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Heavyweight heaven for hosts Georgia on Day 3 of Tbilisi Grand Prix

It was heavyweight heaven for hosts Georgia on the third and last day of the 2019 Tbilisi Grand Prix as a final flurry saw France top the medals table

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Native American activists say new South Dakota protest law hinders free speech

The ACLU has sued South Dakota on behalf of indigenous and environmental activists, saying state laws violates the First Amendment right to protest.

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Saudis accessed Bezos' phone and gained private data, security chief says

Bezos had tasked Gavin de Becker with investigating how The National Enquirer had obtained and published intimate texts that the Amazon CEO had sent to his mistress,

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A broken jaw and a shattered dream: Migrant who walked 4,000 miles returns home

Those who come back after their families have spent big money to get them out of war-torn nations face disappointed relatives and feelings of failure.

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North Korea calls for investigation into Madrid embassy raid

A group calling for the overthrow of Kim Jong Un has given the FBI data seized in the raid, a law enforcement source told NBC News.

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Four Palestinians killed at border protest; rockets from Gaza Strip hit Israel

Tens of thousands of Palestinians rallied in the Gaza Strip on Saturday to mark the anniversary of their mass protests along the Israeli border.

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Double Dutch delight on Day 2 of the 2019 Tbilisi Grand Prix

It was double Dutch delight on Day 2 of the 2019 Tbilisi Grand Prix as judokas from The Netherlands won two gold medals in the mid-weight divisions

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Gun-makers have always invoked the military to lure customers. Could it be their undoing?

"The military has always been a good way to sell firearms," a gun-marketing researcher said.

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Brain drain devastates a country that turned its back on Moscow and embraced the West

Those who are leaving blame a lack of job opportunities, an ongoing war against Russian-backed separatists and a failure of political will.

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Gaza's 'night disturbers' on Israel border in run-up to 1st anniversary of protest

With loudspeakers blaring patriotic music into the dark, the dusk-till-dawn demonstrations began small and escalated in recent days.

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Georgian judokas pile on pressure on Day 1 of 2019 Tbilisi Grand Prix

Georgian judokas pile on the pressure on a thrilling first day of the 2019 Tbilisi Grand Prix as France and Georgia battle it out in medals standings

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Saudi Arabia releases 3 women's rights activists, but more still locked up

Two of those released were vilified in state-linked media as traitors and foreign enemies soon after their arrest in May.

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Angst and anger reign on the Brexit day that wasn't

Friday was meant to be the day when, for better or worse, Britain's Brexit mayhem yielded at least some definite answers.

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Brexit is deadly serious, but these protesters make crisis feel like a party

"I'm totally consumed by it. I'm on twitter all the time. I watch the Parliament channel every day," said one pro-Brexit protester.

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South Korean leader heading to U.S. to meet with Trump

The meeting will be the first between the U.S. and South Korean leaders since President Donald Trump's summit with Kim Jong Un collapsed last month.

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Teacher shot in gun rampage says her thoughts were of her students

"In the ambulance I said, 'You need to get a substitute to Laurelhurst Elementary for tomorrow,'" the injured teacher recalled.

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New York expected to become 2nd US state to ban plastic bags

"I think we're going to look back and wonder why this isn't something that was commonplace before now," said a state senator who is a leading proponent of the ban.

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Fourth victims dies following Utrecht tram attack

The 74-year-old man died Thursday. Two men and a woman died on the day of the attack, and one victim remains injured in hospital.

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Bangladesh high-rise office building fire leaves more than a dozen dead

Many people were trapped inside the building, but fire officials said after battling the blaze for several hours that most had been rescued.

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What one strongman's exit plans say about Putin's future

Kazakhstan's Nursultan Nazarbayev helped steer his vast, oil-rich Central Asian nation through the turbulent years that followed the end of Communism.