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    A missionary group including 16 Americans and one Canadian were kidnapped in Haiti on Saturday while on a trip to an orphanage, the Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries group said on Sunday.

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    Gangs expand territory as Haiti government struggles to stay in control
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    Venezuelan opposition urges government to resume suspended talks
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    Mexican electoral body says 2.85 mln signatures needed to open presidential recall referendum
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    Argentine judge indicts Spanish Franco-era minister on murder charges

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    U.S. Coast Guard boards ship in connection with California oil spill
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    Hollywood film-crew union reaches tentative deal, averting strike
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    Biden says policing is as hard as ever, vows reform
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    U.S. Senator Manchin slams Bernie Sanders in battle over Biden spending plan

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    India to move some migrant workers in Kashmir to army camps after killings
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    Melbourne to ease world's longest COVID-19 lockdowns as vaccinations rise
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    Japan's new PM sends offering to Yasukuni Shrine, irking South Korea
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    ASEAN excludes Myanmar junta leader from summit in rare move

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    Lebanon's Maronite patriarch says judges must be left to work
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    Turkey's Erdogan says U.S. proposed F-16 sales in return for its F-35 investment
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    Yemen's Houthis advance in Shabwa and Marib
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    Syrian government, opposition agree to redraft constitution -envoy

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    Congo protests turn violent as lawmakers select electoral commission chief
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    Opposition candidate Neves holds lead in Cape Verde presidential election
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    Pan-African film festival opens in Burkina Faso amid COVID19 and security challenges
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    Sudan protest calls for military coup as political crisis deepens

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    German Greens vote to enter government coalition talks
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    Outsider Marki-Zay to stand against PM Orban in 2022 after winning run-off
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    Austrians turn on ex-chancellor's party after corruption claims
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    Pope condemns attacks in Norway, Afghanistan and Britain, following Amess stabbing

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