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  • ‘Mother Teresa to be made saint in September’

     Mother Teresa of Calcutta, the Nobel laureate who dedicated her life to helping the poorest of the poor, will be made a saint of the Roman Catholic Church in September 2016, an Italian Catholic newspaper reported on Thursday. Avvenire, the official newspaper of the ....

     Mother Teresa of Calcutta, the Nobel laureate who dedicated her life to helping the poorest of the poor, will be made a saint of the Roman Catholic Church in September 2016, an Italian Catholic newspaper reported on Thursday. Avvenire, the official newspaper of the ....

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  • Martin Shkreli, who jacked up drug price is arrested

    Martin Shkreli, a 32-year-old former hedge fund manager and relentless self-promoter who has called himself “the world’s most eligible bachelor” on Twitter, was arrested in a gray hoodie and taken into federal court in Brooklyn, where he pleaded not gu ....

    Martin Shkreli, a 32-year-old former hedge fund manager and relentless self-promoter who has called himself “the world’s most eligible bachelor” on Twitter, was arrested in a gray hoodie and taken into federal court in Brooklyn, where he pleaded not gu ....

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  • Obama’s Syria strategy under attack

     The future of Syrian president Bashar Al Assad is a bone of contention not only between U.S and Russia, but also among U.S politicians and policymakers. As the civil war drags on, President Barack Obama’s Syria strategy is coming under attack domestically on thr ....

     The future of Syrian president Bashar Al Assad is a bone of contention not only between U.S and Russia, but also among U.S politicians and policymakers. As the civil war drags on, President Barack Obama’s Syria strategy is coming under attack domestically on thr ....

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  • UN endorses peace process in Syria, but no mention of Assad

    The resolution acknowledges that the peace process will not end the conflict because it bars “terrorist groups” operating in the country, including the Islamic State and al-Nusra Front, from participating in a cease-fire. Foreign ministers from 17 countri ....

    The resolution acknowledges that the peace process will not end the conflict because it bars “terrorist groups” operating in the country, including the Islamic State and al-Nusra Front, from participating in a cease-fire. Foreign ministers from 17 countri ....

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  • 26/11 accused used fake stamps to attest ID: Pak witness

    “Fake stamps of my department for attestation of the fake computerised national identity card [CNIC] of Hammad Hassan were used,” Sadiq, an employee of the Parliament House, testified in the ATC Islamabad which held the hearing at the Adiala Jail Rawalpindi ....

    “Fake stamps of my department for attestation of the fake computerised national identity card [CNIC] of Hammad Hassan were used,” Sadiq, an employee of the Parliament House, testified in the ATC Islamabad which held the hearing at the Adiala Jail Rawalpindi ....

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  • Friend of San Bernardino shooter arrested

    The Justice Department said Marquez and Farook had plotted to carry out attacks in 2011, including throwing pipe bombs on a California highway and targeting Riverside Community College. Marquez distanced himself from Farook in 2012, U.S. Attorney Eileen Decker said, ....

    The Justice Department said Marquez and Farook had plotted to carry out attacks in 2011, including throwing pipe bombs on a California highway and targeting Riverside Community College. Marquez distanced himself from Farook in 2012, U.S. Attorney Eileen Decker said, ....

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  • China summons U.S. envoy, protests arms sales to Taiwan

    Vice Foreign Minister Zheng Zeguang on Wednesday summoned Kaye Lee, Charge d’affaires of the U.S. Embassy in China, and conveyed the protest to the U.S. over its arms sale to Taiwan. Mr. Zheng made the statement shortly after the U.S. administration announced a ....

    Vice Foreign Minister Zheng Zeguang on Wednesday summoned Kaye Lee, Charge d’affaires of the U.S. Embassy in China, and conveyed the protest to the U.S. over its arms sale to Taiwan. Mr. Zheng made the statement shortly after the U.S. administration announced a ....

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  • Pak. Army deals a blow to jihadists, but not to ideology

    Banned from giving sermons in the mosque, the scene of an Army siege on extremists that killed as many as 75 people in 2007, Mr. Aziz had announced that he would relay his latest Friday sermon by cellphone, calling aides at the mosque who would rebroadcast it over the m ....

    Banned from giving sermons in the mosque, the scene of an Army siege on extremists that killed as many as 75 people in 2007, Mr. Aziz had announced that he would relay his latest Friday sermon by cellphone, calling aides at the mosque who would rebroadcast it over the m ....

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  • Beijing issues second red alert for heavy smog

     Beijing has issued its second red alert for air pollution in December as a new bout of smog is forecast to hit the capital from Saturday to Tuesday. The red alert, the most serious level, will last from 7.00 a.m. (local time) Saturday to 12.00 p.m. Tuesday, limitin ....

     Beijing has issued its second red alert for air pollution in December as a new bout of smog is forecast to hit the capital from Saturday to Tuesday. The red alert, the most serious level, will last from 7.00 a.m. (local time) Saturday to 12.00 p.m. Tuesday, limitin ....

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  • Fear unites GOP in final debate

    They also took divergent positions on U.S interventions in West Asia, mass surveillance, immigration, Islam, military strategy and dealing with Russia in the debate that focused on national security and foreign policy. Several candidates thought the U.S.’s regime ....

    They also took divergent positions on U.S interventions in West Asia, mass surveillance, immigration, Islam, military strategy and dealing with Russia in the debate that focused on national security and foreign policy. Several candidates thought the U.S.’s regime ....

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