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  Dec 24, 2016

  Obama Lets UN Condemn Israel in Resolution Halting Settlements, Declines to Veto Measure

  The United States on Friday allowed the U.N. Security Council to adopt a resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlement building, defying heavy pressure from long-time ally Israel and President-elect Donald Trump for Washington to wield its veto.

• Dec 21, 2016

  Berlin Attack: Tunisian Anis Amri, 24, Identified as Suspect as Police Hunt for 'Violent and Armed' Man

  German police are looking for a Tunisian man after finding an identity document under the driver's seat of the truck that plowed into a Berlin Christmas market, killing 12 people, on Monday evening, news website Spiegel Online reported.

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  Dec 19, 2016

  Berlin Christmas Market: 12 Dead, 48 Injured After Truck Plows Into Crowd in Terror Attack

  A truck plowed into a crowded Christmas market in the German capital Berlin on Monday evening, killing nine people and injuring up to 50 others, police said.

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  Dec 19, 2016

  Russian Ambassador to Turkey Assassinated in Ankara by Gunman Shouting 'Aleppo Revenge'

  The Russian ambassador to Ankara was shot in an attack at an art gallery in the Turkish capital on Monday and the Russian RIA news agency said he had died of his wounds.

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  Dec 15, 2016

  Dylann Roof Found Guilty of Killing 9 Christians During Bible Study at Historic Black Charleston AME Church

  A federal jury on Thursday found avowed white supremacist Dylann Roof guilty on all counts for gunning down nine black parishioners at a historic church in Charleston, South Carolina, last year.

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  Dec 8, 2016

  John Glenn, Former Astronaut and First American to Orbit Earth, Dies in Ohio at 95

  John Glenn, who became one of the 20th century's greatest heroes as the and later as the world's oldest astronaut, in addition to a long career as a U.S. senator, died on Thursday at age of 95, Ohio's governor said.

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  Nov 28, 2016

  Ohio State Terror Attack: Suspect Killed Is Named Abdul Razak Ali Artan

  At least nine people were injured at Ohio State University in an attack that was carried out by two assailants at the Columbus campus on Monday, according to local officials and media.

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  Nov 26, 2016

  Former Cuban Leader Fidel Castro Dies at 90

  He was demonized by the United States and its allies but admired by many leftists around the world, especially socialist revolutionaries in Latin America and Africa.

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  Nov 21, 2016

  Tennessee School Bus Crash Kills 6 Children, Injures 23

  A bus carrying elementary students home from school in Chattanooga, Tennessee, crashed on Monday afternoon, killing at least six children and sending nearly two dozen to a hospital with injuries, authorities said.

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  Nov 21, 2016

  Pope Gives Priests Right to Forgive Women Who Confess Abortions in 'Holy Year of Mercy'

  Pope Francis on Monday extended indefinitely to all Roman Catholic priests the power to forgive abortion, a right previously reserved for bishops or special confessors in most parts of the world.