Economy Minister Arnaud Montebourg was quoted in French daily newspaper Le Monde over the weekend attacking the economic policies of his very own government, he knew what he was doing: Pulling the pin out of a grenade. And he certainly seemed to have no regrets.



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'This doesn't happen to white people'

I am a 54-year-old black woman -- a mother, lawyer and law professor. I teach at the Washington University in St. Louis Law School and live 12 miles away from Ferguson, Missouri.



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Talking to kids about race and class

Talking about race and class makes people uncomfortable.



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Snake bites Nicki Minaj's dancer

A 6-foot-long boa constrictor named Rocky stole the show Friday during a rehearsal for Nicki Minaj's performance of "Anaconda" at the MTV Video Music Awards when he bit a backup dancer in the arm, according to a statement from MTV.



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Slain teen mourned with battle cry

Mourners at the funeral of slain teen Michael Brown demand a change in U.S. policing as relatives remember his dream -- "One day, the world will know my name."



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Dozens of aftershocks strike

Cleaning continues after an earthquake rocked Northern California early Sunday morning. CNN's Dan Simon reports.



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Did a second ISIS militant kill Foley?

The shocking video of James Foley being beheaded in Syria has set off multiple investigations into the mystery of who killed the American journalist.



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Armed Russian soldiers detained in eastern Ukraine

Ten armed Russian soldiers have been detained in eastern Ukraine, as Russian and Ukrainian leaders prepare to meet in Minsk.



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Ukrainians fight to survive in siege

Everyday citizens in Ukraine struggle as food and water run low. CNN's Diana Magnay reports.



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China seizes tainted chicken feet

In the latest stomach-churning food scandal to hit China, police have seized 30,000 tons of tainted chicken feet.



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Ebola: Your questions answered

The largest Ebola outbreak in history has struck fear into the hearts of people around the world. While fewer than 3,000 people have been killed by the virus since it was discovered in 1976, the disease's virulence and deadliness, combined with the lack of a cure, inspire dread like almost no other.



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Ebola: 120 health workers die in battle against outbreak

One hundred and twenty healthcare workers have died in the Ebola outbreak, and twice that number have been infected, the World Health Organization said.



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Doubt over India rape-hanging claim

Two teenage girls, who were found hanging from a tree in northern India in May, were not raped as originally alleged, according to new forensic reports commissioned by federal investigators.



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Refugees starved, beaten on boats

Tens of thousands of people are fleeing violence in Myanmar only to be robbed, beaten and starved on boats helmed by human traffickers, according to a new report from the United Nations Refugee Agency.



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France's government quits

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Monday presented President Francois Hollande with the resignation of the current government, the French presidency said.



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Rush hour car bomb kills 10 in Iraq

A car bomb exploded in eastern Baghdad on Tuesday, killing 10 people and wounding 34 others, police said.



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U.S. to fly Syria recon missions as ISIS advances

U.S. reconnaissance flights will hope to gather valuable intelligence as ISIS militants gain ground in Syria, a U.S. official tells CNN.



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Prelude to air strikes?

CNN's Jim Acosta reports that the Obama administration has authorized reconnaissance flights over Syria.



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Will U.S. hit ISIS in Syria?

As President Barack Obama decides whether to strike ISIS inside Syria, he has political considerations as well.



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200 treated after Bay Area quake

The recovery from the strongest earthquake in 25 years to strike Northern California will be daunting



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Prisoners moved after beheadings

Brazilian authorities say they have begun transferring inmates from a prison in the southern city of Cascavel after riots inside turned deadly -- with two inmates decapitated and two thrown off the roof of a cell block.



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Audio 'gives clues' on shooting

Could a newly released audio give more clues on what led up to Michael Brown's shooting death?



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Inside Michael Brown's funeral

AC360 looks back at the most moving moments from Michael Brown's funeral.



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Ebola doctor dies despite experimental drug

A doctor, who contracted the Ebola virus and received an experimental treatment, has died. The Liberian medic received the same drug that saved two American doctors.



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ISIS Achilles' heel

Surprise, mobility and the merciless treatment of opponents: the blueprint of the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq as it has gobbled up territory in both Syria and Iraq over the past few months. But as its adversaries regroup, ISIS -- which now calls itself the Islamic State -- may begin to suffer setbacks on the battlefield, according to a new analysis of its capabilities and tactics.



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Freed journalist calls mom

Nancy Curtis said she wanted proof her son, Peter Theo Curtis, was still alive after being held captive almost two years by Islamist rebels in Syria, she told "ABC World News Tonight."



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Beach evacuated after shark spotted

More than 1,000 people were pulled out of the water and off the beach Monday after a great white shark was spotted off the coast of Duxbury, Massachusetts.



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Rapper 'Young Jeezy' arrested

Famed hip-hop rapper Jay Jenkins, known as "Young Jeezy," was arrested on Sunday in relation to a deadly shooting at a Wiz Khalifa concert, police said.



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China slams 'aggressive jet' claim

A Chinese fighter jet made several "dangerous" and "unprofessional" passes at a U.S. Navy plane this week -- coming as close as 20 feet at one point -- in what the White House called a "deeply concerning provocation."



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War takes toll on Gaza children

CNN's Ian Lee reports on the psychological impact the war is having on Gaza's children.



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Cocoa and oil crops rotting

The economic impact of Ebola goes beyond the people and areas affected. CNN's Jim Boulden reports.



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Hamas executes alleged spies

Hamas militants claim to have executed at least 22 alleged spies. CNN's Ian Lee reports from Gaza City.



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China executes attack 'masterminds'

China has executed eight people convicted of terrorism, including three for their roles in an attack in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in October, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported, citing local authorities.



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Chris Brown's VMA party turns violent

Gunshots inside a celebrity-filled Sunset Strip party hosted by Chris Brown wounded three people early Sunday, a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department spokesman said.



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Inmates decapitated in Brazil jail

A prison riot turned deadly in the southern Brazilian city of Cascavel when rioters killed at least four fellow inmates, according to police in Brazil.



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Man. City's forgotten man scores

Mario Balotelli made most of the headlines prior to Liverpool's game against Manchester City in the Premier League, but it was a forgotten striker who ended up as the star attraction hours later. Stevan Jovetic scored twice in City's 3-1 win.



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Murray toils in U.S. Open

Andy Murray started the 2014 season off slowly, which might have been predicted given he had back surgery last fall. He picked up his game at the French Open only to suffer a bewildering loss to Grigor Dimitrov at Wimbledon as the defending champion.



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Ukraine dissolves parliament

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced Monday on Twitter that he has dissolved the nation's parliament.



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Strong earthquake strikes Peru

A 7.0-magnitude quake struck southern Peru on Sunday evening, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.



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Actor Richard Attenborough dies

Acclaimed actor-director Richard Attenborough has died, the British Broadcasting Corporation reported Sunday, citing his son. Attenborough was 90.



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Jellyfish sting 250 people in a day

Jellyfish stung more than 250 beach visitors in one day off New Smyrna Beach, Florida. CNN affiliate WESH reports.



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Ebola contacts in Africa go missing

Out of fear or mistrust, some Ebola patients aren't honest about all the people they've been in contact with while symptomatic.



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Romney to run for president in 2016?

Julian Zelizer says it's not crazy to think Mitt Romney would be able to end up at the top of the GOP ticket in 2016.



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'Active shooter incident' at Fort Lee

An "active shooter incident" was reported Monday morning at Fort Lee, an Army installation in Virginia, the post said on its website.



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Iceland volcano alert lowered

Iceland's Meteorological Office on Sunday lowered the aviation threat level from the Bardarbunga volcano from the highest level, red, down to orange.



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'This doesn't happen to white people'

I am a 54-year-old black woman -- a mother, lawyer and law professor. I teach at the Washington University in St. Louis Law School and live 12 miles away from Ferguson, Missouri.



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Talking about race and class makes people uncomfortable.



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UK 'close' to identifying Foley's killer

The British ambassador to the U.S. tells CNN they are close to knowing the identity of the ISIS militant who murdered American journalist James Foley.



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Caribbean storm strengthens

Tropical Storm Cristobal formed early Sunday in the Caribbean, having strengthened from a tropical depression, the National Hurricane Center said.



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French government dissolved

The French government has dissolved amid turmoil among it's top ministers. CNN's Jim Bittermann has more.



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Dozens of aftershocks strike

Cleaning continues after an earthquake rocked Northern California early Sunday morning. CNN's Dan Simon reports.



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Ferguson: Teen's father calls for calm

Michael Brown will be laid to rest Monday, and his father says he just wants one thing: peace.



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Michael Brown to be laid to rest

Michael Brown's family and friends ask for a day of silence and peace as they lay the teen to rest.



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More lives lost in Gaza conflict

Renewed violence in the Middle East claims more lives with reports of Israeli strikes killing seven people in Gaza and a Palestinian attack on a border crossing wounding four Israelis



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ISIS militants seize key air base in Syria

ISIS fighters take control of a strategically-important air base in Syria, tightening their grip on the war-torn nation's northeast.



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U.S. Republicans urge Syria strikes

Republicans in Congress have begun their most forceful push yet in urging President Barack Obama to begin a military campaign into Syria to defeat the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.



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Kurdish leaders: ISIS weakened

Kurdish leaders in Iraq say U.S. airstrikes and Kurdish ground forces are driving ISIS back. CNN's Anna Coren reports.



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Beginning of the end for ISIS?

CNN's Andrew Stevens speaks to The Daily Beast's Christopher Dickey about ISIS' strategy in Iraq.



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France's government resigns

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Monday presented President Francois Hollande with the resignation of the current government, the French presidency said.



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Ebola quarantine sparks chaos

The Ebola outbreak causes fear and violence among the poor in Liberia. CNN's Isha Sesay reports.



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How to treat an Ebola patient

Dr. Aneesh Mehta describes his experience treating two American Ebola patients at Emory University Hospital.



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Boy survives being run over by car

Surveillance video shows a boy being hit by an SUV in front of his home. CNN's Andrew Stevens has more.



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Will U.S. hit ISIS in Syria?

As President Barack Obama decides whether to strike ISIS inside Syria, he has political considerations as well.



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Bay Area hit by biggest quake in years

The recovery from the strongest earthquake in 25 years to strike Northern California will be daunting



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The cost of containing Ebola

CARE Pres. and CEO, Dr. Helene Gayle, discusses the dangerous economic fallout from West Africa's Ebola outbreak.



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Can summit stabilize Ukraine?

Matthew Chance and Will Ripley look at key questions ahead of the summit between the presidents of Russia and Ukraine.



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Japan landslides toll rises to 50

The death toll from landslides in Hiroshima, Japan, rose to 50 on Sunday, and 38 more people were reported missing, according to Kyodo news agency.



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Congo confirms new cases of Ebola

Congo is reporting Ebola cases in a northern town, sparking fears that the deadly virus is expanding far beyond West Africa.



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Ukraine: Captured troops paraded

Ukraine puts on a display of military might to celebrate its independence day with the president vowing to increase military spending by £3 billion.



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White House to attend teen's funeral

The White House is sending three officials to Michael Brown's funeral Monday, including one who attended high school with the mother of the teen gunned down by a police officer.



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Mom: We are 'eternally grateful'

American Peter Curtis was released after being held hostage by Islamist rebels in Syria. Nick Paton Walsh reports.



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Hostage recalls brutal kidnapping

2013: Nick Paton Walsh spoke to journalist Matthew Schrier, who was held hostage with Peter Curtis in Syria.



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China slams 'aggressive jet' claim

A Chinese fighter jet made several "dangerous" and "unprofessional" passes at a U.S. Navy plane this week -- coming as close as 20 feet at one point -- in what the White House called a "deeply concerning provocation."



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War takes toll on Gaza children

CNN's Ian Lee reports on the psychological impact the war is having on Gaza's children.



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35 Nigerian police missing after attack

Thirty-five Nigerian policemen are missing following an insurgent attack Saturday on a police training school in one of the most volatile parts of the African nation, police say.



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Now ISIS has drones?

Peter Bergen and Emily Schneider say a YouTube video apparently posted by ISIS seems to show that the group has a surveillance drone, highlighting a new reality: Terrorist groups have technology once only used by states



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Hamas executes alleged spies

Hamas militants claim to have executed at least 22 alleged spies. CNN's Ian Lee reports from Gaza City.



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Islamist militias take Tripoli airport

Control of Tripoli International Airport changed hands Saturday evening, after an alliance of Islamist militias from around Libya seized the reins from a rival group.



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Chris Brown's VMA party turns violent

Gunshots inside a celebrity-filled Sunset Strip party hosted by Chris Brown wounded three people early Sunday, a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department spokesman said.



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China executes attack 'masterminds'

China has executed eight people convicted of terrorism, including three for their roles in an attack in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in October, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported, citing local authorities.



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NY chokehold death sparks protest

Thousands of protesters rallied Saturday on a New York street where Eric Garner, an unarmed black man, died after a white police officer put him in a chokehold, sparking national outrage just weeks before Michael Brown was shot to death by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri.



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Expert: ISIS able to attack West

An ISIS attack against the West is a question of timing -- "not of inevitably, not of intent," according to the former head of the CIA, retired Gen. Michael Hayden



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Pentagon's chilling ISIS warning

The Pentagon's top brass issued dire warnings in the wake of the beheading of James Foley. CNN's Barbara Starr reports.



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7.0 quake strikes Peru

A 7.0-magnitude quake struck southern Peru on Sunday evening, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.



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Actor Richard Attenborough dies

Acclaimed actor-director Richard Attenborough has died, the British Broadcasting Corporation reported Sunday, citing his son. Attenborough was 90.



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Journalist held in Syria freed

An American journalist held in Syria by Islamist rebels for close to two years was released on Sunday.



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Ferguson: Lessons from London riots

Three summers ago, my wife and I were settling into a short summer holiday when I received an unexpected phone call from the police chief in Tottenham, the part of North London where I grew up and now represent in the UK Parliament. Phone calls from police officers are not uncommon in my line of work, but when the chief's number appeared on my screen I knew this was serious.



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