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New Year revelers unfazed by attack worries — in most places

In Bangkok, police-flanked partygoers will ring in the new year at the site of a deadly bombing that took place just months ago. In Paris, residents recovering from their city's own deadly attacks will enjoy scaled-back celebrations. And in Belgium's capital, authorities anxious after thwarting what

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Two suspected of plotting terror attacks arrested in Belgium

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian authorities arrested two men on suspicion of planning Islamic State-inspired terror attacks in Brussels during the holidays, the federal prosecutor's office said Tuesday. The investigation revealed "the threat of serious attacks that would target several emblematic places in Brussels and be committed during the

terrorism

First of 17 detainees to be released from Gitmo next week

WASHINGTON (AP) — The first of 17 detainees scheduled to be released from the Guantanamo Bay prison in January will be transferred next week, as the Obama administration continues to reduce the population at the controversial detention center, a senior U.S. official said Monday. Another three detainees are slated to

terrorism

Recipe for a happier, safer 2016: Care more; complain less

There's no getting around it. Americans have just gone through an annus horribilis, to borrow a phrase from Queen Elizabeth. The year of 2015 has been filled with disturbing news about acts of terrorism and the threat of more, mass shootings, racial unrest and major questions about how

Faith

Pope focuses on Mideast conflicts, persecution

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis issued a Christmas Day prayer that recent U.N.-backed peace agreements for Syria and Libya will quickly end the suffering of their people, denouncing the "monstrous evil" and atrocities they have endured and praising the countries that have taken in their refugees.

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Muslims help non-Muslims when extremists attack bus in Kenya

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Muslims helped dress non-Muslims passengers in Islamic garb, to prevent extremists from identifying them for slaughter on a bus in northern Kenya, witnesses said. Two people died in the attacks on Monday in northern Mandera County when gunmen believed to be Somalia's al-Shabab rebels shot

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Air France passengers arrive in Paris after Kenya bomb scare

PARIS (AP) — Overwhelmed with relief, Air France passengers arrived in Paris safely a day after a fake bomb forced them into an emergency landing and evacuation in Kenya. Passenger Marine Gorlier of the French town of Melun cried as she met family members Monday at Charles de Gaulle Airport. "

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On terrorism and rejecting ‘collective punishment’

After the horrific slaughter of nearly 3,000 people on 9/11, Americans were outraged. But that fury was directed outward; none of the perpetrators of those terrorist attacks had been an American citizen. Things are different now. The past few years have seen incident after incident abroad where attacks