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For Syrians in a former rebel bastion, reconciling with the government means a return to normalcy - at a price
It was September 2011 when Bassam Dufdaa, the preacher in the Syrian town of Kafr Batna, threw his support behind the uprisings raging throughout the country. From his pulpit...
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I yanked my boyfriend's hand and crashed through the gate. Call it taco panic
Like many kids of my generation, I was raised consuming a plethora of cable news nightmares - children getting into that questionable van, women trusting that questionable man...
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NORWAY Dispatch: Where Reindeer Are a Way of Life
The indigenous Sami people have fought for generations to preserve their identity. The latest battles are against Norway's limits on reindeer herds.
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$100 million for a wedding in India is an abomination
To the editor: The people of India are on average very poor. Millions there live in squalid conditions. Yet multibillionaire Mukesh Ambani decided that $100 million would be...
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Uncontacted tribes aren't 'Stone Age.' They just want - and deserve - to be left alone
The death last month of Christian missionary John Allen Chau, at the hands of the uncontacted island tribe he had hoped to evangelize, triggered a thorny debate. Was the Indian...
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Gathering in Strasbourg remembers victims of market attack
A gathering is being held in a central square of the eastern French city of Strasbourg to pay homage to the victims of a gunman who killed four people and wounded a dozen more...
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For the Republicans left in California's Legislature, fewer lawmakers will have to do more work
From January to late summer every year, the California Legislature is a perpetual motion machine. And in the new year, the people most likely to struggle in keeping up will be...
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New Orleans Bowl: Appalachian State rolls past Middle Tennessee 45-13
Appalachian State receiver Malik Williams passed for two touchdowns on trick plays, quarterback Zac Thomas caught a scoring pass and threw for three more, and the Mountaineers...
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Ryan Garcia wins by knockout in first fight under Eddy Reynoso
Unbeaten Victorville lightweight Ryan Garcia, in his first fight with Canelo Alvarez's trainer, Eddy Reynoso, working his corner, knocked out Braulio Rodriguez 1 minute, 14...
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Boeing issues safety bulletin over 'angle of attack' sensors after Lion Air crash
The plane hit the water 13 minutes after departing Jakarta at 6:20 a.m. last Monday. All 189 people on board were killed.
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Fascinating pictures of London in the 50s and 60s by Allan Hailstone
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Photos by Olga Kouznetsova capture how gran who's the ONLY resident in her...
Lyudmila Vyacheslavovna lives in the 130-year-old family home in Tolokonnikovo, close to Russia's border with Estonia. Photographer Olga Kouznetsova spent time with her last year.
USOC Chooses Salt Lake City for Potential Winter Games Bid
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America's Greatest Restaurant Takes No Reservations.But is Worth the Wait
Joe's Stone Crab is Miami Beach's most famous white table-clothed, tuxedoed-waiter establishment, and the top seafood restaurant in America.