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Musk's Improbable Mars Quest Runs Through Border Town Concerned With More Than Getting to Space
Five years ago, SpaceX started building a launch pad in Boca Chica Village, hauling in dirt by the tonne.
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Passengers Were Waiting To Board. US Pilot Was Arrested For Triple Murder
More than three years after a triple homicide in a small Kentucky town, Christian Richard Martin, a pilot for a subsidiary of American Airlines, was arrested in connection with their deaths, authorities said.
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Christian-Muslim Clashes Rock Easter Attacks Town In Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka's Roman Catholic Church appealed for calm and an alcohol ban Monday after clashes between Christians and Muslims in a town scarred by the Easter suicide attacks.
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Crosses, Plaques Vandalised At A Cemetery In Goa
Over 100 crosses and plaques at a Christian cemetery in Curchorem town of South Goa were allegedly vandalised by unknown persons, police said today. According to Curchorem Police Inspector Shivram Vaingankar, the incident took place last night.
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Iraqis Celebrate First Christmas Near Mosul After ISIS Pushed Out
Several hundred Iraqi Christians flocked on Saturday to a northern town recently retaken from ISIS, celebrating Christmas for the first time since 2013, their joy tainted with sadness over the desecration of their church.
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Iraq Storms Main Christian Town Near Mosul As Ash Carter Arrives In Baghdad
The Iraqi army on Saturday stormed a Christian town that had been under control of ISIS since 2014 as part of US-backed operations to clear the entrances to Mosul, the militants' last major city stronghold in Iraq.
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10 Killed By Muslim Guerrillas In A Bloody Christmas In Philippines
Muslim guerrillas killed ten civilians in the majority Catholic Philippines over Christmas, the military said today, with some Christians in the affected areas now too scared to sleep in their homes.
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Fearful Christmas For Syrian Christian Town Threatened By ISIS
As military vehicles roll by, Syrian boys and girls gingerly decorate a large Christmas tree in the Christian town of Sadad, at the front lines with the ISIS.
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Syrian Christian Town Becomes Frontline With Islamic State
On the outskirts of the Syrian Christian town of Sadad, children play in front of a cannon fired just hours ago in an ongoing battle against the Islamic State group.
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Islamic State Abducts Dozens of Christians From Syrian Town: Monitor
Islamic State militants have abducted dozens of Christian families after seizing a strategically located town in the central Syrian province of Homs, a monitor said on Friday.
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Ancient Syrian Christian Town Dedicates New Virgin Mary Statue
The historic Christian Syrian town of Maalula celebrated Saturday as a new statue of the Virgin Mary was erected in its centre, replacing the figure destroyed in rebel attacks in 2013.
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Best Boss Ever? Takes 6,400 Employees on All-Paid Holiday to France
The biggest-ever tour group to visit France, 6,400 mainly Chinese visitors invited by their company boss, received a VIP welcome Saturday in the southern resort town of Nice.
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Iraqi Christians: Threatened and Heading into Exile
Iraqi Christians are again under threat, with tens of thousands that fled after jihadists seized several northern towns on Thursday just the latest wave to seek shelter elsewhere in the country and abroad.
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Jihadists Take Over Iraq's Largest Christian Town: Cleric, Witnesses
Jihadist militants took over Qaraqosh, Iraq's largest Christian town, and surrounding areas when Kurdish troops withdrew overnight, fleeing residents and Christian clerics said on Thursday.
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10,000 Flee Iraq Christian Town After Shelling
Up to 10,000 people have fled a mostly Christian town in northern Iraq after it was shelled with mortars, former residents and the UN's refugee agency said on Friday.
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Musk's Improbable Mars Quest Runs Through Border Town Concerned With More Than Getting to Space
Five years ago, SpaceX started building a launch pad in Boca Chica Village, hauling in dirt by the tonne.
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Passengers Were Waiting To Board. US Pilot Was Arrested For Triple Murder
More than three years after a triple homicide in a small Kentucky town, Christian Richard Martin, a pilot for a subsidiary of American Airlines, was arrested in connection with their deaths, authorities said.
-
Christian-Muslim Clashes Rock Easter Attacks Town In Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka's Roman Catholic Church appealed for calm and an alcohol ban Monday after clashes between Christians and Muslims in a town scarred by the Easter suicide attacks.
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Crosses, Plaques Vandalised At A Cemetery In Goa
Over 100 crosses and plaques at a Christian cemetery in Curchorem town of South Goa were allegedly vandalised by unknown persons, police said today. According to Curchorem Police Inspector Shivram Vaingankar, the incident took place last night.
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Iraqis Celebrate First Christmas Near Mosul After ISIS Pushed Out
Several hundred Iraqi Christians flocked on Saturday to a northern town recently retaken from ISIS, celebrating Christmas for the first time since 2013, their joy tainted with sadness over the desecration of their church.
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Iraq Storms Main Christian Town Near Mosul As Ash Carter Arrives In Baghdad
The Iraqi army on Saturday stormed a Christian town that had been under control of ISIS since 2014 as part of US-backed operations to clear the entrances to Mosul, the militants' last major city stronghold in Iraq.
-
10 Killed By Muslim Guerrillas In A Bloody Christmas In Philippines
Muslim guerrillas killed ten civilians in the majority Catholic Philippines over Christmas, the military said today, with some Christians in the affected areas now too scared to sleep in their homes.
-
Fearful Christmas For Syrian Christian Town Threatened By ISIS
As military vehicles roll by, Syrian boys and girls gingerly decorate a large Christmas tree in the Christian town of Sadad, at the front lines with the ISIS.
-
Syrian Christian Town Becomes Frontline With Islamic State
On the outskirts of the Syrian Christian town of Sadad, children play in front of a cannon fired just hours ago in an ongoing battle against the Islamic State group.
-
Islamic State Abducts Dozens of Christians From Syrian Town: Monitor
Islamic State militants have abducted dozens of Christian families after seizing a strategically located town in the central Syrian province of Homs, a monitor said on Friday.
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Ancient Syrian Christian Town Dedicates New Virgin Mary Statue
The historic Christian Syrian town of Maalula celebrated Saturday as a new statue of the Virgin Mary was erected in its centre, replacing the figure destroyed in rebel attacks in 2013.
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Best Boss Ever? Takes 6,400 Employees on All-Paid Holiday to France
The biggest-ever tour group to visit France, 6,400 mainly Chinese visitors invited by their company boss, received a VIP welcome Saturday in the southern resort town of Nice.
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Iraqi Christians: Threatened and Heading into Exile
Iraqi Christians are again under threat, with tens of thousands that fled after jihadists seized several northern towns on Thursday just the latest wave to seek shelter elsewhere in the country and abroad.
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Jihadists Take Over Iraq's Largest Christian Town: Cleric, Witnesses
Jihadist militants took over Qaraqosh, Iraq's largest Christian town, and surrounding areas when Kurdish troops withdrew overnight, fleeing residents and Christian clerics said on Thursday.
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10,000 Flee Iraq Christian Town After Shelling
Up to 10,000 people have fled a mostly Christian town in northern Iraq after it was shelled with mortars, former residents and the UN's refugee agency said on Friday.
