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Recently arrived Rohingya refugees queue for relief aid as a man beats back the crowd with bamboo in November in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.

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At Least 6,700 Myanmar Rohingya Killed In Single Month, Aid Group Says

8:21am December 14, 2017

by Scott Neuman

Doctors Without Borders conducted field studies in neighboring Bangladesh, where Rohingya Muslims have fled since the beginning of what the U.N. describes as "ethnic cleansing."

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U.N. Peacekeepers Honored In Tanzania

7:46am December 14, 2017

by Eyder Peralta

On Thursday in Tanzania, the bodies of 14 United Nations peacekeepers killed last week in Democratic Republic of the Congo have been honored in a ceremony.

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Friends of Nawaz Atta, a missing activist, accompany his mother at a police station to report the man's disappearance. Atta was taken by armed men in late October.

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Concern Grows In Pakistan Over Cases Of Disappearance

7:21am December 14, 2017

by Diaa Hadid

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan counted more than 700 alleged disappearances last year. Since 2001, the group estimates that as many as 10,000 people have gone missing.

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News Brief: Senate And House Republicans Agree On Tax Bill, FCC To Repeal Net Neutrality

5:07am December 14, 2017

House and Senate Republicans have hammered out details of a final tax overhaul bill. Also, the FCC is set to repeal net neutrality rules, and an update on Tanzanian U.N. peacekeepers who were killed.

How A Trial In A Federal Courthouse In Manhattan Is Riveting The Turkish Government

12:26am December 14, 2017

Star witnesses have testified that the scheme of a Turkish-Iranian gold trader charged with conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions against Iran was broader, and possibly involved the Turkish President.

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Carving your initials in a tree in Washington, D.C.? Not illegal. Carving your initials in a sedated patient's transplanted liver? Criminal assault, according to U.K. courts.

We Regret To Inform You That A British Surgeon Was Branding His Initials On Livers

8:29pm December 13, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

Simon Bramhall has pleaded guilty to assault in a case that a prosecutor called "without legal precedent." He was burning his initials into human livers during transplant operations.

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Many South Africans Are Disenchanted With Governing Of African National Congress

4:29pm December 13, 2017

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

South African President Jacob Zuma is plagued by allegations of corruption, which have tainted the image of his governing of the African National Congress. The party is deeply split ahead of its leadership conference this weekend, where a new leader will be chosen.

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Palestinians Face Pressure To Assimilate In Jerusalem

4:29pm December 13, 2017

by Peter Kenyon

President Trump may have handed Israel a symbolic victory with his recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital, but every day in East Jerusalem, Palestinians face pressures to assimilate. With hope for a two-state solution dwindling, more families are applying for Israeli passports, and more Palestinian children are attending schools that teach the official Israeli curriculum.

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Military trucks drive past destroyed buildings and a mosque in what had been the center of fighting in Marawi on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Oct. 25, days after the military declared that the battle against ISIS-linked militants was over

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Martial Law Extended For Another Year In Southern Philippines

4:02pm December 13, 2017

by Ashley Westerman

The move to keep martial law in the Muslim-dominated south was requested by President Rodrigo Duterte. The decree is worrisome to many Filipinos who remember a deadly era of martial law in the 1970s.

Smoke from wildfires, like this lingering cloud in Sonoma County, Calif., in October, may be responsible for creating an off taste in wine.

Winemakers Worry Wildfires Will Leave Whiff Of Ashtray In Their Wine

2:57pm December 13, 2017

by Danielle Beurteaux

Grapes exposed to smoke from wildfires can absorb compounds that carry over into wine and ruin the flavor. The problem is only expected to grow as extreme weather events become more frequent.