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A general view of a classroom at St. Mary's Catholic School in Papiri

Nigeria says 130 more children released nearly a month after being kidnapped from school

By Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — The remaining 130 schoolchildren kidnapped by gunmen from a Catholic school in Nigeria’s north-central Niger State in November have been released, a presidential spokesman said on Sunday, confirming that all abducted pupils are now free. “Another 130 abducted Niger State pupils released, none left in captivity,” spokesman Sunday Dare

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A screengrab from video shows the Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank town of Qabatiya.

Israeli soldiers shot and killed a West Bank teen they say ‘hurled a block.’ Video shows them shooting him point blank

By Ibrahim Dahman, Max Saltman, Thomas Bordeaux, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military said it shot dead a Palestinian “suspected of hurling a block” at soldiers on Saturday during an operation in the occupied West Bank town of Qabatiya. Video reviewed by CNN shows a soldier shooting the teen when he is just feet away.

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‘We are still here.’ Catholic patriarch leads Christmas Mass at Gaza church bombed by Israel during the war

By Tareq El-Hilou, Abeer Salman, Ibrahim Dahman, Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — The most senior Catholic cleric in the Holy Land urged Palestinians “not just to survive” but to “rebuild life” in Gaza as he led Christmas Mass there on Sunday, against the backdrop of apocalyptic destruction and displacement. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin

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