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A Filipino typhoon victim pleads for help in the town of Taft, Samar island, Philippines, on Sunday, after Typhoon Hagupit knocked out power and flattened houses there.

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In The Philippines, More Than 1 Million Flee Typhoon Hagupit

9:51am December 08, 2014

The storm toppled trees and flooded neighborhoods across a swath of the island nation, but so far appears to have spared the region the deadly destruction of last year's Typhoon Haiyan.

The Apple campus in Cork, southern Ireland, employs 4,000 people — though its financial benefits are felt across the city. But Ireland's attractive tax laws — which have lured other industry leaders — are now under scrutiny.

U.S. Tech Firms See Green As They Set Up Shop In Low-Tax Ireland

8:54am December 08, 2014

by Ari Shapiro

Google, Apple and other industry leaders have global headquarters in Ireland. But the U.S. Congress and others aren't happy, and the Irish are reconsidering some of these business-friendly tax laws.

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India's new wave of runners is ready to race. This crowd took off at the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon on Nov. 23.

The Decreasing Loneliness Of The Indian Long-Distance Runner

8:42am December 08, 2014

by Rhitu Chatterjee

Our India correspondent used to say she'd only run if a tiger were chasing her. Now she's a jogger in New Delhi — and finds that many former non-runners are joining her in parks and in races.

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Burnt Remains Of Missing Mexican Student Identified; 42 Still Not Found

7:44am December 08, 2014

by Carrie Kahn

DNA testing confirmed that bone fragments from Mexico match relatives of Alexander Mora Venancio, one of a group of students from a rural college who officials say were abducted in September.

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Laughter Is The Best Medicine For Gulag Blues, Russia Tells Guards

7:44am December 08, 2014

The country's justice ministry suggested to its prison guards that using humor and irony could improve prisoner morale; one official suggests the idea itself is the joke.

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Jason Rezaian, an Iranian-American correspondent for The Washington Post, smiles as he attends a presidential campaign even for President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran in 2013. Rezaian, who was arrested in July, was charged by Iran on Saturday.

'Washington Post' Reporter, Detained For Months In Iran, Is Charged

7:27am December 08, 2014

by Scott Neuman

Jason Rezaian, the newspaper's Tehran bureau chief, was arrested in July, but the Iranian government has so far declined to say why.

An Israeli Antiquities Authority Prevention of Antiquities Robbery officer stands at the opening to a high cave in the Judean desert. Six men were indicted Sunday for looting from this cave.

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6 Arrested For Looting Antiquities From Israel's 'Cave Of The Skulls'

4:43am December 08, 2014

by Emily Harris

Israeli authorities released a photo of a 2000-year-old lice comb that was captured along with the men, who are accused of stealing objects from the area where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found.

U.S. Reportedly Unaware Of Second Hostage Ahead Of Failed Rescue

10:33pm December 07, 2014

by Scott Neuman

When U.S. Navy SEALs raided an al-Qaida hideout in a failed bid to rescue American Luke Somers, they didn't know that South African Pierre Korkie was also being held there.

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Syria Says Israeli Warplanes Strike Targets Near Damascus

2:41pm December 07, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The Syrian Observatory says the airstrikes appeared to target Hezbollah arms shipments.

Cooperative captives conduct afternoon prayers inside a communal cellblock at Camp 6 last month at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Six long-time detainees of the prison have been transferred to Uruguay.

6 Gitmo Detainees Transferred To Uruguay, U.S. Says

2:19pm December 07, 2014

by Scott Neuman

Four Syrians, one Tunisian and one Palestinian were released to the South American country early today as part of a deal to reduce the inmate population at the controversial prison.