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Zimbabwe: Minnesota dentist faces charge of lion poaching
July 29, 2015James Palmer allegedly shot a protected lion known as Cecil with a crossbow in a killing that has outraged conservationists and others.
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Turkey: 30 young socialists massacred in Suruç suicide bombing
July 22, 2015The attack in the southern city of Suruç targeted a gathering of 300 Socialist Youth Associations Federation (SGDF) members from Istanbul.
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Cuba-U.S. relations: the hard road toward normalization begins
July 21, 2015A large crowd gathered to watch the flag raising; they cheered as the Cuban flag flew over the embassy for the first time in 54 years.
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Tell Congress to support peace with Iran
July 20, 2015Experts call its curbs on Iran's potential nuclear weapons development more complete than anything they had expected. But the pact is about much more than nuclear weapons.
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Today in history: reading the Riot Act for 300 years
July 20, 2015You may not have known that the Riot Act was passed by an act of the British Parliament on this date exactly 300 years ago, July 20, 1715.
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