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Last month, a total of 43 male students went missing in the city of Iguala. The college students were part of a rural teaching college in the southern state of Guerrero in Mexico and were attacked by local policemen and drug cartel Guerreros Unidos on September 26. Their bodies have yet to be found. READ MORE
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ISIS may have pilots capable of flying captured fighter jets. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), an organization that monitors the progression and events of the Islamic State, reported that the extremist group has flown three Russian MiG planes.READ MORE
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Earlier this week, Houston Mayor Annise Parker initiated subpoenas to 5 pastors in Houston. The subpoena demands that the pastors turn over “[a]ll speeches, presentations, or sermons related to HERO, the Petition, Mayor Annise Parker, homosexuality, or gender identity prepared by, delivered by, revised by, or approved by you or in your possession.”READ MORE
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On Thursday, the Oklahoma City Thunder confirmed that small forward Kevin Durant had a successful surgery. READ MORE
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At 3 AM on Wednesday, a group of six Hong Kong police officers beat a protester on the side of a street. A local TV station captured the abuse of pro-democracy Civic Party member and social worker Ken Tsang Kin-Chiu.READ MORE
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On Monday night, the second health worker infected with Ebola in Texas flew on a commercial flight from Cleveland, Ohio to Dallas, Texas. The nurse had a fever of 99.5 before boarding.READ MORE
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Earlier today, Dallas nurse Nina Pham received a blood transfusion from Dr. Kent Brantly. Pham was one of the 70 nurses who took care of Thomas Eric Duncan, who died of Ebola last Wednesday. Duncan was the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S. READ MORE
ISIL militants enslaved hundreds of Yazidi. According to a report released today by the Human Rights Watch, the Islamic State has taken hundreds of women against their will and forced many into wedlock with ISIL fighters. Young men and boys that are taken captive are trained to become ISIL fighters.READ MORE
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On Friday, thousands of protesters flooded the streets of Hong Kong once again. In the past week, the crowd of democracy seeking citizens dwindled from tens of thousands to a few hundred and many doubted the future of the protests. Leaders of student organizations in the protest and other activist groups called for a return to the streets to protest. The Hong Kong government has still refused to meet with the protesters. READ MORE
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Former NFL General Manager Jerry Angelo expressed his remorse at the NFL’s treatment of domestic violence cases. READ MORE
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On Thursday, the White House dismissed a report about a prostitution scandal back in 2012. READ MORE
World
On Wednesday the U.S. and Japan released an interim report on updates to defense cooperation guidelines between the two countries. It has been 17 years since the guidelines to defense was last updated. The countries plan to finish the revisions by the end of this year. According to the report, the new guidelines “will establish an expanded and more flexible framework for Alliance cooperation to ensure the peace and security of Japan under any circumstances, from peacetime to contingencies, and to promote a stable, peaceful, and prosperous Asia-Pacific and beyond.” READ MORE
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This past weekend a mass grave containing 28 charred bodies was found in South West Mexico. Many fear that these are the bodies of massacred students.READ MORE
US
On Tuesday, the Appeals Court for the 9th Circuit lifted the bans on gay marriage in Idaho and Nevada.READ MORE
US
Earlier on Monday, a 19-year-old American was put on trial for attempting to join the Islamic State. Mohammed Hamzah Khan, a U.S. citizen, was arrested on Saturday at O’Hare International Airport. Khan is from suburban southwest Bolingbrook, Illinois and was charged with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization.READ MORE
The Sunday Assembly, also known as the “Atheist Church”, based in the United Kingdom is scheduled to have its first global assembly. The “church” is also known to have a branch and ...
World May 06, 2014 02:34 AM EDTThe leaders of the DPRK have been making very strong statements regarding human rights. A representative from the North Korean government has stated in a speech that the U.S. is a ‘living ...
World May 08, 2014 03:08 AM EDT
