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    Turkey bans rally by activists mourning colleagues
    News, World
    Turkey bans rally by activists mourning colleagues
    SUZAN FRASER 
    Oct 13, 2015
    ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish authorities on Tuesday banned a protest rally and march by trade union and civic society activists who lost friends and ...
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    Syria troops advance under Russian air cover
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    Syria troops advance under Russian air cover
    ALBERT AJI and SARAH EL DEEB 
    Oct 12, 2015
    DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Russian jets intensified their airstrikes Monday in central Syria as government forces battle insurgents in a strategic area ne...
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    Jewish, Muslim groups raise temperature at contested shrine
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    Jewish, Muslim groups raise temperature at contested shrine
    KARIN LAUB and MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH 
    Oct 11, 2015
    JERUSALEM (AP) — Jewish and Muslim grassroots groups, self-declared defenders of their faiths, have played a key role in rising Israeli-Palestinian te...
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    Strong emotions as Obama visits grieving Oregon town
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    Strong emotions as Obama visits grieving Oregon town
    GOSIA WOZNIACKA 
    Oct 10, 2015
    ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) — Gun-rights activists and others gave voice to strong emotions on Friday when President Barack Obama came to meet privately with ...
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    AP PHOTOS: LGBT people in conservative S. Korea find hope
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    AP PHOTOS: LGBT people in conservative S. Korea find hope
    JULIE YOON 
    Sep 15, 2015
    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Just after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized nationwide same-sex marriage, tens of thousands of people gathered in front of S...
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    Guatemala’s rock star: Quiet jurist who took down president
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    Guatemala’s rock star: Quiet jurist who took down president
    SONIA PEREZ D. 
    Sep 12, 2015
    GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala's newest celebrity is a tall, stoic, 60-year-old jurist with thinning hair and a gray beard, who can't walk the street...
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    Lebanese stage sit-in at ministry over trash crisis
    News, World
    Lebanese stage sit-in at ministry over trash crisis
    ZEINA KARAM 
    Sep 01, 2015
    BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese security forces dragged a number of activists out of the Environment Ministry in downtown Beirut, where they were staging an ho...
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    American anti-dolphin-hunt activist arrested in Japan
    Entertainment, Lifestyles
    American anti-dolphin-hunt activist arrested in Japan
    Sep 01, 2015
    TOKYO (AP) — Former "Flipper" trainer Ric O'Barry was released by police late Tuesday after being arrested for not carrying his passport while in Japa...
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    Senegal activist: Release 7 men convicted of gay acts
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    Senegal activist: Release 7 men convicted of gay acts
    CARLEY PETESCH 
    Aug 28, 2015
    DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A Senegalese activist and a rights group on Friday called for the release of seven men arrested in July and sentenced to six mon...
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    Civil rights activist Amelia Boynton Robinson dies at 104
    Nation, News
    Civil rights activist Amelia Boynton Robinson dies at 104
    PHILLIP LUCAS 
    Aug 26, 2015
    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Amelia Boynton Robinson, a civil rights activist who nearly died while helping lead the "Bloody Sunday" civil rights march in ...
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    The Latest: Clerk’s lawyers in gay marriage case want stay
    Nation, News
    The Latest: Clerk’s lawyers in gay marriage case want stay
    ASSOCIATED PRESS 
    Aug 13, 2015
    MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — The latest on a Kentucky county clerk's office that has defied a federal judge's order to issue marriage licenses to same-sex cou...
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    Deadly attacks ahead of Iran foreign minister’s Syria visit
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    Deadly attacks ahead of Iran foreign minister’s Syria visit
    BASSEM MROUE 
    Aug 12, 2015
    BEIRUT (AP) — Heavy rebel shelling and government airstrikes around the Syrian capital on Wednesday killed at least 36 people and wounded scores more ...
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    Syria releases prominent activist jailed for over 3 years
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    Syria releases prominent activist jailed for over 3 years
    ZEINA KARAM and BASSEM MROUE 
    Aug 10, 2015
    BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian authorities on Monday released an award-winning human rights activist after more than three years in jail in a rare goodwill gest...
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    Activists want more transparency in counterterrorism efforts
    Nation, News
    Activists want more transparency in counterterrorism efforts
    PHILIP MARCELO 
    Aug 06, 2015
    BOSTON (AP) — Muslim groups and civil rights activists across the nation are calling for greater transparency in a program by President Barack Obama's...
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    After deadly attack, Israel arrests extremist in crackdown
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    After deadly attack, Israel arrests extremist in crackdown
    DANIEL ESTRIN 
    Aug 04, 2015
    JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli authorities kicked off a promised crackdown on Jewish extremists following last week's deadly arson attack on a Palestinian f...
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    Arctic-bound ship leaves Portland after oil drilling protest
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    Arctic-bound ship leaves Portland after oil drilling protest
    TERRENCE PETTY and DAN JOLING 
    Jul 31, 2015
    PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities used boats, personal watercraft, poles and their bare hands to remove protesters in kayaks and hanging from bridges ...
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    Boko Haram offers to swap kidnapped girls for detainees
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    Boko Haram offers to swap kidnapped girls for detainees
    MICHELLE FAUL 
    Jul 08, 2015
    LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's Boko Haram extremists are offering to free more than 200 young women and girls kidnapped from a boarding school in the...
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    US same-sex marriage ruling likely to impact other countries
    Nation, News
    US same-sex marriage ruling likely to impact other countries
    GREGORY KATZ 
    Jun 28, 2015
    LONDON (AP) — The landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of same-sex marriages has no legal force outside the United States, but gay rights activ...
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    Syria’s al-Qaida branch kills 20 minority Druze villagers
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    Syria’s al-Qaida branch kills 20 minority Druze villagers
    BASSEM MROUE 
    Jun 11, 2015
    BEIRUT (AP) — Al-Qaida's affiliate in Syria killed at least 20 Druze villagers in the country's north and Western-backed rebels entered a predominantl...
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    Wine chemistry can be judged from tiny batches
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    Wine chemistry can be judged from tiny batches
    August 2, 2025
    UNIVERSITY PARK — Making wine is a complex endeavor — it depends on grape composition, microbes like yeast, and environmental conditions such as tempe...
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    ‘Do it right, do it safe’ outweighs ‘don’t do it’ at public meeting on TMI restart
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    ‘Do it right, do it safe’ outweighs ‘don’t do it’ at public meeting on TMI restart
    By CHARLES THOMPSON pennlive.com 
    August 2, 2025
    (TNS) — If there was any takeaway from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s first public meeting on the restart of the nuclear power station at Three M...
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    Mast crops shape wildlife patterns
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    Mast crops shape wildlife patterns
    By STEVE SHERK Jr.  Special to The Era  
    August 2, 2025
    Mast crops are spotty this year, except for acorns. Soft mast, like apples and wild cherries, seems to be minimal to none in most areas. Soft mast blo...
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    ‘Round the Square: August excitement
    Round the Square
    ‘Round the Square: August excitement
    August 2, 2025
    EXCITED: It's August — are you getting excited for the fabulous events in McKean County during this back-to-school month? It's Festa Italiana in Bradf...
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    Drilling pilot holes
    Lifestyles
    Drilling pilot holes
    August 2, 2025
    Dear Heloise: When hanging up pictures, it is best to drill a pilot hole into the plaster for the nail before hammering it in. If one does not drill a...
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    Move closer to family creates distance instead
    Lifestyles
    Move closer to family creates distance instead
    August 2, 2025
    DEAR ABBY: I made a terrible mistake moving 2,000 miles across the country to be closer to my grandchildren. In the past, I have always noticed my son...
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