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2015-11-17 Obama Offers Maritime Security Plan for Asia-Pacific

U.S. President Barack Obama promised Tuesday to help America's allies in East Asia and the Pacific increase their maritime security. The president…

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2015-11-17 Russia Says Explosives Brought Down Plane in Egypt

Russia admits that last month's airplane crash in Egypt was a terrorist attack. Explosives were found in the wreckage and luggage section…

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2015-11-16 Islamic State Video Threatens Washington

News reports say the militant group Islamic State has released a video in which it threatens it will attack Washington,…

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2015-11-16 American Killed in Paris Attacks

A study-abroad student from the U.S. was one of the 120 people killed in the Paris terror attacks. Nohemi Gonzalez was…

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2015-11-16 Moroccan-Belgian Named Leader of Paris Attack

French officials say the man who is suspected of organizing Friday's terrorist attack in Paris is Belgian citizen Abdelhamid Abaaoud.…

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2015-11-15 Is Europe a Fortress?

The terrorist attacks that killed more than 100 people in Paris on Friday night complicate the refugee situation. Europe is…

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2015-11-16 Aung San Suu Kyi Goes to Parliament After Election Victory

Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi attended Parliament's closing meeting on Monday. Aung San Suu Kyi and her National…

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2015-11-15 Beer Poses as Soda to Get into Saudi Arabia

It seemed like a routine transport of soft drinks: 48,000 cans of Pepsi cola. But when customs officials in Saudi Arabia looked…

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2015-11-15 Philippines Welcome US Military Back

The United States military is back in the Philippines, and local merchants and government leaders appear pleased. The United States brought 6,000…

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2015-11-14 French President Calls Terror in Paris an ‘Act of War’

French President Francois Hollande has called the deadly attacks on Paris "an act of war." The French leader spoke after…

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2015-11-13 Iraqi Kurd Chief Says Sinjar Taken from Islamic State

Kurdish fighters supported by American airstrikes have recaptured the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar from Islamic State militants. Iraqi Kurdish…

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2015-11-13 New EU Labeling Rule for Israeli Settlement Products

The European Union is requiring Israel to identify products that are made in disputed territory and sold in Europe. The…

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2015-11-13 Italian Police Make Arrests in Terrorism Sweep

Police in Europe won a battle in the war on terrorism Thursday with the announcement of arrests in a joint…

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2015-11-12 #Mizzou and the #MillionStudentMarch

A student's threat on the mobile application Yik Yak to "shoot every black person I see" kept the University of…

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2015-11-12 Suicide Bombers Kill At Least 41 in Beirut

Twin suicide blasts killed at least 41 people and injured 200 Thursday in a mostly Shi'ite area of South Beirut, Lebanese officials…

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