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Space Disco Cowboy? Couples ditch traditional wedding dress codes in favor of out-there themes
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Judge grants request to delay trial in extortion case against Joran van der Sloot
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By Abbas Al Lawati and Mohammed Abdelbary, CNN Abu Dhabi, UAE (CNN) — A flurry of diplomatic activity between Iran and Western nations has…
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BERLIN (AP) — German police have warned of a potentially lethal “Blue Punisher” variety of ecstasy in circulation after the death of two…
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Continue Reading Pedro Pascal and World Bank’s Ajay Banga among those named to Carnegie’s 2023 Great Immigrants list
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Continue Reading More than half a million left Germany’s Catholic Church last year as abuse scandal swirls
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Continue Reading Turkey condemns Quran burning protest in Stockholm as a ‘heinous act’
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Protests flare near Paris after 17-year-old shot dead during police traffic stop
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