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49 Worshippers Killed In Attack On 2 New Zealand Mosques

8:40am March 15, 2019

Rachel Martin talks to Patrick Gower, a national correspondent for the Newshub network in New Zealand, about the mass shooting. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern calls it "New Zealand's darkest day."

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New Zealand Reels After Mass Shootings At 2 Mosques

7:47am March 15, 2019

David Greene talks to Nadia Tolich, a journalist with the radio network NewsTalk ZB in Auckland, about the attack that killed 49 people. The prime minister described it as a "terrorist attack."

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2 Mosques Attacked In Christchurch, New Zealand. 49 People Are Dead

7:20am March 15, 2019

New Zealand's prime minister said the attacks "can now only be described as a terrorist attack." Rachel Martin talks to Keith Lynch, deputy editor of the New Zealand news site Stuff

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Venezuela Musician Hopes Change Is On The Way To His Embroiled Country

6:58am March 15, 2019

by Philip Reeves

As Venezuela's economy collapses, a musician once successful enough to live a life of privilege now wanders a hotel lobby playing the saxophone for an inattentive audience.

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Boeing 737 Max 8 Crash Puts Ethiopian Airlines In The Spotlight

6:46am March 15, 2019

by Eyder Peralta

The airline has been operating for more than 75 years, and it's become Africa's largest airline in terms of destinations, passengers carried and revenue. It suffered a blow with a deadly crash.

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News Brief: New Zealand Attack, Sandy Hook Lawsuit, Border Wall

5:54am March 15, 2019

Dozens are dead after an attack on 2 mosques. Connecticut's high court ruled suits by Sandy Hook victims against a gun maker may proceed. Trump vows a veto after Congress blocks his border wall order.

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A police officer attempts to move people away from a mosque where shots were fired in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Friday. Police say there are multiple casualties.

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Fatal Shootings At 2 New Christchurch, New Zealand, Mosques

11:35pm March 14, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says, "It is clear this is one of New Zealand's darkest days. ... What has happened is an extraordinary and unprecedented act of violence."

U.S. diplomats began the exodus from the Caracas, Venezuela, embassy earlier this week. On Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirmed the last remaining American diplomats have left the country.

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State Department Says All U.S. Diplomats Have Left Venezuela

10:41pm March 14, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

The embassy is closed but Secretary of State Mike Pompeo assured Venezuelans the U.S. stands by interim President Juan Guaidó and supports Venezuelans' aspirations to live in a democracy.

Mazen (right), 13, and his brother Mezban in a camp for displaced Yazidis in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. Mazen was freed recently, five years after being kidnapped by ISIS. He was found in Baghouz, the last ISIS stronghold in Syria. His brother was also

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Freed From ISIS, Few Yazidis Return To Suffering Families, Many Remain Missing

9:59pm March 14, 2019

by Jane Arraf

As ISIS loses territory and captives are rescued, broken Yazidi families hold out hope that their loved ones could still return.

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President of the Human Rights Commission of Saudi Arabia, Bandar bin Mohammed Al-Aiban, pictured in November, told the UN Human Rights Council on Thursday the accused killers behind Jamal Khashoggi's death are being brought to justice.

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Saudi Arabia Rejects Calls For Independent Investigation Into Khashoggi Killing

7:11pm March 14, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

The kingdom's leading human rights leader said demands to "internationalize" the probe would be "tantamount to the international community doubting the integrity of our judicial apparatus."