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A day after the Taliban in Pakistan brutally attacked a school, protesters raised their voices Wednesday against the extremist violence and held candlelight vigils to show their solidarity.The hours-long siege on the Army Public School and Degree College in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Tuesday by the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan ended with the death of 148 people, most of them students. Some of the pupils were in classes and others were attending a seminar on first aid when the attackers burst into their rooms.According to witnes
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Democrat Stacey Abrams says votes remain to be counted in the tight Georgia governor race and vows to wait for them all.Abrams told supporters at her election night party that they would have a chance to do a do-over in her race against Republican Brian Kemp, implying a runoff.Kemp has a narrow lead in the vote count, but it was still possible the race could go to a runoff. In Georgia, a race goes to an automatic runoff if neither candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote.Early returns showed Kemp runn
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LONDON 鈥?Leaving the European Union is not the only split British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has to worry about.Johnsons commanding election victory this week may let him ful
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WASHINGTON AP 鈥?A top Biden administration official on Monday pushed back against growing criticism from Iranian American activists who are calling on the White House to abandon its efforts to resurrect the Iran nuc
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. AP 鈥? If I hadnt been a girl, Id have been a drag queen. Dolly Parton has uttered th
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