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  Thousands attend Christmas tree lighting in Bethlehem

  December 02, 2018 1:30 IST

  Thousands of faithful and dignitaries have attended the lighting of the giant Christmas tree outside the Church of the Nativity in the traditional birthplace of Jesus

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  Slow-starting Man U launches latest fightback in EPL draw

  December 02, 2018 1:30 IST

  It seemingly needs a sleepy start to a game to jolt Manchester United's players into action these days

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  Bush was political patriarch to enduring American dynasty

  December 01, 2018 23:30 IST

  George H.W. Bush is remembered as a consensus-builder who ended the Cold War but started other wars

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  Blast in train coach injures 4 in India

  December 01, 2018 23:15 IST

  Police say an explosion in a train coach in India's insurgency-hit northeastern region has left at least four people injured

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  G-20 leaders agree on final statement on trade, climate, migration

  December 01, 2018 23:15 IST

  G-20 leaders agree on final statement on trade, climate, migration

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  The Latest: Trump expresses sympathies to Bush sons

  December 01, 2018 23:00 IST

  President Donald Trump says he expressed his "best wishes" to the Bush family after the death of former President George H.W. Bush

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  Fate of New Mexico man who killed 5 as a teen revisited

  December 01, 2018 23:00 IST

  A New Mexico man who killed five family members as a teen is set to return to court Monday for a weeklong hearing to determine whether he has been rehabilitated while in the state's juvenile detention system

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  Dortmund stretches lead, Bayern keeps pace in Bundesliga

  December 01, 2018 22:45 IST

  Borussia Dortmund stretched its Bundesliga lead with a 2-0 win over Freiburg, and Bayern Munich kept pace with a 2-1 win at Werder Bremen on Saturday

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  British zoo defends decision to kill escaped snow leopard

  December 01, 2018 22:45 IST

  A British zoo has defended its decision to kill a rare snow leopard that got out of its enclosure when a door was left open

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  NZ win Dubai Sevens beating US in final 21-5

  December 01, 2018 22:30 IST

  New Zealand won the Dubai Sevens rugby title a record-tying sixth time after beating first-time finalist the United States 21-5

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  The Latest: Venezuela leader protested at Mexico ceremony

  December 01, 2018 21:30 IST

  Conservative legislators in Mexico are using their country's presidential inauguration for a protest against Venezuela's socialist President Nicolas Maduro

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  Former President George H.W. Bush dies at age 94

  December 01, 2018 21:30 IST

  Former President George H.W. Bush has died at the age of 94

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  Stephen F. Austin cruises past Milwaukee in Belfast Classic

  December 01, 2018 21:15 IST

  Kevon Harris had 15 points and 10 rebounds to lead Stephen F. Austin in a 66-51 victory over Milwaukee in the consolation game of the Goliath bracket at the Basketball Hall of Fame Belfast Classic

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  Thousands march in Germany to demand quick exit from coal

  December 01, 2018 21:15 IST

  Thousands of people are marching in Berlin to demand that Germany make a quick exit from coal-fired energy, a day before a U.N. climate summit opens in neighboring Poland

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  Trump cancels summit news conference 'out of respect for the Bush Family' after death of former president

  December 01, 2018 21:15 IST

  Trump cancels summit news conference 'out of respect for the Bush Family' after death of former president

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  Why we'll miss George H.W. Bush, America's last foreign policy president

  December 01, 2018 21:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) James Goldgeier, American University School of International Service(THE CONVERSATION) There are many reasons to miss George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States. A World War II hero, he later served his country with great distinction in a number of important positions before becoming vice president and then president. The outpouring of warm feelings first for his

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  National Football League

  December 01, 2018 21:00 IST

  ___Dallas 13, New Orleans 10L.A. Rams at Detroit, 1 p.m.Carolina at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.Arizona at Green Bay, 1 p.m.Denver at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.Baltimore at Atlanta, 1 p.m.Chicago at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.Cleveland at Houston, 1 p.m.Indianapolis at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.Buffalo at Miami, 1 p.m.N.Y. Jets at Tennessee, 4:05 p.m.Kansas City at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.San Francisco at Seattle, 4:25 p.m.Minnesota at New England, 4:25 p.m.L.A. Chargers at Pittsburgh, 8:20 p.m.Washington at Philadelphia, 8:15

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  Chinese snooker players handed big bans for fixing matches

  December 01, 2018 20:45 IST

  Two Chinese snooker players have been handed long bans for fixing matches in one of the sport's biggest corruption scandals

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  Mexico gets 1st leftist leader after 32 years of technocrats

  December 01, 2018 20:15 IST

  Mexicans are getting more than just a new president Saturday _ the inauguration of leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will mark a turning point in one of the world's most radical experiments in opening markets and privatization

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  Planet Earth working on 3 Mars landers to follow InSight

  December 01, 2018 19:30 IST

  Planet Earth is working on 3 more Mars landers as the newest Martian settles in

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  The Latest: European officials see trade breakthrough at G20

  December 01, 2018 18:30 IST

  European diplomats say all-night talks at the Group of 20 summit have resulted in a possible "breakthrough" on fixing the global trading system

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  A groundbreaking beauty pageant for those with albinism

  December 01, 2018 18:30 IST

  In Africa, a groundbreaking beauty pageant for those with albinism in face of deadly stigma

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  Egyptian actress to be tried for wearing revealing dress

  December 01, 2018 18:15 IST

  Egyptian actress faces trial next month charged with public obscenity after she showed up at the closing ceremony of a film festival in Cairo wearing a see-through dress that revealed the entirety of her legs

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  Hawk native to South America wows crowd in Maine park

  December 01, 2018 18:15 IST

  A hawk that is native to regions of Central and South America is generating a lot of attention from Maine's birding community after appearing in a city park

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  Burundi issues arrest warrants around 1993 assassination

  December 01, 2018 18:00 IST

  Burundi issues arrest warrants around 1993 assassination of 1st democratically elected leader

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  George H.W. Bush: Great on experience, not as communicator

  December 01, 2018 18:00 IST

  George H.W. Bush: Great experience and knowledge, but not a great communicator

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  Spain: 2 Catalan separatists start hunger strike in prison

  December 01, 2018 17:45 IST

  Spanish authorities say that two leaders of Catalonia's separatist movement who have spent the last year in prison are starting a hunger strike

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  UN: Driver wounded by gunfire in eastern Syria

  December 01, 2018 17:30 IST

  The United Nations says a Syrian driver on a joint humanitarian assessment mission has been wounded by gunfire in an attack in a remote part of eastern Syria where fighting against Islamic State militants has displaced thousands