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Dolores O'Riordan: Cranberries singer's body in public repose

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ISIL claims responsibility for attack on Pakistan church, 9 killed

ISILhasclaimedresponsibilityforSunday'ssuicidebombingthattargetedtheBethelMemorialMethodistChurchinthePakistanicityofQuetta.Twosuicidebombersattackedachurchinth

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Suicide bombers attack church in Pakistan, killing 9

TwosuicidebombersattackedachurchinthePakistanicityofQuettaonSunday,killingninepeopleandwoundingover50others,officialssaid.TheIslamicStategrouplaterclaimedrespon

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Several injured in attack at Church in SW Pakistan

SeveralpeoplegotinjuredinaterroristattackataChurchinPakistan'ssouthwesterncityofQuettaonSunday,anofficialsaid.InteriorMinisterofBalochistanprovinceSarfrazBugtis

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4 killed, 18 injured in attack at Church in SW Pakistan

4killed,18injuredinaterroristattackataChurchinPakistan'ssouthwesterncityofQuettaonSunday,anofficialsaid.InteriorMinisterofBalochistanprovinceSarfrazBugtisaidtha

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Texas church turned into a memorial after mass shooting

ThesamedaythattheFirstBaptistChurchofSutherlandSpringshelditsfirstservicesinceagunmanopenedfireonparishionerslastweek,killing25peopleandanunbornchild,residentsa

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At least 27 dead in Texas church shooting

Atleast27peoplewerekilledand27othersinjuredinamassshootingatachurchinruralTexasthismorning,alawenforcementofficialtoldABCNews.Theallegedshooter,whohasnotbeenide

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Gunman identified in US Tennessee church shooting

ThegunmanwhoopenedfireonSundayatachurchintheUSsouthernstateofTennesseehasbeenidentified,policesaid.AwomanwasshotdeadwithseveninjuredduringtheshootingatBurnetteC

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At least 11 killed in 'barbaric' Nigeria church shooting

Atleast11worshipperswereshotdeadatachurchinsoutheastNigeriaonSunday,withauthoritiessuggestingthebloodshedwasduetoalocalfeud.NigerianPresidentMuhammaduBuharicond

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U.S. top court set to rule on religious rights; travel ban looms

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to rule on Monday in a closely watched religious rights case involving limits on public funding for churches and other religious entities as the justices issue the final rulings of their current term.

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More than 3,000 people killed in Congo's Kasai region: Catholic church

Congolesesecurityforcesandmilitiamembersfightingthemhavekilledatleast3,383peopleintheKasairegionsincelastOctober,thecountry'sCatholicchurchsaidonTuesdayinarepor

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Pokemon Go: Russian blogger found guilty

ARussianbloggerarrestedafterpostingavideoofhimselfplayingPokemonGoinachurchhasbeenfoundguiltyofinsultingreligiousbelieversandincitinghatred.ThecourtintheUralmou

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Russian TV drops Simpsons episode criticised by clerics

A Russian cartoon channel said Thursday that it would not air a "Simpsons" episode about playing a game similar to Pokemon Go in a church that has been criticised by Orthodox clerics.

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Australia: 7% of Catholic priests abused children, commission finds

After years of investigations and hearings, the sheer scale of child sexual abuse within the Australian Catholic Church has been revealed.

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‘Priests should take shabu to understand’: Rodrigo Duterte dismisses Catholic objections to drug war

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday taunted the country’s Catholic priests and bishops to take highly addictive crystal methamphetamine, as he accused them of “hypocrisy” for criticising his deadly drug war.

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Charlotte Had Something Sweet for Christmas

The royal family attended a Christmas Day service without the Queen

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French president calls church attack "heinous terrorist act," pledges all means to combat terrorism

​French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday condemned "heinous terrorist attack" targeting at a church in northern France, in which a priest was killed.