72-hour humanitarian cease-fire begins in Gaza

A U.N. and U.S. announced cease-fire begins in Gaza, following weeks of fighting between Israel and Hamas that have led to 1,500 deaths.



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Tropical storm forms in Atlantic

Tropical Storm Bertha formed in the Atlantic late Thursday, according to the National Hurricane Center.



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Boehner authorized to sue Obama

The Republican-led House approved a resolution on Wednesday authorizing Speaker John Boehner to sue President Barack Obama over claims he abused his executive authority at the expense of Congress and the Constitution.



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'Substantial' damage in LA flooding

Hundreds of vehicles waterlogged and stranded. A famous basketball court possibly warped. Six facilities out of commission, including a student health center.



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Tracking patients' journey

CNN's Tom Foreman takes a virtual look at how an Ebola patient will be transported to the U.S. for medical care.



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Can you catch Ebola on planes?

What are airlines doing to protect you from deadly diseases?



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Sick doctor gives friend serum

CNN's Pamela Brown reports on the Ebola virus spreading across Africa and the two American aid workers infected.



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Virus fears sweep world

Fionnuala Sweeney reports concern the Ebola virus could spread internationally.



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Sudanese Christian arrives in U.S.

A Sudanese Christian woman once sentenced to death in her native country because of her faith arrived in her new home, the United States, on Thursday.



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9/11-related cancer cases growing

Cancer is plaguing a growing number of first responders and rescuers who worked at ground zero after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. These are cancers the federal government says are thought to be directly related to that effort -- cancers like leukemia, myeloma, thyroid and prostate cancers.



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U.S. to send more missiles to Iraq

As violence continues unabated in Iraq, the United States has agreed to sell $700 million in military aid, including 5,000 Hellfire missiles.



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Bird's eye view of aftermath

A gas explosion in Taiwan has killed at 22 people. CNN affiliate ETTV provides us with a birds eye view of the aftermath.



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In pictures: Deadly gas blasts

Taiwan gas explosion



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U.S. pressures Qatar to release couple

The Obama administration urged Qatar on Thursday to allow an American couple convicted of wrongdoing in the death of their adopted daughter to return to the United States.



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Gas explosions kill at least 22, injure 270 in Taiwan

The death toll is rising in Taiwan after underground gas leaks caused a series of explosions in the southern city of Kaohsiung, state media says.



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Liberia President: 'A global crisis'

CNN speaks to Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf about how their efforts to stop the spread of Ebola are going.



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Rafa Nadal injured ahead of U.S. Open

Rafael Nadal's hopes of successfully defending his U.S. Open title have been dealt a serious blow after the Spaniard revealed he has sustained a wrist injury during a practice session.



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Gun victim: Time for Congress to act

This month, just outside of Houston, a man police say had a history of abusing and threatening women got his hands on a gun and executed six members of his ex-wife's family -- including four children. On that day, local law enforcement officials believe he was on his way to hunt down other family members when, thankfully, they ended his rampage.



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Will sanctions against Russia work?

The U.S. and EU are imposing new sanctions on Moscow -- but will they have any effect?



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U.S., U.N. announce cease-fire

The U.S. and U.N. have announced that all parties have agreed to a three-day unconditional cease-fire in Gaza.



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Kerry: It's a moment of opportunity

Secretary of State John Kerry speaks about a humanitarian cease-fire for 72 hours between Israel and Hamas.



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Lack of electricity fuels chaos

CNN's John Vause reports on how the lack of power has exacerbated the suffering of those in Gaza.



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'Precision' strikes hit civilians

CNN's Barbara Starr reports on the precision strikes against Hamas in Gaza.



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At least 30 killed by landslide

Rescue efforts are underway after a landslide caused by monsoon rains. CNN's Sumnima Udas reports.



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WikiLeaks breaks Australia gag order

They were warned not to share it, but share it they did.



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CIA apologizes for spying on Senate

CIA Director John Brennan apologized to the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday and admitted the agency spied on computers used by its staffers who prepared an investigation of the controversial post 9/11 CIA interrogation and detention program.



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Amid death, 4 miraculous lives

Despite the threat of falling bombs and rockets, quadruplets were delivered Wednesday night at Gaza City's largest hospital.



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WHO: Ebola death toll tops 700

Hundreds dead. Many more infected. Pervasive fear and denial are challenging authorities in west Africa who are trying to assess and address the Ebola crisis.



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See Israeli airstrikes live on air

CNN's John Vause was on the air as a 'knock on the roof' blast announced an early end to a humanitarian truce in Gaza.



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'Wire' creator bringing 'Hero' to HBO

David Simon has gotten behind a "Hero."



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N. Korea fires projectiles at Japan sea

North Korea fired four projectiles on Wednesday morning toward the Sea of Japan, an official with the South Korean Defense Ministry told CNN.



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'Separatism' charges for China scholar

Chinese authorities on Wednesday formally charged a prominent Uyghur scholar with "separatism" months after his detention, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.



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'We're approaching breaking point'

Robert Turner, director of operations for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, speaks about life in Gaza.



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Team member describes scene

A team member traveling with international experts describe what they found at the crash site of MH17.



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From convicted sex offender to millionaire

Michael Phillips has been spending most of his time these days living in a tiny room in a no-frills northeast Dallas nursing home.



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Wake up to the plight of the pangolin

The world finally is starting to wake up to the plight of the pangolin -- an awesomely introverted, scale-covered mammal that's capable off fending of lions but gets snatched right up by poachers.



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Knee injury forces Li Na out

World No. 2 Li Na has pulled out of next month's U.S. Open with a knee injury.



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Why we must end weapons trade

The recent controversy over arms sales to Russia reminds me of an interesting exchange during a hustings I took part in during the 2009 European Election campaign.



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Other nations' roles in conflict

Rami G. Khouri of the American University of Beirut discusses the competing interests of other nations.



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'Sharknado 2' whips up Twitter frenzy

Peace. Love. And Snarknado 2.



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Landslides trap at least 170 in India

Landslides caused by heavy monsoon rains may have trapped 150 people or more in a village in western India, a senior official said Wednesday.



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Gaza crisis brings 9/11 flashbacks

I am an American, and I love my country, but I also love my heritage.



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Shrapnel 'fell like rain' in Gaza

Mangled limbs wrapped in blood-stained rags were strewn across rooms in the school.



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Ukraine declares MH17 cease-fire

Ukraine's military announced a one-day cease-fire on Thursday to allow international experts full access to the site where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashed two weeks ago.



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N. Korea: Jailed U.S. man speaks

Kenneth Bae, an American citizen detained in North Korea, said he feels like the U.S. government has abandoned him, according to a pro-North Korea newspaper.



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Brutal scene after school attack

CNN's Karl Penhaul shows the devastation following another attack on a U.N. shelter in Gaza.



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Inside the Israel-Gaza conflict

The conflict between Israel and Hamas rages on, leaving over a thousand dead since Operation Protective Edge began July 8.



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Celebs wade into PR minefield

Oscar-winning actor Javier Bardem calls Israel's treatment of Palestinians "genocide," while "Wonder Woman" actress Gal Gadot sends her "love and prayers" to Israeli soldiers in Gaza.



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U.S. to Israel: 'Limit civilian casualties'

A number of shells fell Thursday next to a U.N. school housing displaced residents -- a day after another school-turned-shelter was hit by artillery, killing more than a dozen people.



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The bitter lessons of MH17

During the last four months, the people of Ukraine have been fighting for their freedom, independence and European path in a war started by Russia-backed terrorists and their accomplices.



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Israel-Hamas cease-fire bid fails

International efforts to broker a cease-fire fail again, with Hamas and Israel blaming one another for the continuation of violence that has left more than 1,200 people dead.



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Hamas: Its origins and goals

Paula Hancocks looks back at Hamas' founding and explains their present-day goals.



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House approves lawsuit against Obama

The Republican-led House approved a resolution on Wednesday authorizing Speaker John Boehner to sue President Barack Obama over claims he abused his executive authority at the expense of Congress and the Constitution.



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'Substantial' damage in LA flood

Hundreds of vehicles waterlogged and stranded. A famous basketball court possibly warped. Six facilities out of commission, including a student health center.



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Ventura wins $1.8M lawsuit

It was a lawsuit pitting two larger-than-life personalities against each other -- former pro wrestler-turned-Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura and ex-Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle.



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Police: Teen raped at Keith Urban show

A teenage girl was raped at the same Keith Urban show where 20 people got so drunk they were hospitalized, police said.



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Barrymore's half-sister found dead

Jessica Barrymore, the half-sister of actress Drew Barrymore, was found dead early Tuesday morning.



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Expert: Argentina will default

Former finance undersecretary for Argentina Miguel Kiguel says Argentina's chances of avoiding default are slim at best.



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Why Gaza cease-fire didn't happen

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry looked weary and despondent at his much-delayed Cairo news conference Friday evening. Five days of shuttling through the region and endless phone calls to multiple parties had come to nothing. Having begun the year with a vision for a lasting Middle East peace, Kerry had been unable to push through a weeklong cease-fire in Gaza.



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9/11-related cancer cases growing

Cancer is plaguing a growing number of first responders and rescuers who worked at ground zero after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. These are cancers the federal government says are thought to be directly related to that effort -- cancers like leukemia, myeloma, thyroid and prostate cancers.



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U.S. to send more missiles to Iraq

As violence continues unabated in Iraq, the United States has agreed to sell $700 million in military aid, including 5,000 Hellfire missiles.



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Enola Gay's last crewman dies

Nearly 69 years ago, Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk navigated a U.S. B-29 Superfortress called the Enola Gay over Hiroshima, Japan, on a sunny August day. Once over its target, the Enola Gay unloaded the first atomic bomb dropped in war.



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China probes former security chief

China's ruling Communist Party announces an official investigation into high-ranking former leader Zhou Yongkang for an alleged "serious disciplinary violation."



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Xi snares 'untouchable' tiger

CNN's David McKenzie reports on the significance of the investigation of former Chinese security chief Zhou Yongkang.



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Ebola aid workers 'slightly improved'

The two American aid workers who were infected with the deadly Ebola virus "have shown a slight improvement in the past 24 hours," according to Samaritan's Purse, an international evangelical Christian humanitarian agency.



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Nadal injured ahead of U.S. Open

Rafael Nadal's hopes of successfully defending his U.S. Open title have been dealt a serious blow after the Spaniard revealed he has sustained a wrist injury during a practice session.



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Gun victim: Time for Congress to act

This month, just outside of Houston, a man police say had a history of abusing and threatening women got his hands on a gun and executed six members of his ex-wife's family -- including four children. On that day, local law enforcement officials believe he was on his way to hunt down other family members when, thankfully, they ended his rampage.



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'Die Hard' actor Shigeta dies at 81

James Shigeta, a prolific and pioneering Asian-American actor whose 50-year career includes the movies "Die Hard" and "Flower Drum Song," died in his sleep in Los Angeles on Monday, his agent said. He was 81.



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Obama: Not a new Cold War

Michelle Kosinski takes a look at the new sanctions against Russia that President Obama announced on Tuesday.



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Will Russia sanctions work?

The U.S. and EU are imposing new sanctions on Moscow -- but will they have any effect?



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Ebola doctor in Sierra Leone dies

A doctor who was on the front lines fighting the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone has died from complications of the disease, Doctors Without Borders said Tuesday.



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Threat of Argentina default

Argentina risks defaulting on its debt in hours unless it can cut a deal with creditors.



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WikiLeaks breaks gag order

They were warned not to share it, but share it they did.



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Report: Dozens die in China attack

A gang wielding knives and axes attacked civilians, a police station, government offices and smashed vehicles, China's state-run Xinhua news agency reported Tuesday, citing local police.



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Soccer star's father freed

Argentine football star Carlos Tevez has thanked his fans for their support following his father's kidnap ordeal in Buenos Aires.



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'Stowaway' body found in plane

The body of a stowaway is found in a U.S. Air Force plane that traveled around Africa.



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Truce closes with a boom

CNN's John Vause was on the air as a 'knock on the roof' blast announced an early end to a humanitarian truce in Gaza.



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Ebola victim's wife speaks out

The wife of the first American who died in the current Ebola outbreak speaks out about losing her husband.



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North Korea fires projectiles

North Korea fired four projectiles on Wednesday morning toward the Sea of Japan, an official with the South Korean Defense Ministry told CNN.



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China charges Uyghur scholar

Chinese authorities on Wednesday formally charged a prominent Uyghur scholar with "separatism" months after his detention, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.



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Gaza tunnel attack on video?

Hamas says new video shows its militants infiltrating Israel. CNN's Martin Savidge reports.



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What will investigators find at site?

Nearly two weeks after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was blown out of the sky by a suspected surface-to-air missile, the Dutch investigators in charge of finding out what happened have yet to lay eyes on the wreckage or the human remains believed to be still left in the enormous debris field.



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Girl dies after being hit by plane

The 9-year-old girl critically injured when an airplane struck her on a Florida beach last weekend has died, the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday.



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U.N. school shelled in Gaza

Five shells strike a U.N. school at a refugee camp in northern Gaza. CNN's John Vause has more.



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Ukraine: U.S., Europe, Russia face off

There are echoes of the Cold War as pro-Russian rebels battle Ukrainian government forces in the nation's east.



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Meat-free tofu McNuggets unveiled

If you're wary of chicken and beef products after a major meat supply scandal in Asia, the McDonald's in Japan could have an alternative for you -- tofu and fish nuggets.



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Why we must end weapons trade

The recent controversy over arms sales to Russia reminds me of an interesting exchange during a hustings I took part in during the 2009 European Election campaign.



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Attack on U.N. school in Gaza leaves 19 dead

Nineteen people are killed and 126 more injured as five shells strike a U.N. school at a refugee camp in northern Gaza, a U.N. official says.



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Landslides trap 150 people in India

Landslides caused by heavy monsoon rains may have trapped 150 people or more in a village in western India, a senior official said Wednesday.



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Is foreign policy a liability for Clinton?

Presidential candidates often lack experience in one critical area: foreign policy.



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Father arrested in baby's hot car death

The death of a 10-month-old girl left in a hot car in Wichita, Kansas -- the latest in a string of hot-car child deaths in the United States -- triggered the quick arrest of the girl's foster father and on Friday prompted state officials to launch home inspections of adoptive and foster families.



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Facebook: Get Messenger app or else

For mobile users who text with friends via Facebook, it's almost time to download the social-media giant's dedicated app for doing so, or lose the ability.



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Whale-watchers stranded at sea

After more than 12 hours stuck at sea, passengers aboard a whale-watching boat off the Massachusetts coast could reach land Tuesday.



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EU, U.S. hit Russia with fresh sanctions over Ukraine

The EU and the U.S. step up economic pressure on Russia with new sanctions, as fighting in Ukraine keeps investigators from reaching the MH17 crash site.



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First family reach MH17 crash site

The first family members of an MH17 passenger arrive at the crash scene. CNN's Kyung Lah reports.



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Water main floods Sunset Boulevard

A portion of world-famous Sunset Boulevard was closed Tuesday afternoon after a nearby water main broke, spilling an estimated 8 to 10 million gallons of water into the streets near and on the UCLA campus.



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The bitter lessons of MH17

During the last four months, the people of Ukraine have been fighting for their freedom, independence and European path in a war started by Russia-backed terrorists and their accomplices.



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Are arrests just politics?

CNN's Andrew Stevens speaks to Asia Society's Jamie Metzl about



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Afghan president's cousin killed

A cousin of Afghan President Hamid Karzai died in a bombing Tuesday, a provincial spokesman said, marking the latest killing of a Karzai relative.



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Bergdahl could be questioned soon

Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl could meet next week with the U.S. Army General looking into how the now-freed prisoner of war was captured by the Taliban in 2009, his attorney said.



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Battles near MH17 crash site

Investigators were again blocked from reaching the MH17 crash site because of fighting. Nick Paton Walsh reports.



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'Die Hard' actor James Shigeta dies

James Shigeta, a prolific and pioneering Asian-American actor whose 50-year career includes the movies "Die Hard" and "Flower Drum Song," died in his sleep in Los Angeles on Monday, his agent said. He was 81.



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Ebola doctor killed by the virus

A doctor who was on the front lines fighting the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone has died from complications of the disease, Doctors Without Borders said Tuesday.



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FIFA asks Italy to probe racism claims

FIFA has asked the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) to investigate alleged comments from the front runner to become its next president that referred to African players as "banana eaters."



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Suspected U.S. sex offender killed

A suspected sex offender recently featured on CNN's "The Hunt" with John Walsh was killed Monday in Manhattan while police were attempting to arrest him on child molestation charges, according to two New York City law enforcement sources.



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Report: Dozens die in China attack

A gang wielding knives and axes attacked civilians, a police station, government offices and smashed vehicles, China's state-run Xinhua news agency reported Tuesday, citing local police.



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'Stowaway' body found in plane

The body of an "apparent stowaway" was found Sunday night in the wheel well of a U.S. Air Force C-130 that landed at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany, Pentagon spokesman Adm. John Kirby said Tuesday.



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Could Ebola spread more widely?

Patrick Sawyer had one stop to make before heading home to Minnesota to celebrate his daughters' birthdays: a conference in Lagos, Nigeria.



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U.S.: Ukraine firing on rebels

U.S. officials say Ukraine is firing on pro-Russian rebels with short-range ballistic missiles. Barbara Starr reports.



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Botched executions can't be norm

Megan McCracken and Jennifer Moreno say it's unacceptable for states to experiment with new execution procedures without full disclosure



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U.N. pushes for Gaza cease-fire

Jeffrey Feltman, the top U.N. political official, speaks with Hala Gorani about violence between Israel and Hamas.



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CNN reporter's close call in Gaza

A large blast rocks a Gaza City building, forcing CNN's Karl Penhaul to dive for cover.



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Ebola battle: Liberia closes borders

The deadliest Ebola outbreak in history continues to plague West Africa as leaders scramble to stop the virus from spreading.



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Girl dies after being hit by plane

The 9-year-old girl critically injured when an airplane struck her on a Florida beach last weekend has died, the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday.



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Sewol ferry students 'told to stay put'

Lines of police surrounded a courthouse as student survivors of the Sewol ferry disaster gave evidence in their hometown of Ansan, South Korea, on Monday.



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Museum attack suspect extradited

The suspect in the deadly shooting at Belgium's Jewish Museum was extradited from France to Belgium, a French court official said Tuesday.



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Severed heads raised on poles in Syria

In some of the most gruesome images yet to emerge from the latest mass violence in Syria, videos show militants raising their victims' decapitated heads on poles.



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Why we must end weapons trade

The recent controversy over arms sales to Russia reminds me of an interesting exchange during a hustings I took part in during the 2009 European Election campaign.



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What next for 'Strongman' Putin?

Vladimir Putin is extremely popular domestically even as his neighbors fret. CNN's Diana Magnay reports.



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Five lessons from the Gaza war

The current round of fighting between Hamas and Israel will eventually stop. When it does, grieving and exhausted Israelis and Palestinians will still be neighbors. Their differences will remain.



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Is foreign policy a liability for Clinton?

Presidential candidates often lack experience in one critical area: foreign policy.



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Is Obama a lame duck president?

According to the conventional wisdom, lame duck presidents can't do very much. The popular image is that they are killing time, maybe grabbing a beer with the locals, until the new guy or gal comes to town.



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Wanted man killed in standoff

CNN's Deborah Feyerick reports on the events leading to a dramatic shootout with a suspect featured on "The Hunt."



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101 geysers found on Saturn's moon

On the surface of one of Saturn's icy moons, scientists have discovered the possible existence of a very important, life-sustaining element: liquid water.



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Scores stuck on whale-watching boat

After more than 12 hours stuck at sea, passengers aboard a whale-watching boat off the Massachusetts coast could reach land Tuesday.



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Duchovny under fire for Russia beer ad

David Duchovny's latest role is stirring up more intrigue than any episode of "The X-Files." The actor plays himself in a beer commercial imagining how proud he would be if he were Russian.



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Fierce fighting forces MH17 investigators to turn back

Investigators prevented from reaching the MH17 crash site by fierce fighting between pro-Russia rebels and Ukrainian forces.



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MH17: Fighting delays investigators

Fierce fighting near Flight MH17 wreckage has delayed investigators from getting access to the crash site again.



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Opinion: Bitter lessons of MH17

During the last four months, the people of Ukraine have been fighting for their freedom, independence and European path in a war started by Russia-backed terrorists and their accomplices.



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First family reach MH17 crash site

The first family members of an MH17 passenger arrive at the crash scene. CNN's Kyung Lah reports.



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Afghan president's cousin killed in blast

A cousin of Afghan President Hamid Karzai died in a bombing Tuesday, a provincial spokesman said, marking the latest killing of a Karzai relative.



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Same-sex marriage ban overturned

A federal appeals court on Monday struck down Virginia's ban on same-sex marriage, the first such decision in a southern state and another victory for gay and lesbian couples seeking the right to legally wed.



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Children killed in camp as Gaza fighting intensifies

Three weeks on, the fighting is intensifying, the death toll is climbing and Israel has warned its citizens to be ready for a prolonged battle.



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How WWI gave us drones

Drones are our latest Frankenstein's monster. But our preoccupation with their novelty -- with the ethical hazards of remote killing and the possible violation, through surveillance, of life and privacy at home -- has obscured their roots in the deadly history of Western aerial control of the Middle East that began in World War I, exactly a century ago.



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Gaza tunnels: Lifeline or deadly?

CNN's Wolf Blitzer goes inside one of Hamas' tunnels near the Gaza border with Israel.



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Dozens killed as fighting intensifies in Gaza

Despite calls for a cease-fire, Gaza authorities report dozens of deaths overnight, as Israel's PM speaks of a "protracted campaign" to come.



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Children die in camp shelling

CNN's Karl Penhaul speaks with witnesses of the bombing, including children whose guardians granted him OK to interview.



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Japanese teen dismembers classmate

A 16-year-old Japanese girl has been arrested in Sasebo, Nagasaki prefecture, on suspicion of murdering a fellow student. Police confirmed that the alleged attacker also dismembered her victim's body.



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U.S. man 'sent 500 powder letters'

For nearly six years, hundreds of letters, most containing a suspicious white powder, were sent through the mail, addressed to President Barack Obama, members of Congress, hotels near the Super Bowl, schools, companies and others.



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U.S.: Russia violated missile treaty

The United States accused Russia on Monday of violating the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, citing cruise missile tests that date to 2008, senior State Department and White House officials said.



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Life under fire in Ashkelon

In Ashkelon, Israel, the threat of rockets has a psychological impact, writes Atika Shubert.



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Inside Hamas' tunnel network

CNN's Wolf Blitzer gets a rare look inside a Hamas tunnel which Israel says is used to smuggle weapons and launch attacks on its territory.



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How Gaza cease-fire never happened

Despite starting the year with a vision for a lasting Middle East peace, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has been unable to even push through a weeklong Gaza cease-fire.



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Russia cooperation 'close to zero'

Former CIA Operative does not "foresee any clear answers or arrests" in the shoot down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.



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Black boxes help explain downing

CNN's Pamela Brown reports on what investigators have learned so far from MH17's flight data recorders.



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1 killed, 13 hurt by U.S. beach lightning

Nine people were injured Sunday afternoon after a rare lightning strike at California's Venice Beach.



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Israel protests turn anti-Semitic

Fears of violence and anti-Semitism at major protest marches across Europe and the around the world. Max Foster reports



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Zillow CEO on Trulia purchase

Zillow Chief Executive Spencer Rascoff talks to Maggie Lake about the $3.5 billion purchase of Trulia.



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Judge: Clippers sale can go forward

A deal to sell the Los Angeles Clippers for an NBA record price may move forward, a California probate judge ruled Monday.



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MH17 probe forced to turn back

A team of investigators looking to uncover what happened to MH17 is forced to turn back. CNN's Nick Paton Walsh reports.



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Source: Suicide blast kills 5 in Nigeria

A suicide bomber in Nigeria killed at least five people on Sunday in an attack on a church in the city of Kano, a local resident told CNN. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.



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Explosions, gunfire in fighting

CNN's Karl Penhaul describes the scene from Gaza City while rockets and gunfire continue amid ongoing fighting.



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What's Putin's real end game?

CNN Pentagon Correspondent Barbara Starr reported Thursday that the U.S. intelligence community has information that Russian artillery is firing into eastern Ukraine. The artillery pieces shown in the released footage are Russian M-46 130mm field guns with a range of a little over 16 miles.



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Who would fill Hamas void?

If Hamas was wiped out, would a more radical group take their place? CNN's Brian Todd reports.



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MSF: Teams greeted with rocks

CNN's Hala Gorani speaks to Medecins Sans Frontieres' Marc Forget about the importance of education when fighting Ebola.



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Suspected U.S. sex offender killed

A suspected sex offender recently featured on CNN's "The Hunt" with John Walsh was killed Monday in Manhattan while police were attempting to arrest him on child molestation charges, according to two New York City law enforcement sources.



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Westerners flee Libya battles

Westerners are fleeing Libya as deadly fighting there intensifies. CNN's Fionnuala Sweeney reports.



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U.S. student hid cameras in bathrooms

University of Delaware students are being offered counseling after a doctoral student allegedly hid video cameras in restrooms around the university's Newark campus over a two-year period.



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Israeli family mourns son

CNN's Atika Shubert speaks to the family of an Israeli soldier who was killed in Gaza.



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Concordia reaches end of last voyage

The crippled Costa Concordia cruise ship is nearing the end of its final voyage.



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Botched executions can't be norm

Megan McCracken and Jennifer Moreno say it's unacceptable for states to experiment with new execution procedures without full disclosure



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Gaza hospital, refugee camp hit

CNN's Karl Penhaul spoke to a witnesses about the bloodshed at a Gaza hospital.



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What do both sides want?

Paula Hancocks takes a closer look at what both sides in the Middle East conflict are hoping for.



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Rising anti-Israel sentiment?

CNN's Becky Anderson interviews author Rami Khoury on the rising anti-Israel sentiment.



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U.S. aid worker in Liberia has Ebola

An American doctor trying to quell the Ebola outbreak in Liberia is now infected with the virus, the organization for which he works said.



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Qatari FM: Israel rejecting peace

Qatar's Foreign Minister Al-Attiyah speaks about the Israeli-Gaza conflict in an exclusive interview with CNN's Becky Anderson.



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Israel rejects blame in school deaths

The Israeli military rejects "the claim that people were killed" after a mortar hit the courtyard of a U.N. school sheltering Gaza residents. U.N. officials says 16 were killed.



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Beheadings in Syria violence

In some of the most gruesome images yet to emerge from the latest mass violence in Syria, videos show militants raising their victims' decapitated heads on poles.



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Rice ruling: What is NFL thinking?

Carol Costello says she was wrong to expect the NFL to come down hard on Baltimore Ravens player Ray Rice, and that the league be universally criticized if they didn't.



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Sehwol ferry students 'told to stay put'

Lines of police surrounded a courthouse as student survivors of the Sewol ferry disaster gave evidence in their hometown of Ansan, South Korea, on Monday.



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Is Obama a lame duck president?

According to the conventional wisdom, lame duck presidents can't do very much. The popular image is that they are killing time, maybe grabbing a beer with the locals, until the new guy or gal comes to town.



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Israel: Errant mortar hit school

Israel has released video of what it says is an errant mortar hitting a U.N. run school yard. CNN's Sara Sidner reports.



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Finding ways to feed Gaza

CNN's Ian Lee reports on one humanitarian organization's efforts to feed the battle weary in Gaza.



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Lightning strike kills 1 on beach

A sunny day at the beach took a dark turn when a man died and a dozen others were injured after a rare lightning strike.



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Militias battle for territory in Libya

Violence is raging in Libya as rival militias are fighting for territory. CNN's Jomana Karadsheh has more.



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Beachgoer killed by landing plane

A father was killed and his daughter critically injured Sunday when an airplane struck them as they walked along a Florida beach.



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Palin to launch her own TV channel

Sarah Palin is again going rogue -- this time to the digital world, with the creation of her own online news channel.



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ISIS Militants destroy Jonah's tomb

The shrine towers over Mosul. A burst of smoke, then, nothing.



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Second Air Algerie 'black box' found

The second flight data recorder from an Air Algerie flight that crashed in Mali has been found, a spokeswoman for the U.N. mission in Mali says.



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Food scandal limits menus

McDonald's and KFC are hit by the Shanghai meat Scandal. Customers get apologies but no refunds. Ralitsa Vassileva reports.



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Boy, 3, smashes Jeep into house

A diaper-clad toddler crashed a Jeep Wrangler into a neighbor's house in Oregon -- then scampered home, sat on the couch and watched cartoons, authorities said.



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Fighting prevents access to crash site

Uncertainty hangs over an international effort to retrieve human remains from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 as fighting rages in eastern Ukraine.



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Indian teen has 232 'teeth' removed

A teenager in India, who had more than 200 "teeth" growing in his mouth due to a benign dental tumor, has had them removed.



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U.N. Security Council calls for immediate cease-fire in Gaza

With more than 1,000 people killed in the Israel-Hamas conflict, the U.N. Security Council calls for an "unconditional humanitarian cease-fire" in Gaza.



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Watch Security Council

The president of the U.N. Security Council reads a statement calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza.



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Japan teen suspect in decapitation

A 16-year-old Japanese girl has been arrested in Sasebo, Nagasaki prefecture, on suspicion of murdering a fellow student. Police confirmed that the alleged attacker also dismembered her victim's body.



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U.S. evacuates embassy in Libya

The U.S. Embassy in Libya evacuated its personnel on Saturday because of ongoing militia violence in the capital, Tripoli, U.S. officials said.



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Carjackers runs over 3 siblings in U.S.

The manhunt for two suspects in a Philadelphia carjacking that left three children dead and their mother in critical condition entered its third day Sunday.



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Aruba to release wanted ex-general

A retired Venezuelan military general will be released from custody in Aruba, days after authorities arrested him there, Venezuela's foreign minister said Sunday.



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Israel: We did not target school

An Israel Defense Force spokesperson says that an unintentional single mortar hit a school in Gaza.



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How North Korea gets its power

The last bit of news I heard before boarding a plane to Seoul a few days ago was that North Korea had just fired 100 artillery shells into the sea near the border with South Korea.



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Worst Ebola outbreak in history

The worst ebola outbreak in history spreads out of control in West Africa. CNN's Michael Holmes reports.



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Lightning strike injures 9 in U.S. beach

Nine people were injured Sunday afternoon after a rare lightning strike at California's Venice Beach.



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Did Boko Haram abduct official's wife?

Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram Islamists on Sunday abducted the wife of the Cameroonian deputy prime minister in a dawn attack on his home village of Kolofata, north of the area where they also kidnapped a local chief and his family, residents and security sources said.



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Nibali wins Tour de France

Vincenzo Nibali became only the sixth man in history to win all three of cycling's major tours as he sealed victory in this year's Tour de France on the Champs Elysees Sunday.



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Scenes from the ground in Gaza

A temporary truce Saturday between Israel and Hamas provided a precious few hours for hundreds of people, who had fled the fighting, the opportunity to learn whether they had a home to return to in Gaza.



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Malaysian PM's 'quiet diplomacy'

It was a moment of triumph amid a personal tragedy for Malaysian leader Najib Razak.



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Suicide blast kills 5 in Nigeria -- source

A suicide bomber in Nigeria killed at least five people on Sunday in an attack on a church in the city of Kano, a local resident told CNN. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.



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F1: Ricciardo wins in Hungary

Daniel Ricciardo drove the race of his young life to secure an unlikely victory for Red Bull Sunday in an incident-packed Hungarian Grand Prix which saw Lewis Hamilton ignore team orders to allow championship leader Nico Rosberg through.



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What's Putin's real end game?

CNN Pentagon Correspondent Barbara Starr reported Thursday that the U.S. intelligence community has information that Russian artillery is firing into eastern Ukraine. The artillery pieces shown in the released footage are Russian M-46 130mm field guns with a range of a little over 16 miles.



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Hamas agrees to new extension

Hamas has agreed to an extension of the cease-fire with Israel that had expired.



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C. America leaders signal border plan

Central American leaders signaled to President Barack Obama they're working on a "comprehensive plan" to address the underlying reasons for the surge of immigrant youth from their countries who are entering the United States illegally.



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What will end violence?

"Lift the siege."



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Security pact reached for MH17 site

Malaysia has secured an agreement with pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine to allow a group of international police to enter the MH17 crash area to provide protection for international crash investigators, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak's office said Sunday.



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Fighting resumes

After Hamas launches rockets into Israel, the Israeli military resumes operations in Gaza.



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Hamas rejects truce extension

Hamas has rejected a cease-fire extension that was requested by the U.N. and agreed to by Israel.



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Rights activist killed at protest

CNN's Ben Wedeman reports on the death of human rights activist Hashim Abu Maria, who was shot during a protest.



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Concordia nears end of final voyage

The crippled Costa Concordia cruise ship is nearing the end of its final voyage.



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This won't be the AIDS-free generation

In the United States, 26% of all new HIV infections are among young people ages 13 to 24. Yet only 1 in 5 high school students is tested for HIV.



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Gaza peace fight 'drains me of hope'

At age of 52, it might be too late to re-visit your beliefs and principles in order to change them.



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Botched executions can't be new norm

Megan McCracken and Jennifer Moreno say it's unacceptable for states to experiment with new execution procedures without full disclosure



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Why we need Asian superheroes

Jeff Yang says it's great to see the comics make an effort at diversifying the halls of justice



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Concordia begins final voyage

The cruise ship Costa Concordia is on its final voyage, heading for the scrap heap.



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Doctor in Liberia infected with Ebola

An American doctor trying to quell the Ebola outbreak in Liberia is now infected with the virus, the organization for which he works said.



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Who were crash victims?

CNN's Joe Johns reports on the latest developments in the Air Algerie crash.



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Hamas rejects cease-fire extension

Israel approves an extension of a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza, but Hamas rejects the idea, saying it won't tolerate Israeli troops in the territory.



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Shelling leaves heavy damage

After the clouds of war cleared, CNN's Ian Lee surveys the devastation left behind in Gaza.



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Gaza resident: Where do I live now?

CNN's Karl Penhaul talks to many residents trying to pick up the pieces in Gaza.



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Ray Rice ruling: What is NFL thinking?

Carol Costello says she was wrong to expect the NFL to come down hard on Baltimore Ravens player Ray Rice, and that the league be universally criticized if they didn't.



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Bolt ready to compete in Glasgow

An athlete who didn't even compete at the Commonwealth Games, Usain Bolt, was the star attraction Saturday in Glasgow.



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Tour de France history for Lithuanian

His Garmin-Sharp teammate saw victory snatched from his grasp in heartbreaking fashion earlier in the Tour de France but Ramunas Navardauskas made sure there was to be no repeat on a rain soaked 19th stage Friday.



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U.S. man shoots pregnant intruder

Tom Greer says he fought back when he was attacked by intruders at his home. When he got his gun and fired at them, they ran.



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Nibali closes in on Tour de France title

With the last day of the Tour de France usually uneventful as it relates to changes in the overall lead, Saturday marked the last realistic opportunity someone could catch Vincenzo Nibali.



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SWAT plane arrest: Father speaks out

The 25-year-old airline passenger whose dramatic arrest by a SWAT team was captured by a cell phone was due in court Saturday.



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F1: More bad luck for Hamilton

If Lewis Hamilton is to win a fifth Hungarian Grand Prix, he'll need something akin to a miracle.



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Donetsk residents flee fighting

Long lines of cars jammed the roads leading south out of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine Saturday, as residents attempted to flee the city center after a night of heavy shelling on the city's northern outskirts.



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Kerry: Evacuation not permanent

Secretary of State John Kerry says that the U.S. is suspending activities at the embassy in Tripoli, Libya.



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Second Air Algerie 'black box' found

The second flight data recorder from an Air Algerie flight that crashed in Mali has been found, a spokeswoman for the U.N. mission in Mali says.



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ISIS Militants destroy Jonah's tomb

The shrine towers over Mosul. A burst of smoke, then, nothing.



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Pope to make first visit to U.S.

Pope Francis accepted the invitation of Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput to attend the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia next year, the Catholic News Service reported Friday.



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Azerbaijan to host first F1 race

Azerbaijan will make its Formula One debut in 2016 as the latest venue for the Grand Prix of Europe, it was announced Friday.



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Indian teen has 232 'teeth' removed

A teenager in India, who had more than 200 "teeth" growing in his mouth due to a benign dental tumor, has had them removed.



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MH17 foretells a more dangerous world

Patrick Cronin and Kelley Sayler say the world is seeing nonstate groups such as Ukraine's rebels wielding more power to do harm than ever before



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Embassy personnel relocated

The Unites States evacuated its embassy in Tripoli, Libya due to intense fighting in the city. Barbara Starr reports.



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Should planes land in war zones?

Les Abend says, with rockets flying over Tel Aviv and missiles shooting down MH17 over Ukraine, a commercial pilot's pre-flight checklist just got much more complicated



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U.S. evacuates embassy in Libya

The U.S. Embassy in Libya evacuated its personnel on Saturday because of ongoing militia violence in the capital, Tripoli, U.S. officials said.



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2 U.S. soldiers killed in Afghanistan

Two American soldiers were killed by an improvised explosive device Thursday in Afghanistan, the Department of Defense said.



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U.S. journalists 'detained' in Tehran

Concern is growing for the wellbeing of four journalists apparently detained in Iran this week, three of them American citizens, according to the Washington Post.



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Rowsell stands bald and proud again

Inspirational Joanna Rowsell added another gold to her rapidly growing collection with a classy victory in the individual pursuit at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow Friday.



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Lampard: 'MLS my next big challenge'

Not content with claiming every major club honor with Chelsea and over a century of caps for England -- now Frank Lampard is relishing a new challenge in MLS with New York City FC.



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Ebola death in Nigeria's biggest city

A Liberian man who was hospitalized in Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos, with the Ebola virus has died, Nigerian Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu said.



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Boy, 13, killed in Chicago gun violence

Gun violence flared again in Chicago when a shooter sprayed bullets outside a convenience store on the city's west side, killing a 13-year-old boy and wounding six others.



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Anti-Semitic violence increases

Anti-Semitic violence has increased around the world. CNN's Isa Soares reports.



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Clinton: Settlements 'terrible signal'

Clinton: Israel's expansion of settlements is a "terrible signal" to send when claiming to support a two-state solution.



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Fire traded up to last minute

Hamas and Israel begin a 12-hour cease-fire. Will it hold?



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Will 12-hour Gaza truce hold?

A temporary humanitarian cease-fire between Israel and Hamas has begun as diplomats work to create a longer truce in the conflict that has killed more than 900 people.



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Who's running MH17 investigation?

With so many different nations affected by the MH17 downing, who is actually in charge of the investigation?



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Wiggins upstaged at C'wealth Games

After crashing in the Tour de Suisse and being overlooked by his team for the Tour de France -- he became the first British winner of the race in 2012 -- Bradley Wiggins hoped relief would come at the Commonwealth Games.



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Jews targeted in France

CNN's Isa Soares reports on anti-Semitism in Europe and around the world during the conflict in Gaza.



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Lightning to blame for crash?

Miles O'Brien, David Soucie and Tom Foreman discuss what may have caused an Air Algerie plane to crash in northern Mali.



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'Disintegrated' Air Algerie jet found

The crashed Air Algerie jet was found in a "disintegrated state" in northern Mali, but a Burkina Faso official says no survivors have been found so far.



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SWAT team storms Toronto plane

A passenger captured dramatic cell phone video of a Canadian SWAT team storming onto a Sunwing flight at Toronto's Pearson International Airport Friday. The video shows the police tactical team swarming onto the plane with their weapons drawn, yelling at passengers to get their hands up, and forcefully removing a 25-year-old man from the aircraft.



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C. America addressing border crisis

Central American leaders signaled to President Barack Obama they're working on a "comprehensive plan" to address the underlying reasons for the surge of immigrant youth from their countries who are entering the United States illegally.



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Dutch PM: We'll step up recovery

The Netherlands is stepping up efforts to try to ensure that the remains of all the victims of the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 return home from Ukraine, the Dutch prime minister told CNN.



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How can cease-fire be achieved?

Israeli leaders are demanding the 'demilitarization' of Gaza -- but Hamas is opposed. Is there another way to provide Israel with security guarantees? CNN's Tim Lister investigates.



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Mali's president: Wreckage found

Mali's President told Reuters the wreckage of a missing Air Algerie flight was spotted in his country's desert north.



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Two days, two plane crashes

In the last two days, two planes have crashed - one in West Africa, the other near Taiwan. Tom Foreman examines both.



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DNA clue to Brooklyn Bridge flag gag

New York police have collected DNA evidence in the case of nighttime acrobats who replaced two American flags atop of the Brooklyn Bridge with two white flags, according to a law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation Friday.



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Dogs get jealous too, study finds

Sure, Fido is a brown lab. But inside he may be a little green, too. A study by scholars at the University of California-San Diego found that dogs showed jealous behaviors when their owners displayed affection toward an animatronic stuffed dog which barked, whined and wagged its tail.



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McCain: Arizona execution was 'torture'

The prolonged execution of Arizona death row inmate Joseph Wood was tantamount to torture, Sen. John McCain said.



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This won't be the AIDS-free generation

In the United States, 26% of all new HIV infections are among young people ages 13 to 24. Yet only 1 in 5 high school students is tested for HIV.



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Gaza peace fight 'drains me of hope'

At age of 52, it might be too late to re-visit your beliefs and principles in order to change them.



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The art of negotiating peace

CNN's Max Foster speaks to former peace negotiator Daniel Levy about the intricacies of negotiating a cease-fire.



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Deadly clashes in West Bank

Deadly demonstrations erupt in West Bank as tensions continue to escalate in the region. CNN's Ben Wedeman reports.



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Should world 'do nothing' in Gaza?

Former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren, also a CNN Mideast analyst, says Israel needs to "crush Hamas."



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Gaza doctors struggle amid horror

Karl Penhaul spent time in an ER in Gaza and found staff struggling to care for a steady stream of horrific injuries.



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Most Air Algerie victims French

CNN's Joe Johns reports on the latest developments in the Air Algerie crash.



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Clinton: Putin 'bears responsibility'

Russia's Vladimir Putin bears at least some responsibility for the shooting down of Flight MH17, says ex-U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.



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Clinton: Putin is partly to blame

Hillary Clinton tells CNN's Fareed Zakaria that Vladimir Putin should bear some responsibility for the downing of MH17.



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Hopes for 1-week cease-fire

The United States and Egypt are moving closer to an agreement with Israel and the Palestinians on a one-week humanitarian cease-fire, starting Sunday, diplomatic sources told CNN on Friday.



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Pope meets apostasy woman

Mariam Yehya Ibrahim, the Sudanese Christian woman sentenced to death in Sudan for apostasy but subsequently pardoned, arrived in Rome on Thursday, the Italian Foreign Ministry said.



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Norway expects terror bid in 'days'

Norway says it thinks Islamist terror could strike the country within a few days but does not know what the plot is, the country announced Thursday.



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U.S.: Proof Russia firing into Ukraine

A week after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over war-torn eastern Ukraine, dozens more coffins containing remains of victims of the crash were due to arrive in the Netherlands on Thursday.



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Pope to make first visit to U.S.

Pope Francis accepted the invitation of Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput to attend the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia next year, the Catholic News Service reported Friday.



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Teen has 232 "teeth" removed

A teenager in India, who had more than 200 "teeth" growing in his mouth due to a benign dental tumor, has had them removed.



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Azerbaijan to host first F1 race

Azerbaijan will make its Formula One debut in 2016 as the latest venue for the Grand Prix of Europe, it was announced Friday.



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MH17 foretells a more dangerous world

Patrick Cronin and Kelley Sayler say the world is seeing nonstate groups such as Ukraine's rebels wielding more power to do harm than ever before



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Should planes land in war zones?

Les Abend says, with rockets flying over Tel Aviv and missiles shooting down MH17 over Ukraine, a commercial pilot's pre-flight checklist just got much more complicated



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Why liberals don't trust Hillary Clinton

To prove she wasn't just an opportunist hoping to use a U.S. Senate seat in New York as a ticket to bigger things, then-first lady Hillary Clinton tried to show voters that she cared about their values and views -- she listened.



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Gutting Obamacare is playing with lives

Over the past decade, an increasing percentage of Americans lost health insurance coverage because they couldn't afford it. As a family physician, I have seen the devastating effects of losing health insurance. Without it, patients die unnecessarily.



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Why bringing bodies home matters

Gerard Jacobs says grieving families and nations need the comfort oftraditional rituals to honor the remains of loved ones, particularly in a mass disaster



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Russian woman joins rebels

Marina lost her spleen and has a punctured lung. She was attached to a rebel group as a combat medic, and was hurt during the fighting, she told CNN from her hospital bed.



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What we know about flight

Joe Johns looks at the facts emerging in the disappearance of an Air Algerie flight over Mali.



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A tense week for air travelers

It's been a tension-filled week for travelers used to flying safely around the world.



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Who are Ukraine's pro-Russia rebels?

The horrifying crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 has put the pro-Russia rebels operating in Ukraine's eastern regions center stage -- and raised all kinds of questions about who they are, what they want and who's in charge.



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U.N. head on Gaza conflict: 'This is wrong'

Ban Ki-moon condemns a strike on a U.N. shelter that leaves 16 dead, and more than 200 injured -- most of them women and children.



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Thousands mark Quds Day in Iran

Anti-Israel rallies held in Iran, as CNN's Reza Sayah reports.



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Death penalty facts to surprise you

2014 has been an eventful year for several of America's death row inmates.



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What's Vladimir Putin's next move?

New Yorker Editor David Remnick takes a look at Putin's recent actions surrounding the downing of MH17.



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At least 16 killed as U.N. shelter hit

Women and children are among the dead after an attack on a shelter in northern Gaza, the U.N. says. It's unclear who carried out the strike.



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Wiggins upstaged at C'wealth Games

After crashing in the Tour de Suisse and being overlooked by his team for the Tour de France -- he became the first British winner of the race in 2012 -- Bradley Wiggins hoped relief would come at the Commonwealth Games.



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Free at last

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'Botched' execution: Review ordered

The last breaths of Joseph Wood were like a "fish on shore gulping for air," according to one person who witnessed the execution in the U.S.



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India: An isolated Russia's best friend

New Delhi has so far distanced itself from the international condemnation of Russia.



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'Disintegrated' Air Algerie jet found in Mali

The crashed Air Algerie jet was found in a "disintegrated state" in northern Mali, but a Burkina Faso official says no survivors have been found so far.



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Malaysian families counting the days

Many Malaysian families await the return of their loved ones from the crash of MH17. Will Ripley reports.



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Can hashtag create peace?

#JewsAndArabsRefuseToBeEnemies has gone viral on Twitter amid the Israel-Hamas conflict. Samuel Burke reports.



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Dutch PM: We'll step up recovery

The Netherlands is stepping up efforts to try to ensure that the remains of all the victims of the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 return home from Ukraine, the Dutch prime minister told CNN.



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One dead after Penn. shooting

A shooting at a suburban Philadelphia hospital Thursday afternoon left a psychiatric caseworker dead and two wounded, including a doctor, local authorities said.



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How can cease-fire be achieved?

Israeli leaders are demanding the 'demilitarization' of Gaza -- but Hamas is opposed. Is there another way to provide Israel with security guarantees? CNN's Tim Lister investigates.



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Officials confirm ferry fugitive body

South Korean forensics officials say they are sure the body found in a plum field last month is Yoo Byung Eun, a billionaire fugitive who was wanted in connection to the fatal Sewol ferry crash that claimed nearly 300 lives.



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How will sanctions hit Russia?

The United States and its allies are angrier at Russia now over Ukraine, but will they do anything more about it -- especially Europe?



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Iraq: ISIS blows up Jonah's tomb

If you blink during the video, you might miss the moment Jonah's tomb in Mosul, Iraq, explodes.



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Chief Ebola doctor contracts the virus

A doctor who has played a key role in fighting the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone is infected with the disease, according to that country's Ministry of Health.



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'We want to give them some peace'

Experts work to identify victims of the MH17 crash and help bring closure for their families.



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The Netherlands pays its respects

MH17: Remembering lives lost



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Mali President: Wreckage found

Mali's President told Reuters the wreckage of a missing Air Algerie flight was spotted in his country's desert north.



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Two days, two plane crashes

In the last two days, two planes have crashed - one in West Africa, the other near Taiwan. Tom Foreman examines both.



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Dutch PM: Arming rebels wrong

CNN's Anderson Cooper speaks to Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte about the global response to the downing of MH17.



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Dozens killed in Iraq suicide attack

CNN's Michael Holmes reports on another deadly suicide attack and a potential political breakthrough in Iraq.



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Suspected Nazi dies before extradition

A suspected Nazi war criminal died in Philadelphia overnight Tuesday, just hours before a U.S. court ruling cleared the way for him to be extradited to Germany to face trial.



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Attack leads to finger pointing

CNN's Karl Penhaul reports on the shelling of a school in Gaza that was being used as a shelter.



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Fighters escort jet to UK landing

Military fighter planes escorted a Gulfstream jet to the London area's Stansted Airport on Wednesday evening after the jet allegedly lost contact with air traffic controllers, an airport spokesman said.



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World record teen pilot killed at sea

An American teenager who was trying to set a world record for flying around the world was killed and his father is missing after their plane crashed into the ocean off American Samoa on Tuesday night, the boy's family said.



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Budget threat to deep-space rocket

NASA's staggering budget shortfall has put its rocket program at "high risk" of missing the planned 2017 launch date for its $12 billion deep-space rocket, a federal watchdog said.



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U.N.: Innocent people trapped

CNN's Christiane Amanpour speaks to the U.N.'s John Ging about all the children dying during the crisis in Gaza.



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Rebels ban more searches

The transfer from Ukraine to the Netherlands of remains of victims of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 shootdown is expected to be completed by Saturday, the Dutch prime minister said Thursday.



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Schools turned to shelters

Ian Lee gives us a tour of one of the U.N. run schools that have been converted into a shelter for displaced Gazans.



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Uncertainty over strike

CNN's Ian Lee reports there is uncertainty over who is responsible for a strike on a U.N. shelter in Gaza.



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Could storm be to blame?

An Air Algerie flight with 116 people on board has dropped off radar, prompting a search for the missing plane.



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Journalist working for CNN abducted

A Ukrainian journalist working as a freelancer for CNN remains in detention two days after he was abducted by pro-Russian separatists.



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Norway expects terror bid in 'days'

Norway says it thinks Islamist terror could strike the country within a few days but does not know what the plot is, the country announced Thursday.



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F1: Mexico GP gets 2015 green light

Mexico is set to return to the Formula One calendar after an absence of more than two decades, F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone has confirmed.



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UK set to be Europe's powerhouse?

The UK economy has shaken off the European crisis with growth figures that outshine its G7 peers.



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More remains to arrive in Netherlands

A week after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over war-torn eastern Ukraine, dozens more coffins containing remains of victims of the crash were due to arrive in the Netherlands on Thursday.



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Search for missing Algerie flight

An Air Algerie flight, with 116 people on board, has dropped off the radar, prompting a search for the missing plane.



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Nigeria let down on girls' kidnapping?

One hundred days on, Nigerians are haunted by agony of the more than 200 kidnapped girls, and their parents, says Chude Jideonwo, who criticizes the inaction of the government.



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Apostasy case woman in Rome

Mariam Yehya Ibrahim, the Sudanese Christian woman sentenced to death in Sudan for apostasy but subsequently pardoned, arrived in Rome on Thursday, the Italian Foreign Ministry said.



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Contact lost with Air Algerie plane carrying scores

An Air Algerie flight bound for Algiers with 116 people on board loses radar contact, the airline's operator says.



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Storm grows over lethal injections

Joseph Wood was supposed to go quickly and painlessly, when the State of Arizona put him to death by lethal injection on Wednesday.



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Taiwan's 'painful day' as crash kills 48

At least 48 people were killed and 10 injured when a twin-engine turboprop plane crashed while attempting to land in Penghu Islands, according to Taiwan's Civil Aeronautics Administration.



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Peaches Geldof 'was relapsed addict'

Peaches Geldoff, the daughter of musician Bob Geldof and the late Paula Yates, died of a heroin overdose after relapsing into use of the illegal drug following attempts to give it up, an inquest heard Wednesday.



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Two fighter jets shot down in Ukraine

Officials say two Ukrainian military jets have been shot down in the eastern part of the country.



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Costa Concordia makes final voyage

The wrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship has begun its final voyage.



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Who are Ukraine's pro-Russia rebels?

The horrifying crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 has put the pro-Russia rebels operating in Ukraine's eastern regions center stage -- and raised all kinds of questions about who they are, what they want and who's in charge.



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Man injected with two drugs

It took nearly two hours for Joseph Wood to die after he was injected with a combination of two drugs. KTVK reports.



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Witness describes death

A spokesman for the Arizona Department of Corrections and witness speak about the execution of Joseph Wood.



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Death penalty facts to surprise you

2014 has been an eventful year for several of America's death row inmates.



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5 ways to improve death penalty

In a perfect world of course, there would be no serious predatory crime, and thus no need nor call to respond to it.



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What's Vladimir Putin's next move?

New Yorker Editor David Remnick takes a look at Putin's recent actions surrounding the downing of MH17.



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Death tolls mount as conflict wears on

Now well into a third week of fighting between Israel and Hamas, the toll is clear -- and growing.



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Murdered teen's mother calls for peace

As the world scrabbles for an end to the bloodshed, the mother of murdered Israeli teen says "nobody should go through what we're going through now."



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Arizona execution takes two hours

The State of Arizona executed Joseph Wood on Wednesday. It took him nearly two hours to die after his veins were injected with a novel combination of two drugs.



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India: An isolated Russia's best friend

New Delhi has so far distanced itself from the international condemnation of Russia.



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China flights to be disrupted for weeks

For the next three weeks at least, flying to and within China is going to be a stressful affair, for even the hardiest of travelers.



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U.S. ends ban on Israel flights

The Federal Aviation Administration removed its ban on U.S. passenger planes flying to and from Tel Aviv Wednesday night, a day-and-a-half after stopping all the flights citing security concerns.



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Can hashtag create peace?

#JewsAndArabsRefuseToBeEnemies has gone viral on Twitter amid the Israel-Hamas conflict. Samuel Burke reports.



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MH17 dead flown back to Netherlands

After spending days exposed to the elements on a Ukrainian field and then inside refrigerated train cars, the bodies of MH17 victims are one step closer to home.



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Craigslist post ends in killings, suicide

A headless body of a man found in a wooded Michigan park had local police in Michigan wondering how -- and why.



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The Americans who fight for Israel

Daniel Flesch, then a college student at the University of Illinois, had heard too much anti-Israeli sentiment.



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'Today everybody was quiet'

CNN's Brooke Baldwin speaks to Dutch journalist Eelco Bosch Van Rosenthal about the memorials held for victims of MH17.



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Typhoon Matmo lashes Taiwan

Typhoon Matmo has slammed in Taiwan, bringing heavy rain, strong winds and the threat of landslides on the mountainous island.



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Is Hamas really using human shields?

Tuesday's discovery of more rockets hidden in a vacant U.N. facility is the sort of evidence that Israel cites in accusations that Hamas fighters use civilians and their institutions as shields in the ongoing Gaza warfare.



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Chief Ebola doctor contracts the virus

A doctor who has played a key role in fighting the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone is infected with the disease, according to that country's Ministry of Health.



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Map: The war zones planes fly over

When passengers boarded Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 last week, they couldn't have known they were about to fly over a battlefield.



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What happens to victims' bodies?

The remains of some of the victims of Flight MH17 have arrived in the Netherlands, so what happens to the bodies now, and will it help the victims' families find closure?



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Dutch pay respects

MH17: Remembering lives lost



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Did Malaysian leader seal MH17 deal?

It was a moment of triumph amid a personal tragedy for Malaysian leader Najib Razak.



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Malaysia's delicate balancing act

Will Ripley looks at why Malaysia has yet to speak out against those believed to be responsible shooting down MH17.



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Matmo: Why did plane try to land?

CNN speaks to China TV's Sarah Chen about the weather conditions that might've caused a plane to crash in Taiwan.



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Father: Son saved alleged molester

A Florida father who beat his 11-year-old son's alleged molester unconscious before calling 911 told a CNN affiliate that his son is a hero and that the youngster is the only reason the man is alive.



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Execution goes ahead despite objection

Inmate Joseph Wood has been executed, said Arizona Attorney General spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham.



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World record teen pilot killed at sea

An American teenager who was trying to set a world record for flying around the world was killed and his father is missing after their plane crashed into the ocean off American Samoa on Tuesday night, the boy's family said.



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China meat scandal affects U.S.

Video from a factory in China shows workers picking meat off the floor before processing it. David McKenzie reports.



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Fighters escort jet to UK landing

Military fighter planes escorted a Gulfstream jet to the London area's Stansted Airport on Wednesday evening after the jet allegedly lost contact with air traffic controllers, an airport spokesman said.



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9/11 report: Terror threat far from over

America's longest war. Much more National Security Agency surveillance. An alphabet soup of new government departments and agencies. Long security lines at airports.



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Schools converted to shelters

Ian Lee gives us a tour of one of the U.N. run schools that have been converted into a shelter for displaced Gazans.



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Lab director quits after anthrax scare

The head of the bioterror lab involved in potentially exposing dozens of workers to deadly anthrax bacteria has resigned.



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Cycling: Polish rider triumphs again

When two-time winner Alberto Contador was forced to quit the Tour de France after a painful crash the outlook looked bleak for the Tinkoff-Saxo team but since his departure a new star has emerged in Polish rider Rafal Majka.



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Peaches Geldof 'was relapsed addict'

Peaches Geldoff, the daughter of musician Bob Geldof and the late Paula Yates, died of a heroin overdose after relapsing into use of the illegal drug following attempts to give it up, an inquest heard Wednesday.



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2 Ukraine fighter jets shot down

Two Ukrainian military jets were shot down Wednesday in the eastern part of the country, where pro-Russian rebels have fought against government forces, a Ukrainian military office said.



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Indonesia candidate: Officials cheated

Indonesia's presidential candidate, Prabowo Subianto, who slammed the country's election commission and rejected the official results of the vote held earlier this month, appears poised to launch a legal challenge.



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Costa Concordia makes final voyage

The wrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship has begun its final voyage.



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Who are Ukraine's pro-Russia rebels?

The horrifying crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 has put the pro-Russia rebels operating in Ukraine's eastern regions center stage -- and raised all kinds of questions about who they are, what they want and who's in charge.



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Deadly MERS virus 'may be airborne'

The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, better known as MERS, may be an airborne virus, according to an observation paper published Tuesday in the journal mBio.



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