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Morocco arrests Belgian man linked to Paris attackers

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Moroccan police have arrested a Belgian man of Moroccan descent, saying he is linked to the Islamic State group and had a "direct relationship" to the attackers who killed 130 people in Paris two months ago, the Interior Ministry said Monday. The man had traveled

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Fiorina marches on seeking votes amid New Hampshire’s snow

BOW, N.H. – Carly Fiorina soldiered on in New Hampshire Saturday, telling supporters of her campaign for the Republican presidential nomination to remain optimistic, even after low poll numbers took her out of the prime-time debate Thursday night."When I launched my campaign for the presidency on May 4,

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Islamic State uses human shields to slow Iraqi assault

RAMADI, Iraq (AP) — Six times in the past harrowing month, Um Omar and her family got a knock on the door of whatever home they were occupying in the extremist-held city of Ramadi: It was an Islamic State militant, she said, ordering them to pick up and move with them

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Cultural cleansing in Mosul and Nineveh

Since their occupation of Mosul in 2014, ISIS militants have destroyed priceless museum artifacts, burned thousands of books, bulldozed churches and mosques, and demolished ancient archaeological sites. The irreparable devastation mirrors their ruthless treatment of entire communities of people.

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Suicide bomber kills 10, wounds 15 in Istanbul tourist area

ISTANBUL (AP) — A suicide bomber affiliated with the Islamic State group detonated a bomb in a historic district of Istanbul Tuesday morning, killing at least 10 people — nine of them German tourists — and wounding 15 others, Turkish officials said. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said the bomber who carried out the

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Police: Gunman said he shot Philadelphia cop in Islam’s name

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man using a gun stolen from police said he was acting in the name of Islam when he ambushed an officer sitting in his marked cruiser at an intersection, firing shots at point-blank range, authorities said Friday. Both the officer and suspect were injured during the barrage

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Terror-related arrests in 2 states refuel refugee debate

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Two Iraqi-born men who came to the United States as refugees have been arrested on terrorism-related charges by federal authorities who allege one traveled to Syria to fight with terrorists in the civil war and the other provided support to the Islamic State group. There was no

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Mother of murdered journalist James Foley writing memoir

NEW YORK (AP) — The mother of murdered journalist James Foley is writing a book about her son. Blue Rider Press announced Thursday that it had acquired the memoir by Diane Foley, whose son was a freelance reporter executed publicly by Islamic State in 2014. The book is scheduled for early