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38 <title>Former teacher extradited from Israel lands in Australia</title>
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56 <title>Judge: Corps must decide next move on Dakota Access pipeline</title>
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65 <title>Biden, Japan PM discuss China action near Senkaku Islands</title>
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74 <media:description>Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, center, greets Vice President Kamala Harris as they arrive with President Joe Biden for an event on climate change and green jobs, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, in Washington.</media:description>
75 <media:credit role="author">Evan Vucci</media:credit>
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80 <title>Yemeni security official found dead, day after abduction</title>
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98 <title>Kate, Prince Charles pay tribute to Holocaust survivors</title>
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122 <title>Group to no longer fund aerial surveillance over cities</title>
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131 <title>Protesters in Lebanon clash with police over virus lockdown</title>
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140 <media:description>A man runs on the empty Ramlet al-Baida public beach, as he breaks the lockdown that was imposed by the government to help stem the spread of the coronavirus, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. Lebanon, a country of nearly 5 million and over 1 million refugees, is going through an unprecedented economic crisis that preceded the pandemic and restrictions imposed to combat it.</media:description>
141 <media:credit role="author">Hussein Malla</media:credit>
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146 <media:description>Lebanese women wear masks to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. Lebanon, a country of nearly 5 million and over 1 million refugees, is going through an unprecedented economic crisis that preceded the pandemic and restrictions imposed to combat it.</media:description>
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152 <media:description>Footprints mark the sand on an empty Ramlet al-Baida public beach, during a lockdown that was imposed by the government to help stem the spread of the coronavirus, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. Lebanon, a country of nearly 5 million and over 1 million refugees, is going through an unprecedented economic crisis that preceded the pandemic and restrictions imposed to combat it.</media:description>
153 <media:credit role="author">Hussein Malla</media:credit>
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158 <media:description>People wearing masks to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus walk on a waterfront promenade along the Mediterranean Sea, along the Ramlet al-Baida public beach, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. Lebanon, a country of nearly 5 million and over 1 million refugees, is going through an unprecedented economic crisis that preceded the pandemic and restrictions imposed to combat it.</media:description>
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164 <title>Census data for congressional seats still months away</title>
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168 <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2021 14:24:56 EST</pubDate>
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173 <media:description>This April 5, 2020, file photo shows an envelope containing a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident in Detroit. The Supreme Court’s decision to allow the Trump administration to end the 2020 census was another case of whiplash for the census, which has faced stops from the pandemic, natural disasters and court rulings.</media:description>
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179 <title>Battling COVID-19 proving deadly for Peru’s doctor corps</title>
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183 <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2021 14:14:06 EST</pubDate>
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188 <media:description>A doctor lies on the street as she allows blood to drip from her hand during a protest outside the Health Ministry headquarters in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. Health workers are demanding better salaries and more personal protection equipment as they treat patients with the new coronavirus during the pandemic's second wave.</media:description>
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194 <media:description>A health worker attends a patient inside the ICU for COVID-19 at Alberto Sabogal Hospital in Callao, Peru, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. While new coronavirus cases rise to about 1,500 per day, ICU beds in Peru's hospitals have collapsed, with only six left in the capital, according to the Ombudsman's Office.</media:description>
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200 <media:description>Funeral home workers carry the coffin of Pedro Miguel Infante Vilchez, 80, who died from COVID-19, to the "Martires 19 de Julio" cemetery in Comas, on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021.</media:description>
201 <media:credit role="author">Rodrigo Abd</media:credit>
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204 <media:title>Battling COVID-19 proving deadly for Peru’s doctor corps</media:title>
205 <media:thumbnail url="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/world/americas/2021/01/27/battling-covid-19-proving-deadly-for-perus-doctor-corps/ABD104-120_2021_000808.jpg"></media:thumbnail>
206 <media:description>Javier Casana leaves flowers on the portrait of his uncle Jorge Luis Casana, 62, a doctor who died from COVID-19, in Lima, Peru, Tuesday, January 19, 2021. The Peruvian Medical College reported that at least 11 doctors have died during the first days of 2021.</media:description>
207 <media:credit role="author">Rodrigo Abd</media:credit>
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210 <media:title>Battling COVID-19 proving deadly for Peru’s doctor corps</media:title>
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212 <media:description>Nurses transport a patient amid the COVID-19 pandemic at the entrance of Alberto Sabogal Hospital in Callao, Peru, Monday, Jan 11, 2021.</media:description>
213 <media:credit role="author">Martin Mejia</media:credit>
214 <media:credit role="owner">AP Photo</media:credit>
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218 <media:description>People sleep next to their empty oxygen tanks as many wait for the refill shop to open in Callao, Peru, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Some said they arrived to get in line on Sunday after the store closed to be first on Monday, while others missed out on Sunday's allotments of refills, approximately 80 tanks, and stayed a second day to wait.</media:description>
219 <media:credit role="author">Martin Mejia</media:credit>
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224 <title>Fed stresses its commitment to low rates for the long run</title>
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227 <author>Christopher Rugaber - The Associated Press</author>
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233 <media:description>Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies before a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020.</media:description>
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235 <media:credit role="owner">Greg Nash</media:credit>
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239 <title>US puts hold on foreign arms sales, including F-35s to UAE</title>
240 <link>https://www.thestar.com/news/world/us/2021/01/27/us-puts-hold-on-foreign-arms-sales-including-f-35s-to-uae.html</link>
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242 <author>Matthew Lee - The Associated Press</author>
243 <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2021 13:59:35 EST</pubDate>
244 <description><img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/world/us/2021/01/27/us-puts-hold-on-foreign-arms-sales-including-f-35s-to-uae/WX105-85_2019_073759.jpg"/><br/></description>
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246 <media:title>US puts hold on foreign arms sales, including F-35s to UAE</media:title>
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248 <media:description>In this Aug. 5, 2019 photo released by the U.S. Air Force, an F-35 fighter jet pilot and crew prepare for a mission at Al-Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates. The Biden administration has put a temporary hold on several major foreign arms sales initiated by former President Donald Trump. Officials say that among the deals being paused is a massive $23 billion transfer of stealth F-35 fighters to the United Arab Emirates. (Staff Sgt.</media:description>
249 <media:credit role="author">U.S. Air Force via AP</media:credit>
250 <media:credit role="owner">Chris Thornbury</media:credit>
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254 <title>Fiat Chrysler agrees to plead guilty, pay $30M in UAW probe</title>
255 <link>https://www.thestar.com/news/world/us/2021/01/27/fiat-chrysler-agrees-to-plead-guilty-pay-30m-in-uaw-probe.html</link>
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257 <author>Ed White - The Associated Press</author>
258 <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2021 13:47:54 EST</pubDate>
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263 <title>New UN report airs concerns about human rights in Sri Lanka</title>
264 <link>https://www.thestar.com/news/world/europe/2021/01/27/new-un-report-airs-concerns-about-human-rights-in-sri-lanka.html</link>
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266 <author>Jamey Keaten And Krishan Francis - The Associated Press</author>
267 <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2021 13:46:54 EST</pubDate>
268 <description></description>
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272 <title>In CDC’s backyard, school reopening debate divides experts</title>
273 <link>https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2021/01/27/in-cdcs-backyard-school-reopening-debate-divides-experts.html</link>
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275 <author>Kantele Franko - The Associated Press</author>
276 <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2021 13:46:47 EST</pubDate>
277 <description><img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/world/2021/01/27/in-cdcs-backyard-school-reopening-debate-divides-experts/GABA101-115_2021_190941.jpg"/><br/></description>
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279 <media:title>In CDC’s backyard, school reopening debate divides experts</media:title>
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281 <media:description>A sign that reads "our children deserve better safe choice now" is seen on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, in Decatur, Ga. Just down the road from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in a community flush with resident health professionals, the Decatur school system had no shortage of expert input on whether to resume in-person classes amid the coronavirus pandemic. Scores of public health and medical professionals from the affluent, politically liberal Atlanta suburb have weighed in about what's best for their own kids’ schools.</media:description>
282 <media:credit role="author">Brynn Anderson</media:credit>
283 <media:credit role="owner">AP Photo</media:credit>
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287 <title>EU border agency suspends operations in Hungary</title>
288 <link>https://www.thestar.com/news/world/europe/2021/01/27/eu-border-agency-suspends-operations-in-hungary.html</link>
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290 <author>The Associated Press</author>
291 <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2021 13:44:25 EST</pubDate>
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