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India's new wave of runners is ready to race. This crowd took off at the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon on Nov. 23.

The Decreasing Loneliness Of The Indian Long-Distance Runner

8:42am December 08, 2014

by Rhitu Chatterjee

Our India correspondent used to say she'd only run if a tiger were chasing her. Now she's a jogger in New Delhi — and finds that many former non-runners are joining her in parks and in races.

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Burnt Remains Of Missing Mexican Student Identified; 42 Still Not Found

7:44am December 08, 2014

by Carrie Kahn

DNA testing confirmed that bone fragments from Mexico match relatives of Alexander Mora Venancio, one of a group of students from a rural college who officials say were abducted in September.

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Laughter Is The Best Medicine For Gulag Blues, Russia Tells Guards

7:44am December 08, 2014

The country's justice ministry suggested to its prison guards that using humor and irony could improve prisoner morale; one official suggests the idea itself is the joke.

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Jason Rezaian, an Iranian-American correspondent for The Washington Post, smiles as he attends a presidential campaign even for President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran in 2013. Rezaian, who was arrested in July, was charged by Iran on Saturday.

'Washington Post' Reporter, Detained For Months In Iran, Is Charged

7:27am December 08, 2014

by Scott Neuman

Jason Rezaian, the newspaper's Tehran bureau chief, was arrested in July, but the Iranian government has so far declined to say why.

An Israeli Antiquities Authority Prevention of Antiquities Robbery officer stands at the opening to a high cave in the Judean desert. Six men were indicted Sunday for looting from this cave.

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6 Arrested For Looting Antiquities From Israel's 'Cave Of The Skulls'

4:43am December 08, 2014

by Emily Harris

Israeli authorities released a photo of a 2000-year-old lice comb that was captured along with the men, who are accused of stealing objects from the area where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found.

U.S. Reportedly Unaware Of Second Hostage Ahead Of Failed Rescue

10:33pm December 07, 2014

by Scott Neuman

When U.S. Navy SEALs raided an al-Qaida hideout in a failed bid to rescue American Luke Somers, they didn't know that South African Pierre Korkie was also being held there.

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Syria Says Israeli Warplanes Strike Targets Near Damascus

2:41pm December 07, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The Syrian Observatory says the airstrikes appeared to target Hezbollah arms shipments.

Cooperative captives conduct afternoon prayers inside a communal cellblock at Camp 6 last month at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Six long-time detainees of the prison have been transferred to Uruguay.

6 Gitmo Detainees Transferred To Uruguay, U.S. Says

2:19pm December 07, 2014

by Scott Neuman

Four Syrians, one Tunisian and one Palestinian were released to the South American country early today as part of a deal to reduce the inmate population at the controversial prison.

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Remains Of 1 Of 43 Missing Mexican Students Identified

12:42pm December 07, 2014

by Camila Domonoske

In September, 43 students went missing in Mexico; drug gang members confessed to their murder last month. Now, the remains of one student have been identified.

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'Always Giving Us Hope': Friends, Family Remember Murdered Hostage

11:12am December 07, 2014

by Nate Rott

American photojournalist Luke Somers was held captive by al-Qaida militants in Yemen for more than a year; he was killed Saturday during a failed U.S. rescue attempt.

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