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Lebanon's Shiite Muslims pay high price in war between Israel and Hezbollah

Lebanon's Shiite Muslims pay high price in war between Israel and Hezbollah

BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese civilians most devastated by the Israel- Hezbollah war are Shiite Muslims, and many of them believe they are being unfairly punished because they share a religious identity with Hezbollah militants and often live in the sam
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Israel says rabbi who went missing in the UAE was killed. The government arrests 3

Israel says rabbi who went missing in the UAE was killed. The government arrests 3

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel said Sunday that the body of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi who went missing in the United Arab Emirates has been found after he was killed in what it described as a “heinous antisemitic terror incident.
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Israeli-Moldovan rabbi living in UAE is missing. Israeli officials fear he may have been kidnapped

Israeli-Moldovan rabbi living in UAE is missing. Israeli officials fear he may have been kidnapped

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Israeli-Moldovan rabbi living in the United Arab Emirates has gone missing, with Israeli authorities raising the suspicion Saturday he may have been kidnapped as tensions remain high with Iran .
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Israeli-Moldovan rabbi living in UAE goes missing; Israeli officials fear he may have been kidnapped

Israeli-Moldovan rabbi living in UAE goes missing; Israeli officials fear he may have been kidnapped

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Israeli-Moldovan rabbi living in the United Arab Emirates has gone missing, with Israeli authorities raising the suspicion he may have been kidnapped as tensions remain high with Iran.
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These Peruvian women left the Amazon, but their homeland still inspires their songs and crafts

These Peruvian women left the Amazon, but their homeland still inspires their songs and crafts

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Sadith Silvano’s crafts are born from ancient songs. Brush in hand, eyes on the cloth, the Peruvian woman paints as she sings. And through her voice, her ancestors speak.
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The pope will visit Corsica Dec. 15 after skipping Paris reopening of Notre Dame

The pope will visit Corsica Dec. 15 after skipping Paris reopening of Notre Dame

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis will travel to the Mediterranean island of Corsica on Dec. 15, making yet another visit to France that avoids the capital and all the pomp and protocol that accompanies a proper state visit.
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The pope will visit Corsica Dec. 15 after skipping Paris reopening of Notre-Dame

The pope will visit Corsica Dec. 15 after skipping Paris reopening of Notre-Dame

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis will travel to the Mediterranean island of Corsica on Dec. 15, making yet another visit to France that avoids the capital and all the pomp and protocol that accompanies a proper state visit.
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Texas education board approves optional Bible-infused curriculum for elementary schools

Texas education board approves optional Bible-infused curriculum for elementary schools

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ education board voted Friday to allow Bible-infused teachings in elementary schools under optional new curriculum that could test boundaries between religion and public classrooms in the U.S.
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Charges dropped against pro-Palestinian protester arrested under mask ban for wearing a kaffiyeh

NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors in New York dropped charges Friday against a kaffiyeh-wearing, pro-Palestinian protester who was among the first people arrested under a local face mask ban that's stirred free speech concerns.
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Today he is a high school football player. Soon he'll be a Buddhist lama in the Himalayas

ISANTI, Minn. (AP) — The young Buddhist lama sat on a throne near an altar decorated with flowers, fruits and golden statues of the Buddha, watching the celebrations of his 18th birthday in silence, with a faint smile.
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