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Christian in Sudan sentenced to death for faith; 'I'm just praying,' husband says

Christian in Sudan sentenced to death for faith; 'I'm just praying,' husband says

CNN — (CNN) -- A Christian woman in Sudan reportedly has until Thursday to either recant her faith or face a possible sentence of death. Meriam Yehya Ibrahim, 27, was convicted by a Khartoum court this week of apostasy, or the renunciation of faith, Amnesty International said Wednesday, a day before the expected ruling. The court considers her to be Muslim. According to the rights group, she was also convicted of adultery because her marriage to a Christian man was considered void under Sharia law.
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Chilling witness account of attack that killed hundreds

Chilling witness account of attack that killed hundreds

CNN — Explosions and gunfire leaves scores dead at a mosque in northern Nigeria. An eyewitness gives his chilling account of seeing the gunmen - and "dead bodies...everywhere."
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Hope to #BringBackOurGirls

Hope to #BringBackOurGirls

CNN — CNN's Jessica King speaks to the first known person to tweet #BringBackOurGirls, and whether the social media campaign may have influenced the government to take action.
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Tear gas hits children in playground protest

Tear gas hits children in playground protest

CNN — Children - protesting their playground's closure - are hit with tear gas by police
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5 arrested for 'Hunger Games' salute

5 arrested for 'Hunger Games' salute

CNN — Five students have been arrested for using the 'Hunger Games' salute to protest the government. Jessica King reports.
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Reporter's harrowing ordeal as hostage set to become movie

Reporter's harrowing ordeal as hostage set to become movie

cnn.it — (CNN) -- For 460 days, they held her captive. They beat her, sexually assaulted her, kept her locked in a pitch-black room with chains around her ankles. And yet, Amanda Lindhout says she forgives her abductors. "When one human can create suffering or another, it always comes from a place of their own suffering," she says. And the men who took her hostage -- some no more than 14 years old -- had endured a "great deal of suffering" in their own lives, she says. Lindhout, a Canadian freelance journalist, was 27 when she arrived in Mogadishu, Somalia, in August 2008.
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Actress Killed in Home Explosion

Actress Killed in Home Explosion

CNN — A young actress was killed this week in Damascus when her home was shelled. CNN's Jessica King reports.
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Mount Everest climbers' thoughts on their Sherpas, not on the mountain

Mount Everest climbers' thoughts on their Sherpas, not on the mountain

CNN — Kathmandu, Nepal (CNN) -- To set foot on Mount Everest is to risk death. Mountaineering tourists and their native Nepali guides both have this on their minds, as they straddle cavernous ravines in the ice. But nothing could have prepared American climber Jon Reiter for last week's avalanche, the deadliest accident in the history of the world's highest peak. "We've all seen death on the mountains," he told CNN's Chris Cuomo on "New Day" Wednesday. But to see so many limp bodies hanging from cables as helicopters brought them down the mountain shocked him. Reiter was one of the fortunate ones.
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Australian panel told of sexual abuse of boys at Salvation Army homes

Australian panel told of sexual abuse of boys at Salvation Army homes

CNN — (CNN) -- An Australian commission is hearing allegations of the physical and sexual abuse of boys in the care of the Salvation Army over several decades. The shocking treatment at some of the organization's boys homes included rape, beatings, locking boys in cages and, in one case, forcing a boy to eat his own vomit, the commission was told Tuesday. The public hearings, taking place in Sydney, are part of a wide-ranging investigation into how Australian institutions responded to cases of child sexual abuse.
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Death toll climbs to 183 in Philippines earthquake

Death toll climbs to 183 in Philippines earthquake

CNN — Residents view the ruins of the historic Holy Cross Parish Church in Maribojoc on the central Philippine island of Bohol on Friday, October 18. The death toll has risen above 180 after a magnitude-7.1 earthquake on October 15. (CNN) -- The death toll from the magnitude-7.1 earthquake in the central Philippines rose Saturday to 183, authorities said. The massive quake, which struck Tuesday, also destroyed more 8,600 homes in Quezon City, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. The bulk of the casualties were in Bohol province.
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Former FAMU player Jonathan Ferrell killed by Charlotte police - CNN.com

Former FAMU player Jonathan Ferrell killed by Charlotte police - CNN.com

CNN — (CNN) -- Police in North Carolina shot and killed a man running toward them Saturday morning -- but he may have just been looking for help after a car wreck. Officers responded to a "breaking and entering" 911 call at a home in Charlotte. The homeowner told dispatchers that a man had been knocking on her door repeatedly. Police say that when they got to the scene, a man matching the caller's description ran toward them. One of the officers fired his stun gun, but it was "unsuccessful." Another officer then opened fire, police said.
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Blasts in Patna, India kill 5 before rally for Narendra Modi - CNN.com

Blasts in Patna, India kill 5 before rally for Narendra Modi - CNN.com

CNN — An injured victim after six serial bomb blasts took place at a political rally in Patna, India on October 27, 2013. (CNN) -- At least five people were killed Sunday in a string of blasts before the start of a political rally in eastern India, authorities said. The explosions occurred in Patna, in Bihar state, ahead of an appearance by opposition politician Narendra Modi, the Bharatiya Janta party's prime ministerial candidate for next year's national elections. Along with the dead, 83 people were injured, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar confirmed.
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