Latest and Breaking World News and Top Stories - July 7
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JERUSALEM — Israel reckoned with rising homegrown extremism Sunday as it arrested six Jewish suspects who are believed to have burned to death an Arab teenager in revenge for the killing of three Israeli teens. Read full article >>
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63 women and girls kidnapped by Boko Haram in Nigeria escaped from their captors and have returned to their burnt-out village.
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The issuance of the retail licenses marked a major step that's been 20 months in the making.
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Hungry people are susceptible to gifts from slick politicians.
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Europe uses outreach programs to prevent radicalization of homegrown Islamic youths
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Benjamin Netanyahu tells the father of Mohammad Abu Khdeir he will bring to trial those who killed is teenager son.
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India's Supreme Court rules that Islamic courts have no legal authority in the country
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Pistorius' lawyer slams decision to air footage of athlete re-enacting night he killed girlfriend.
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Amid Libya’s worsening violence and polarization, room for dialogue and consensus is shrinking.
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AirAsia flight skids off runway on landing in Brunei; all onboard safe
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Slovakia's proximity to Ukraine, which is in conflict with Russia, poses dangers, the Slovak deputy prime minister told CNBC.
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Swallowed by lava in 1973, Iceland's answer to Pompeii has been uncovered and transformed into a new museum.
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Officials: 63 girls, women escape Islamic extremists in Nigeria; Chibok girls remain captive.
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Of course you don't really need that LV trunk that converts into a deluxe shower, but wouldn't it be cool?
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Selling alcoholic beverages has been forbidden in sport stadiums in Brazil since 2003. On May 9, a day after the Brazilian government met with FIFA authorities and a few days before the World Cup began, the Congress of Brazil approved a ...
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Amanda Lindhout was kidnapped and brutally assaulted in Somalia. Her story has inspired a movie.
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A 12-year-old girl has been killed and eight other civilians wounded in an Iraqi airstrike on a Kurdish-held town in Iraq's northern province of Salahuddin, a Kurdish security forces official said.
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Retail stocks have been laggards. Now is the time to invest in companies targeting niches that are set to rebound.
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As thousands ask for their data to be removed from searches, is Google trying to find a solution?
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Ukraine is to blockade the rebel-held regional capitals of Donetsk and Luhansk, a senior official says, after recapturing four towns and cities.
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Rolling coverage of the final stages of evidence in the trial of Oscar Pistorius for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp, after footage emerges of the athlete re-enacting the fatal shooting Continue reading...
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A train derailment damaged a shipment of Boeing jetliner fuselages and other large parts on its way to Boeing Co factories in Washington state.
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Former Soviet minister and Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze, who is credited with helping end the Cold War, died Monday after a long illness, his spokeswoman tells the media.
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A journalist held hostage for more than a year will now see her story told on the big screen. CNN's Jessica King reports.
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Leaders call Israeli attacks, in which nine were killed, a "grave escalation" and promise deaths will fuel resistance.
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Presenter Vanessa Feltz says there has been an outpouring of "misogyny and hatred" to her claim Rolf Harris assaulted her during a live television interview.
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Former Home Secretary Lord Brittan says an historic allegation of rape against him is "wholly without foundation".
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KABUL (Reuters) - Rival Afghan presidential candidates Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani on Monday held last-minute talks to try to resolve a standoff over the outcome of a troubled election, as officials once again delayed the announce...
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Footage showing South African athlete Oscar Pistorius re-enacting the killing of his girlfriend was not obtained illegally, a TV network says.
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How the world's fourth biggest country conducts its election
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A public interest lawyer, Chang Boyang, has been charged with “suspicion of illegal commercial activities” after attempting to defend several attendees at a meeting discussing the 1989 Tiananmen democracy movement, lawyers said.
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The groundbreaking Soviet foreign minister and later the president of an independent Georgia died after a long illness. Steve Inskeep talks to Pavel Palazhchenko, an interpreter for Shevardnadze.
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ADM said it is buying food flavors and specialty ingredients company Wild Flavors for 2.2 billion euros ($3 billion) in cash.
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Dolly the rabbit bound to a wheelchair has received an outpouring of gifts after her owners shared her story on Facebook.
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Paramedics in Gaza treat those wounded by Israeli air strikes on Monday. The armed wing of the Palestinian militant group Hamas says seven of its fighters died in a single strike near Rafah in southern Gaza. The Israeli military said the...
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Claims of a high-level conspiracy to abuse children in the care of the state have roiled the political establishment.
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A California distance swimmer describes his eye-to-eye encounter with the great white shark that bit him.
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The cycle of violence continued into Monday as the Islamic group suffered its largest number of casualties in months.
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A Eurotunnel train stops in the Channel Tunnel because of a power fault, leaving hundreds of passengers needing to be evacuated from the train and causing lengthy delays.
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On Tuesday, Washington's first legal pot shops will open for business. But no one knows which stores will be ready or where they'll get their supply.
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Israeli foreign minister ends alliance with Netanyahu, adding instability to coalition
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Interim injunction until 4pm Tuesday will prevent Australian authorities from transferring Tamil asylum seekers Continue reading...
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Soviet minister who was the diplomatic face of Gorbachev's policies during the Cold war has died after a long illness Continue reading...
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For the first time as leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis will meet with victims of clerical sex abuse.
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JAKARTA (Reuters) - The front-runner in Wednesday's Indonesian presidential election has flown to Mecca on a whirlwind pilgrimage in a last-ditch bid to win voters among the world's largest Muslim population and put to rest damaging sugg...
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Pope Francis meets the victims of sexual abuse by priests for the first time since his election last year.
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British citizen Abdul Raqib Amin admitted he missed his parents but said that he "left the house with the intention not to go back."
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An apparent near-miss between two large airliners that resulted in an aborted landing was captured on video at Barcelona Airport in Spain.
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The procession through Oppido Mamertina, Calabria - a stronghold of the 'ndrangheta crime syndicate - detoured to pass the home of an 82-year-old convicted murderer.
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The 21 photographs which show the destruction in Mosul and the town of Tal Afar were posted on a website that frequently carries official statements from the Islamic State extremist group.
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Overweight India Buchan, of Uckfield, East Sussex, was so fed up of looking at herself in the mirror she decided to spend her life savings on plastic surgery after turning 50.
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Police are blaming terrorists for the blaze which engulfed the No.7 bus carrying 80 people at a crossing between Dongpo Road and Qingchun Road in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.
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The U.S. goalkeeper's stunning girlfriend is high-flying recruitment worker Sara McLean who is obsessed with the British royal family and was on reality TV show Big Brother two years ago.
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American gadget guru Ali Kermani, 34, from Glendora, California, has come up with 'Crazy Cart' - a vehicle that not only goes forwards, but sideways and backwards while spinning and 'drifting' around corners.
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Police and child care workers named the woman as 65-year-old Lillian May Thomson and said she was charged with child abuse involving at least five young in the Philippines.
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Sarah Bird, right, of the Double Barrel Real Steakhouse and Grill in Thurcroft, near Rotherham, says Chris Hobson's (left) scathing TripAdvisor review is libelous.
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Anthony Douglas strolled out of HMP Hewell in Worcestershire last Wednesday instead of another convict who had completed his sentence.
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Ministers have been forced to act after the European courts ruled that Government powers to monitor people's phone and internet records were illegal.
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Steven Adrian Smith was working as an electrical contractor at the Westminster building between 1979 and 1982 - and allegedly used locked cabinets in his office to hide information relating to child abusers known to the Paedophile Inform...
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The footage reveals the near-miss between a Boeing 767 from Russian airline Utair and an Aerolineas Argentinas Airbus A340 at El Prat, Spain.
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The hall at Redgrave Park, near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, fell into a state of neglect and after the Second World War and was demolished due to a lack of money to repair it
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Zack Danger Brown, of Columbus, Ohio, has received pledges of $7,409 from 1,123 backers since posting the simple request of raising $10 for a potato salad four days ago.
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Gerard Baden-Clay's lawyer outlined a possible explanation for Allison Baden-Clay's death on Monday. He told the Brisbane Supreme Court that she could've fallen or jumped to her death while under the influence of anti-depressants in Apri...
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Alison Saunders is understood to have insisted the Metropolitan Police re-investigate claims Lord Brittan (pictured) raped a 19-year-old woman at his London flat in 1967 because no questions were asked at the time.
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The taxpayer-funded payout for David Mulcahy, of north London, has sparked outrage among victims' groups and MPs as he serves three life sentences for a four-year rape and murder spree.
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Police in Malaysia have named the traveller as Robert Andrew Scott, but say he also uses the Muslim name Jamaluddin Mustafa and is usually seen in Islamic robes.
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Sophie Hartley, 22, was sentenced to four years behind bars for her attack on 21-year-old neighbour Joe Arnfield during a heated row at her flat in Burnley, Lancashire.
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Emergency services were called to reports of an attack at an address on Hermitage Road in affluent Solihull, West Midlands, at 5.15am today.
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Alex Salmond's ministers tried to intimidate senior figures in commerce who oppose independence, according to an explosive TV documentary.
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The 96-mile (155km) stage follows a weekend which saw at least 2.5million people watch cyclists battle through Yorkshire's city streets and country lanes.
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Three young men have been taken into custody in connection to the apparent murder of Gary, Indiana, police Officer Jeffrey Brady Westerfield (pictured), one of those men has been referred to by officers as 'a person of interest.'
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Photographer captures funnel behind them on their big day
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The police and crime commissioner for North Wales says those arrested for shoplifting will directed to food banks in an attempt to reduce the number of thefts.
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A photo of chemotherapy patient Amanda Veitch lying on the floor of Gold Coast University Hospital has gone viral after her sister Lisa Maree posted it on Facebook on Saturday.
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Pistorius says he accidentally killed his model girlfriend after mistaking her for an intruder and opening fire through a door, but the prosecution say it was pre-mediated.
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Novak Djokovic took the game 6-7 (7/9) 6-4 7-6 (7/4) 5-7 6-4 to win the men's singles title after a gripping match - his second Wimbledon championship win.
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The Verruckt was scheduled to open at Schlitterbahn Kansas City Waterpark in May but has faced repeated delays, now owner Jeff Henry has released video footage of him taking the plunge to prove that it is now safe for humans.
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Yes, believe it or not there really is a rabbit underneath all that fur, although it seems to be having a very bad or very good hare day.
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The 17-year-old was last seen riding his BMX bike near his home in Pacoima, California, on Saturday after reportedly learning his cancer had returned.
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Simon Danczuk claims he came under ‘pressure’ from several people, including a current Conservative minister, not to name Lord Brittan in front of a Commons committee.
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Alazar Ortiz was lighting a large professional-type display of fireworks in San Jose on Friday night when the trigger malfunctioned and exploded, costing him his right rand and three fingers from his left.
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Juan Rivero and 12-year-old his son of Florida City, Florida wrangled the snake with the help of nearby resident Daryl Brooks.
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The steel columns of the memorial in London's Hyde Park were daubed with red and black slogans with the messages '4Innocent Muslims', 'Blair Lied Thousands Died' and 'J7 Truth'
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Mr Bercow said it was 'somehow acceptable' to criticise people over their height when attacking someone for their skin colour or sexuality was widely accepted as being wrong.
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The damning assessment of the university spy ring recruited in the 1930s is revealed in the Mitrokhin Archive, a file of top secret Soviet documents.
