Anugrah Kumar

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  Dec 29, 2014

  ISIS Executes Nearly 2,000 People in Syria in Six Months

  The Islamic State terror group executed 1,878 people, mostly civilians and including 120 of its own members, in Syria since it declared a "caliphate" in that country in June, according to a U.K.-based Syrian human-rights group.

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  Dec 28, 2014

  North Korea Blames Obama for Third Major Internet Outage; Calls Him 'Monkey in Tropical Forest'

  After facing a five-hour Internet outage Saturday, North Korea's third major outage in the past week, Pyongyang blamed it on U.S. President Barack Obama, and also accused him of forcing Sony Pictures to premiere the movie "The Interview" on Christmas Day.

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  Dec 28, 2014

  NYPD Officer Rafael Ramos Funeral Draws 20,000 Mourners; Police Turn Back on NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio

  More than 20,000 police officers and other mourners packed Christ Tabernacle Church in Queens on Saturday for the funeral of NYPD officer Rafael Ramos, who was killed by a lone gunman with his partner about a week ago.

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  Dec 27, 2014

  Body of Catholic Priest Found in Southern Mexico on Christmas Day

  The body of a kidnapped Roman Catholic priest with a gunshot wound to his head was found in the drug cartels-dominated state of Guerrero on Christmas Day, his diocese said Friday. This is the third murder of a Catholic clergy in that state this year.

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  Dec 27, 2014

  NYPD Officer Rafael Ramos Was 'Deeply Spiritual Person,' Active in Church; Was to Graduate as Lay Chaplain

  Rafael Ramos, one of the two New York City police officers killed by a lone gunman last week, was a deeply spiritual man with a heart for ministry, and was to graduate as a lay chaplain that day, mourners recalled as his wake was held at Christ Tabernacle Church in Queens Friday.

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  Dec 27, 2014

  US, South Korea, Japan Agree to Share Intelligence on North Korea's Nukes

  The United States, South Korea and Japan have decided to share their military intelligence about North Korea's nuclear and missile programs, and plan to sign a pact to formalize the plan Monday.

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  Dec 22, 2014

  China Condemns Cyber Attacks, but Not North Korea

  China, North Korea's lone major ally, said Monday it condemns any form of cyber attack, but agreed with the North Korean government that there's no evidence to prove Pyongyang's involvement in the hacking of Sony Pictures, which has led the company to cancel the planned release of the film, "The Interview."

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  Dec 22, 2014

  Pakistan to Execute 500 Terror Convicts in Response to Killing of 133 Children by Taliban

  The government of Pakistan plans to execute around 500 terror convicts in coming weeks in response to last week's killing of 149 people, including 133 children, at a military-run Army Public School in the northwestern city of Peshawar by the local branch of the Taliban.

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  Dec 22, 2014

  Gunman Ismaaiyl Brinsley Had Been Arrested 20 Times; Had Troubled Childhood, Anger Against Authorities

  Ismaaiyl Brinsley, who allegedly ambushed and killed two New York police officers before killing himself Saturday, had a "very troubled childhood," had been arrested 20 times for petty crimes and was violent and suicidal, according to police and other sources.

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  Dec 21, 2014

  North Korea Denies Hacking Sony; Proposes Joint-Probe Warning US of 'Grave Consequences' If Obama Doesn't Agree

  North Korea claimed it was not involved in a cyber attack on Sony Pictures, which led to the cancellation of the release of the movie "The Interview," and also "offered" a joint investigation into it with the United States, warning of "grave consequences" if Washington doesn't agree.