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Raging U.S. wildfires burn homes, force evacuations, kill horses

August 19, 2015 in International

[caption id="attachment_7283" align="alignleft" width="300"] Smoke rising from the TePee Springs fire in the Payette National Forest is seen in an aerial picture taken by the McCall Smokejumpers near Riggins, Idaho August 17, 2015. REUTERS/US Forest Service/McCall Smokejumpers/Handout[/caption] CHELAN, Wash./SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Dozens of wildfires burning...

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Chelsea Manning found guilty of violating military prison rules

August 19, 2015 in International

[caption id="attachment_7280" align="alignleft" width="300"] People hold signs calling for the release of imprisoned wikileaks whistleblower Chelsea Manning while marching in a gay pride parade in San Francisco, California June 28, 2015. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage[/caption] (Reuters) - Soldier Chelsea Manning, who is serving 35 years in a military...

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US urges Dominican Republic not to engage in mass deportations

August 18, 2015 in International

WASHINGTON, United States, Monday August 17, 2015 – The United States is urging authorities in the Dominican Republic against engaging in mass deportations and to respect the human rights of all deportees, after Santo Domingo this weekend resumed the process of repatriating undocumented immigrants. The deportations...

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Indonesia rescuers head to mountains in search of missing plane

August 17, 2015 in International

[caption id="attachment_7224" align="alignright" width="300"] In this photo taken December 26, 2010, Trigana Air Service's ATR42-300 twin turboprop plane takes off at Supadio airport in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. The same type of a Trigana airliner carrying 54 people was missing Sunday. (Photo: AP)[/caption] JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP)...

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U.S. Virgin Islands Lawmaker stands up for the Caribbean’s most famous American

August 14, 2015 in International

[caption id="attachment_7199" align="alignright" width="300"] Rep. Stacey Plaskett of the U.S. Virgin Islands[/caption] News Americas, WASHINGTON, DC, Fri. Aug. 14, 2015: A US lawmaker from an island America’s Caribbean-born first secretary of the Treasury spent his youth on, is among those urging the U.S. Treasury Department to...

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