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Somali militants overrun base for African Union forces
A Somali military official says Islamic extremists have overrun an African Union base in southern Somalia after a firefight with troops there.
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Pope Francis asks Chicago girl to sing
Pope Francis on Monday spoke by satellite with audiences in Chicago, Los Angeles and McAllen, Texas ahead of his upcoming US visit. The Pope asked a Chicago girl to sing after she spoke about using music to find comfort from bullying.
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Merkel says migrant crisis engulfing Germany is sign that nation is symbol of hope
But Merkel also stressed that Germany cannot deal with crisis alone.
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Zimbabwe's first lady: 'Dentist who killed the lion must be left alone'
Grace Mugabe holds no official post with the government, leaving it uncertain whether her view of Cecil's death would hold sway with her nation's legal authorities.
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Lion trophies just a drop in vast exotic species trade
Vulnerable but coveted, animals and plants at risk of being endangered are traded into the U.S. every year, and it's completely legal.
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Treasure hunters' claim of discovering Nazi gold train stokes excitement
Treasure hunters' claim of finding gold-laden train sparks excitement.
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Migrants found dead in truck in Austria
Police on Thursday discovered the partially decomposed bodies of at least 20 migrants piled up in a truck parked on the shoulder of an Austrian highway leading from the Hungarian border.
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Cecil the lion's killer inspires gruesome costume for Halloween
The seller goes on to describe Walter Palmer's bow-and-arrow conquering of Cecil as the year's "most controversial killing."
Nazi gold train is in my city, Polish official says
A deputy mayor in Poland says lawyers for two men who claim to have found a Nazi gold train have told him that it is somewhere in the southwestern city of Walbrzych.
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The annual Spanish tomatina" -tomato fight fiesta.
At the annual fiesta in the eastern town of Bunol on Wednesday, 175 tons of ripe tomatoes were offloaded from seven trucks into the crowd packing the streets for an hour-long battle.
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Somalis launch murder probe into Minnesota-born teen's beating death
Ammar Abdirahman was reportedly died after a brutal attack at a Puntland boarding school.
3 generations of Swedish family linked by single womb
For one family in Sweden, a pioneering procedure has led to a baby being born from the same womb that nurtured his mother, uniting three generations.
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Three generations of family tied to single womb
A pioneering womb transplant procedure led to a baby being born from the same womb that nurtured his mother decades ago in Sweden.
Walking safari guide killed by lion in Zimbabwe park
A lion charged and killed a safari guide who was leading a group of tourists in the same national park in Zimbabwe that was the home of Cecil the lion who was controversially killed by an American bow hunter in July.
Safari guide killed by lion in Zimbabwe park that was Cecil's home
A lion charged and killed a safari guide who was leading a group of tourists in the same national park in Zimbabwe that was the home of Cecil the lion who was killed by a bow hunter in July.
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