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    UN envoy in Syria to assure upcoming peace talks in Geneva
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    UN envoy in Syria to assure upcoming peace talks in Geneva
    ALBERET AJI and PHILIP ISSA 
    Jan 08, 2016
    DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — As a Saudi-Iran crisis roils the Middle East, the U.N. special envoy to Syria arrived in Damascus on Friday to lay the groundwo...
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    Iran president criticizes Saudi Arabia over severing ties
    News, World
    Iran president criticizes Saudi Arabia over severing ties
    ALI AKBAR DAREINI and JON GAMBRELL 
    Jan 05, 2016
    TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's president said on Tuesday that Saudi Arabia cannot "cover up" its crime of executing a leading Shiite cleric by severing di...
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    Allies follow Saudis in cutting ties with Iran amid tensions
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    Allies follow Saudis in cutting ties with Iran amid tensions
    JON GAMBRELL 
    Jan 04, 2016
    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Allies of Saudi Arabia followed the kingdom's lead Monday and scaled back diplomatic ties to Iran after the ransack...
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    Wounded fighters, civilians evacuated from Syria
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    Wounded fighters, civilians evacuated from Syria
    BRIAN ROHAN and BASSEM MROUE 
    Dec 28, 2015
    BEIRUT (AP) — Hundreds of people from opposite sides in Syria's civil war were evacuated from contested areas on Monday under a U.N.-backed truce, wit...
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    Syrian army kills 17 Islamic militants in country’s south
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    Syrian army kills 17 Islamic militants in country’s south
    BASSEM MROUE 
    Dec 27, 2015
    BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government forces booby trapped a cluster of farm buildings in the southern Daraa province and detonated the explosives as severa...
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    US-backed fighters in Syria capture areas in north from IS
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    US-backed fighters in Syria capture areas in north from IS
    ZEINA KARAM and BASSEM MROUE 
    Dec 24, 2015
    BEIRUT (AP) — A U.S.-backed coalition of rebels in Syria — including Syrian Kurdish, Arab and Christian groups — captured several areas in the country...
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    Accusations grow against Russia over Syria civilian killings
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    Accusations grow against Russia over Syria civilian killings
    ZEINA KARAM 
    Dec 23, 2015
    BEIRUT (AP) — The three missiles fired on a public market in the northern Syrian town of Ariha took the morning shoppers by surprise. In a few moments...
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    Notorious Lebanese militant killed in Syria airstrike
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    Notorious Lebanese militant killed in Syria airstrike
    BASSEM MROUE and JOSEF FEDERMAN 
    Dec 20, 2015
    BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese man convicted of one of the most notorious attacks in Israel's history and who spent nearly three decades in an Israeli priso...
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    Syrian crisis simplified: Who’s fighting whom, and why?
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    Syrian crisis simplified: Who’s fighting whom, and why?
    CONNIE CASS 
    Dec 18, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — One nation, two wars, a quarter-million lives lost, millions forced from their homes, and still no end in sight for the pitiless, se...
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    Russia calling the shots as nations lock down Syria plan
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    Russia calling the shots as nations lock down Syria plan
    BRADLEY KLAPPER 
    Dec 18, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — As the United States and world powers gather again in an attempt to end Syria's civil war, Russia appears to be calling the shots. N...
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    The Latest: Rights watchdog: Syria must give prison access
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    The Latest: Rights watchdog: Syria must give prison access
    Dec 16, 2015
    BEIRUT (AP) — The latest news on developments in the Syrian conflict. All times local: 6:45 p.m. Human Rights Watch says Russia and other nations tryi...
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    South Sudan: Devastation of civil war continues, 2 years on
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    South Sudan: Devastation of civil war continues, 2 years on
    JASON PATINKIN 
    Dec 16, 2015
    LEER, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan's civil war took away everything that had been precious to Mary Nyak Chot. "All my children were killed. The youn...
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    Kerry calls for common ground with Russia on Syria, Ukraine
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    Kerry calls for common ground with Russia on Syria, Ukraine
    MATTHEW LEE 
    Dec 15, 2015
    MOSCOW (AP) — The United States and Russia need to find "common ground" to end Syria's civil war and restore stability in eastern Ukraine, U.S. Secret...
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    Saudi Arabia forms Islamic counterterrorism coalition
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    Saudi Arabia forms Islamic counterterrorism coalition
    AYA BATRAWY 
    Dec 15, 2015
    RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia said Tuesday that 34 nations have agreed to form a new "Islamic military alliance" to fight terrorism with a ...
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    Burundi: US urges citizens to leave after Friday violence
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    Burundi: US urges citizens to leave after Friday violence
    ELOGE WILLY KANEZA and TOM ODULA 
    Dec 13, 2015
    BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) — The U.S. government asked its citizens to leave Burundi as soon as possible Sunday after 87 people were killed Friday in an ...
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    Profiles of radicals reveal numerous paths to extremism
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    Profiles of radicals reveal numerous paths to extremism
    JOSEPH KRAUSS 
    Dec 10, 2015
    CAIRO (AP) — For some, the turn to Islamic extremism begins with a Google search, for others a stint in prison. Most of those who embrace such beliefs...
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    Saudi Arabia to host Syrian opposition ahead of peace talks
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    Saudi Arabia to host Syrian opposition ahead of peace talks
    BASSEM MROUE 
    Dec 05, 2015
    BEIRUT (AP) — Saudi Arabia is hosting Syrian opposition groups and many of the main rebel factions next week in an effort to come up with a unified fr...
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    AP EXPLAINS: Is it IS, ISIS or ISIL, and what’s a Daesh?
    News, World
    AP EXPLAINS: Is it IS, ISIS or ISIL, and what’s a Daesh?
    JOSEPH KRAUSS 
    Dec 02, 2015
    CAIRO (AP) — The Islamic State's gruesome rampage across the Middle East has united the world in horror but left it divided over how to refer to the e...
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    Thousands of Syrian refugee children left in legal limbo
    News, Top Stories, World
    Thousands of Syrian refugee children left in legal limbo
    BALINT SZLANKO 
    Nov 29, 2015
    ZAWERGOSK, Iraq (AP) — Aria is stateless. Like thousands of other children born to Syrian refugees living in Iraq, the 10-month-old girl is beginning ...
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    Russia, France agree to tighten cooperation against IS
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    Russia, France agree to tighten cooperation against IS
    SYLVIE CORBET and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV 
    Nov 26, 2015
    MOSCOW (AP) — The presidents of France and Russia agreed Thursday to tighten cooperation in the fight against the Islamic State group, although they r...
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    Isolated Torrey pine populations yield insights into genetic diversity
    Nation & World, PA State News
    Isolated Torrey pine populations yield insights into genetic diversity
    June 15, 2025
    UNIVERSITY PARK — Entire regions of trees are disappearing because of invasive pests, disease and a changing climate. The key to their ability to adap...
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    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
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    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    By OLIVER MORRISON  pennlive.com 
    June 15, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Brad Hatch grew up near Altoona and started his career as a teacher in the local school district, working his way up to assistant p...
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    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
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    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    June 14, 2025
    PHILADELPHIA (TNS)— For months after he was arrested in March 2024 on charges of masturbating in a Montgomery County cemetery, Matthew Gagat continued...
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    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
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    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
    June 14, 2025
    Veterans Square was packed Saturday afternoon as residents came together to express their discontent with the current administration during the local ...
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    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    June 14, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Reform advocates are making another push to limit the use of solitary confinement in Pennsylvania prisons and jails, a long-running...
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    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Local Sports
    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Jo Wankel 
    June 14, 2025
    BROCKWAY - The 10th Annual Frank Varischetti All-Star Football game is slated for the end of the month, and several area players were recognized for t...
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