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Police officers shot, suspect held, in San Diego
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One police officer is dead and another injured after another police shooting in the US.
Clinton v Trump: how the battle will be fought
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For two candidates who have been part of the American consciousness for decades, there's a bit of a political orphan in each.
Fate unclear on spared death row 10
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The fate of 10 death row prisoners saved from the firing squad in Indonesia remains unclear.
Hillary Clinton accepts her presidential nomination
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Hillary Clinton has accepted the nomination and in a rebuke to Trump, declared "we are not afraid."
Hillary Clinton asks America to stand by its woman
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Hillary Clinton is wagering that voters can have real doubts about her and yet still vote for her to become the 45th president.
India's vanishing people
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The latest Indian census figures show one ethnic group is hurtling towards extinction.
French police 'tipped off' on church attackers
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One of the assailants who executed a French priest during Mass has appeared in an IS video calling for more violence.
Indonesia carries out midnight executions
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Despite pressure from human rights groups and doubts pointing to death row prisoners being innocent, Indonesia has carried out planned executions overnight.
DNC 2016: Full transcript of Hillary Clinton's speech
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This is a transcript of Hillary Clinton's speech, as prepared for delivery at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia:
'We just survive': even birth casts a shadow in South Sudan's camps
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The baby boy is too young to know why his mother called him "Destruction of the World".
One shift: Police officers patrol an anxious America
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About 477,000 sworn officers serve in roughly 12,000 police departments across the United States. This is one day.
Father of fallen Muslim soldier targets Donald Trump in speech
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Donald Trump was speaking at an event in Iowa, complaining that America was not allowed to waterboard terrorists, when Khizr Khan and his wife walked up to the microphone at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
Syria's Nusra Front breaks ties with al-Qaeda
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Leader says the change is to deny foreign powers including the United States and Russia a pretext to attack Syrians.
North Korea accused of stealing millions of South Korean customers' data
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South Korean police said Thursday that the North's main intelligence agency had stolen the personal data of more than 10 million customers of an online shopping mall in the South, in what they said was an attempt to obtain foreign currency.
China, Russia to hold naval drills in disputed waters
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China and Russia will hold "routine" naval exercises in the South China Sea in September, China says.
Girl, 7, dies after elephant throws rock from enclosure at Morocco zoo
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A seven-year-old girl has died in a freak accident at a Moroccan zoo when an elephant threw a rock that struck the child in the head, the zoo has confirmed.
Blast rocks apartment in Malmo, Sweden: reports
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An explosion in an apartment in a residential area of Malno in Sweden prompted road closures and a bomb squad investigation .
The WHO says being transgender is a mental illness. But that could soon change
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A new study finds that the distress experienced by many transgender people comes from the social stigma, not from being transgender.
Trump says was being 'sarcastic' in Russia hack comments
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Asked if he was indeed being sarcastic, Mr Trump snapped, "Of course I'm being sarcastic."
Merkel defends Germany's asylum policies, says fear must not guide politics
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"Fear cannot be the guide for political action," Ms Merkel said.
Trump's Reddit 'Ask Me Anything' light on substance
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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's appearance on Reddit for a Q&A; session ended with the billionaire answering just a handful of questions.
Diagnosing division, Obama's speech offered a remedy
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12 years ago to the night, Barack Obama had offered Americans a vision. This time he asked them not to abandon it.
Democrats field three-man tag team to hammer Trump and boost Clinton
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It was the night the first black president gave his blessing and passed the baton to she who would be the first female president.
Indonesia fast-tracks execution of 14 death row prisoners
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Shocked family of death row prisoners wept on hearing they would face the firing squad 24 hours earlier than expected.
Obama: 'Summon what's best in us' and elect Hillary Clinton
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The president and vice president made forceful cases for Hillary Clinton and against Donald Trump.