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MPs begin mammoth Brexit debate

Members of UK's Parliament kicked off five days of debate on Tuesday to rake over the Brexit deal negotiated by Prime Minister Theresa May.

Indonesia probes shooting of workers

WAMENA, Indonesia - Indonesia is investigating reports that 31 construction workers were shot dead by separatist rebels in restive Papua province, the public works minister said on Tuesday, as he halted construction in the area.

Frustrated migrants from caravan breach US border

TIJUANA, Mexico - Central American migrants stuck on the threshold of the United States in Mexico breached the border fence on Monday, risking almost certain detention by US authorities but hoping the illegal entry will allow them to apply for asylum.

NATO treads carefully as sea spat between Ukraine and Russia lingers

BRUSSELS - NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has demanded Russia end its naval standoff with Ukraine, but refused to pledge new support for Kiev as the alliance seeks to avoid escalating the crisis.

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Washington to bid farewell to Bush

HOUSTON - The United States' national farewell to George H.W. Bush was expected to begin on Monday with the transfer of his casket aboard the presidential plane from Texas to Washington, where he will lie in state in the rotunda of the US Capitol.

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Hundreds of arrests in Paris as protest erupts into violence

France's most violent urban riot in more than a decade has further strained the nerves of the government as hundreds of thousands of protesters torched cars, smashed windows, looted stores and scrawled over the Arc de Triomphe with multicolored graffiti in Paris on Saturday.

Nations urged to tackle 'urgent threats' at climate talks

KATOWICE, Poland - With the direst warnings yet of impending environmental disaster still ringing in their ears, representatives from nearly 200 nations gathered on Sunday in Poland to firm up their plan to prevent catastrophic climate change.

Aftershocks rattle Alaska quake cleanup

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Aftershocks from Friday's powerful Alaskan earthquake continued to pound the area around Anchorage on Saturday, as workers strove to patch up buckled roads and residents began cleaning up damage around their homes and businesses.

May presses on with Brexit after another minister quits

LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Saturday she was determined to win lawmakers' backing for her Brexit deal, after a minister who quit her government said her divorce agreement would leave Britain outnumbered and outmaneuvered in future negotiations with the European Union.