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Venezuelan official to crash UN meeting on migrant crisis
United Nations, Sep 25 (AP/UNB) — Venezuela's foreign minister said Monday that he is ready to crash a meeting at the United Nations called to help surrounding countries struggling to deal with the flood of migrants fleeing his nation's economic crisis.
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Rescued Indian and Irish sailors head for remote island
Canberra, Sep 25 (AP/UNB) — An Indian and an Irish sailor rescued from damaged sailboats in the remote southern Indian Ocean will be delivered to land on Tuesday when they reach an island and undergo medical assessments, an official said.
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Details of Thursday hearing for Kavanaugh accuser to be set
Washington, Sep 23 (AP/UNB) — Details must be worked out on a tentative agreement for a Thursday hearing for Brett Kavanaugh's accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, to tell the Senate Judiciary Committee about her allegation that the Supreme Court nominee sexually assaulted her decades ago.
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Some see signs of hope on North Korea as Trump heads to UN
Washington, Sep 23 (AP/UNB) — North Korea's Kim Jong Un is "little rocket man" no more. President Donald Trump isn't a "mentally deranged U.S. dotard."
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World leaders gather at UN under threat from unilateralism
United Nations, Sep 23 (AP/UNB) — With rising unilateralism challenging its very existence, the United Nations convenes its annual meeting of world leaders Monday and will try once more to tackle problems together as a community of nations, addressing threats ranging from Mideast conflicts to the effects of global warming — and also encouraging the glimmer of hope over the nuclear standoff in North Korea.
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Fugitive New Mexico priest pleads not guilty to sex abuse
Albuquerque, Sept 22 (AP/UNB) — A fugitive priest who fled the U.S. decades ago amid allegations of child sex abuse has been returned to New Mexico to face charges after being arrested in Morocco last year, federal officials said Friday.
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Shooting victim was recent immigrant from Nepal
Aberdeen, Sept 22 (AP/UNB) — A family friend says one of the victims killed in a shooting at a drugstore distribution center in Maryland was a mother of two who had recently moved to the U.S. from Nepal to try to give her kids a better life.
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Funerals held for 2 women allegedly killed by border agent
Laredo, Sept 22 (AP/UNB) — Friends and family gathered for funerals in Laredo, Texas, for two of the women authorities say were killed by a Border Patrol agent who has been described as a serial killer.
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Myanmar refugees evacuated from squalid Omaha apartments
Omaha, Sept 22 (AP/UNB) — About 500 refugees have been relocated from a Nebraska apartment complex after units were deemed unlivable.
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Kremlin slams new US sanctions affecting arms exports
Moscow, Sept 21 (AP/UNB) — The Kremlin has dismissed the latest round of U.S. sanctions that affected an aircraft-making factory as an "unfair" move to undercut Russia as a major arms exporter.
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