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  Pope condemns Islamic State violence

  World | November 28, 2014 9:43 IST

  Jerusalem: On the eve of a trip to the Middle East, Pope Francis is urging religious and political leaders to speak out against attacks on Christians by Islamic State extremists.In an interview published on Friday,

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  IS frees over 230 kidnapped Yazidis in north Iraq

  World | November 03, 2014 23:49 IST

  Baghdad: The Islamic State (IS) militants have freed 234 kidnapped men and women from the Iraqi Yazidi minority community, the Kurdish regional government said Monday."Some 234 members of Yazidi community, including 150 females and many

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  Help Yazidis from extinction: Ravi Shankar

  World | October 28, 2014 17:05 IST

  Bangalore: Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Tuesday urged the governments of Europe, the US and India to save the thousands of Yazidis trapped in the Sinjar mountains in Iraq.“This is the one of the