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HAVANA, Cuba (CNN) - The Cuban people will stop to pay their respects this week to the late Fidel Castro, the country's former leader who dominated the island nation for decades. The national nine-day mourning period began Saturday, as the nation woke up to the news that the man who had long been the face of their nation was gone. |
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The Football Association has appointed an independent legal counsel, Kate Gallafent QC, to assist its review into historical child abuse allegations. Gallafent will oversee the association's internal review into claims of sexual abuse made by a growing number of former youth footballers. |
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Did Russian President Vladimir Putin really campaign in several Midwestern states for President-elect Donald Trump? It says so on the internet. Fake news is making big news these days -- unless, of course, widespread accounts of its impact on politicians, corporations and news organization are, well, fake. |
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Offensive stereotyping I applaud the move to raise the ATAR for teaching courses to 70. I have taught for more than 30 years and it still concerns me when I meet former students who struggled with basic literacy at secondary school, but tell me they are studying to be a primary teacher. |
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VATICAN CITY (November 23, 1998 - Radio Australia)---Pope John Paul was treated to a display of Maori dancing in St Peter's Basilica Monday, at a ceremony inaugurating a special assembly of bishops from Oceania. The Pope blessed the 17 cardinals, 20 archbishops and 70 bishops attending the synod assembly, which will continue until December 12. |
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MOSUL, Iraq—When ISIS terrorist group militants in Mosul discovered that Ahmed’s brother had served in the army, they went to his house, pulled him into the street, and shot him dead as his parents watched. Now, it was time for revenge, and after two years of ferrying the extremists around as a taxi.... |
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MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — When Islamic State militants in Mosul discovered that Ahmed's brother had served in the army, they went to his house, pulled him into the street, and shot him dead as his parents watched. Now, it was time for revenge, and after two years of ferrying the extremists around as a taxi.... |
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“They’re in this church, and only God knows what goes on in there,” he told intelligence officers, pointing out map coordinates during a half-hour session. They met in a living room used to receive residents just a few blocks away from the battle, some seeking help, others being questioned, while.... |
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MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — When Islamic State militants in Mosul discovered that Ahmed's brother had served in the army, they went to his house, pulled him into the street, and shot him dead as his parents watched. Now, it was time for revenge, and after two years of ferrying the extremists around as a taxi.... |
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MOSUL, Iraq -- (AP) When Islamic State militants in Mosul discovered that Ahmed's brother had served in the army, they went to his house, pulled him into the street, and shot him dead as his parents watched. Now, it was time for revenge, and after two years of ferrying the extremists around as a.... |
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