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Akai Gurley remembered at Brooklyn funeral; church leader says 'wave of police brutality must stop today'
The funeral of Akai Gurley, a 28-year-old black man shot dead by a white police officer in Brooklyn last month, was held in New York today.
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Prosecutor freezes 16 million euros in accounts owned by former Vatican bank managers and lawyer
Two former Vatican managers and a lawyer are being investigated over suspicions that they embezzled money from the sale of Vatican-owned property to their own bank accounts.
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Typhoon Hagupit slams into the Philippines, 1 million evacuated to shelters
UN says preparation for Typhoon Hagupit has included one of the world's biggest peacetime evacuations
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US raises concerns over Gambia's new homosexuality laws and treatment of government opponents
The US is putting pressure on Gambia over two missing US citizens and new legislation criminalising homosexuality, as well as possible human rights abuses against opponents of the government.
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Islamic State militants kill 16 members of Iraqi tribe and callously dumps them in well
Over a dozen members of an Iraqi tribe captured three days ago have been killed, apparently by shots to the head, and dumped in a well.
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Islamic State weapons and fighting positions in Syria and Iraq targeted in 20 air strikes by US-led forces
The United States and partner nations have conducted 20 air strikes against Islamic State targets in Syria and Iraq since Wednesday, the US Central Command said on Friday.
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David Cameron tells Pakistan to treat British man imprisoned for blasphemy fairly
Prime Minister David Cameron asked his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif on Friday to ensure a British man jailed for blasphemy is treated fairly and that his history of mental health is taken into account.
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Prince William to meet Obama at White House during US visit
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are making a flyby visit to the US next week that will include a meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House.
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Somali town targeted in suicide bombing, up to 7 dead
Up to seven people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in a town in northwestern Somalia, with the suspicion falling to militant Islamist group al Shabaab.
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Kidnapped Christian schoolgirls to be freed by Boko Haram in Nigeria
ABUJA - It has been announced on Friday that Nigeria has agreed a ceasefire with Islamist militants Boko Haram and reached a deal for the release of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the group six months ago.
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First gay marriage in Australia at UK consulate
Gordon Stevenson and Peter Fraser have become the first same-sex couple to marry in Australia.
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10,000 have left Christian communities in northern Iraq following ISIS takeover
As Human Rights Watch says it has located the site of a mass execution by ISIS militants, UNHCR is struggling to assist an influx of thousands of people from largely Christian communities in northern Iraq
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Pakistan Karachi Jinnah International Airport under attack by armed militants with grenades - five dead
Pakistan's Karachi Jinnah International Airport is currently under siege by terrorists who are heavily armed and have killed at least five people.
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Meriam Ibrahim to be freed after death sentence for Christian faith overturned
Ibrahim, who gave birth to a baby daughter on Tuesday, is set to be free in a few days, Sudan officials told news outlets.
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Cathedrals and cupcakes for visitors to York this summer
Visitors to York Minster and its grounds are in for a sweet treat over the summer with the arrival of a cupcake caravan.
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Kidnapping victim Elizabeth Smart praying for California woman who disappeared 10 years ago
Elizabeth Smart, the Utah kidnapping victim who was held for nine months, says she is praying for a California woman found 10 years after disappearing from her home.
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A church destroyed by fire rises from the ashes
A church reduced to ashes by fire sixteen years ago has celebrated the completion of the final stage in its reconstruction
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Miranda Kerr: 'I'm Christian...praying is something my grandmother taught me'
The Australian supermodel confirmed to a reporter that she was not Buddhist, as many have believed
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Ian McEwan: Church leaders' views on right to die are 'medieval'
The Atonement author says it is "ridiculous" that the law does not allow people to be assisted in dying when they are suffering extreme pain
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Sudan: Court upholds pregnant Christian woman's death sentence for apostasy
A court in Sudan has upheld the death sentence for heavily pregnant Christian woman Meriam Yahia Ibraham
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Maradona to the Pope: 'The Vatican is a lie'
The 'hand of God' footballing legend has some strong words for Pope Francis
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'They died that we might live': York Minster remembers city's World War One fallen
The King's Book of York Heroes contains the names, biographies and photographs of over a thousand of the city's citizens who fell in the Great War
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#Pray4Media on Sunday 1 June
Churches and Christians are being encouraged to pray for the media on Sunday 1 June
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Confusion over whether churches must perform gay marriages
Essex County Council wrote to churches saying they needed to be licenced to perform same-sex marriages
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