| Four more Palestinians killed, toll in Gaza 639
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 Gaza, Jul 23: At least four more people were killed on Wednesday in Gaza, where 635 Palestinians and 29 Israelis have already been killed during Israel's two-week air, naval and ground offensive. Palestinian officials said that two men were killed in the southern of Bei Lahiya, and a 17-year-old teenager was killed in Khanyounis City, south of Gaza, Xinhua reported. Another Palestinian man died of his injuries in Khanyonis. Earlier on Wednesday, US Secretary of State John Kerry discussed on phone with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas about the possibility to reach a ceasefire deal to ...
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| Arrest linked to gun used after Boston bombing
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 A friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is believed to have provided the handgun used to kill a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer during the manhunt, people with knowledge of the investigation...
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| Wrecked Concordia finally headed for scrapyard after massive salvage operation
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| Maneuvers began early on Wednesday to remove the rusty hulk of the Costa Concordia cruise liner from the Italian island where it struck rocks and capsized two years ago, killing 32 people.
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The Costa Concordia cruise liner is seen during its refloat operation at Giglio harbour July 23, 2014. REUTERS/ Alessandro Bianchi
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| San Diego-area community rejects shelter for undocumented migrants
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| A San Diego suburb took center stage in the nation's acrimonious immigration debate on Tuesday as planning commissioners there rejected a proposal to open a temporary shelter for Central American children caught illegally crossing the U.S. border.
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Immigrants who have been caught crossing the border illegally are housed inside the McAllen Border Patrol Station in McAllen, Texas July 15, 2014, where they are processed. REUTERS/ Rick Loomis/Pool
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| More than 100 measles cases confirmed in Waikato
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 More than 100 cases of measles have been confirmed in Waikato during the latest outbreak, with the vast majority of patients not fully immunised, Waikato District Health board says. Over the past two months 114 cases had been confirmed...
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| Bangalore sexual assault case: Police arrests chairman of school
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 Bangalore, July 23 : Bangalore Police on Wednesday arrested the chairman of the privately-run Vibgyor School where a minor girl was sexually assaulted by two gym instructors. According to television reports, the chairman, Rustom Kerawalla, of Vibgyor School was arrested after it was found that there was delay on his part in reporting the crime to the police. It is also alleged that he concealed information related to the case from the police. It is also alleged that the Kerawalla tried to destroy evidence relating to the incident. He has been charged under section 201 of the Indian Penal ...
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| White House revises contraception opt out
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 (CNN) – The Obama administration announced revisions to the Obamacare contraception mandate so that nonprofit religious organizations can opt out of signing a release form to avoid covering birth control and workers for those nonprofits are able to obtain separate contraception coverage without a copay. "This is part of ensuring that all women have access to contraception coverage," said a senior administration official. Earlier this month the Supreme Court issued a temporary order that allows Wheaton College to avoid covering birth control without filing a religious exemption form with its insurer. The new revisions to the Obamacare mandate reveal that the White House is anticipating the U.S. Supreme Court's finalization of the temporary injunction in the coming months. "In light of the Supreme Court order regarding Wheaton College," said the official, "the Departments intend to augment their regulations to provide an alternative way for objecting nonprofit religious organizations to provide ...
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| Is a David Price deal in the Cards for St. Louis?
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 ST. LOUIS -- And never had to pay for a thing. Price, who arrived in the seventh inning with 10 of his buddies, was even offered a suite. He politely declined, and plopped in the third row of the second deck, right in Big Mac Land, cheering like any other fan at Busch Stadium. It was that way everywhere he went these past two days. Folks welcomed him to town. And then begged him to stay. ...
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