DR Congo conflict advances as UN warns of regional escalation
BUKAVU (DR CONGO) - The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group was threatening another key town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday, as the United Nations top rights body said it would launch an investigation into alleged violations and abuses during the deadly clashes gripping the African nation.

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Flowers in the sand: families mourn Senegal migrants lost at sea
DAKAR - Fatou Fall defiantly faced the ocean and sadly laid a flower on Mbao beach near Senegal's capital Dakar in memory of her husband -- one of many who left on perilous clandestine crossings for Europe but never returned.

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Marine Corps has paused all sexual assault prevention training to comply with Trump's executive order. The Navy confirmed it would also cease such training.

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President Trump often rails about illegal immigration, but some of his executive orders aim to eliminate or undermine legal pathways for immigration.

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A U.S. Gaza takeover would not result in peace but massive upheaval, more bloodshed and American troops as occupiers in Palestinian lands.

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More than 100 venomous snakes removed from Australian man&s garden

An Australian man has described feeling &the shudders& as more than 100 venomous red-bellied black snakes were removed from a pile of mulch in his Sydney garden.

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