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House and vehicles of Ibrahim Dawabsha and his family that were torched during an attack by Israel settlers last month, in the West Bank village of Duma, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

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A West Bank village feels helpless after Israeli settlers attack with fire and bullets
By JACK JEFFERY - Associated Press
Thu,05/09/24-11:21PM , 69 Reads
DUMA, West Bank (AP) — Charred homes and cars dotting this hilltop village surrounded by olive groves are a searing reminder of Palestinians' vulnerability to rising violence from Israeli settlers.
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A Vodouist clad in white invokes a gede spirit during the Saint George celebration, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 24, 2024. Shunned publicly by politicians and intellectuals for centuries, Vodou is transforming into a more powerful and accepted religion across Haiti, where its believers were once persecuted. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

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Shunned for centuries, Vodou grows powerful as Haitians seek solace from unrelenting gang violence
By DÁNICA COTO - Associated Press
Thu,05/09/24-11:10PM , 58 Reads
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The Vodou faithful sing, their voices rising above the gunfire erupting miles away as frantic drumbeats drown out their troubles.

They pause to swig rum out of small brown bottles, twirling in unison as they sing in Haitian Creole: “We don’t care if they hate us, because they can’t bury us.”
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 23, 2022, at the U.N. headquarters. The U.N. General Assembly is expected to vote Friday, May 10, 2024, on a resolution that would grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine and call on the Security Council to favorably reconsider its request to become the 194th member of the United Nations. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)

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UN assembly approves resolution granting Palestine new rights and reviving its UN membership bid
By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press
Thu,05/09/24-7:53PM , 62 Reads
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on Friday to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine and called on the Security Council to reconsider Palestine's request to become the 194th member of the United Nations.
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Netanyahu on US threat to withhold arms: Israel will fight with its 'fingernails' if needed
By JOSEPH KRAUSS AND JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press
Thu,05/09/24-5:53AM , 88 Reads
JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that a U.S.
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