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South Korea reports three new MERS cases, Thailand says none

SEOUL/BANGKOK (Reuters) – South Korea reported three new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome on Sunday, bringing the total to 169 in the largest outbreak outside Saudi Arabia, but Thailand said it had no new infections. South Korea’s Health Ministry late on Saturday reported the 25th fatality, a patient who had suffered a heart ailment and diabetes. Thailand, which discovered its first case last week, says 175 people were exposed

Pope says abuse of migrants "makes one cry," visits Turin Shroud

By Philip Pullella TURIN, Italy (Reuters) – Pope Francis said on Sunday the mistreatment of migrants escaping war and injustice “makes one cry” as he visited the northern Italian city of Turin, stopping to pray before an icon some Christians believe is Jesus’ burial cloth. The Church has not taken an official position, saying the mysterious cloth known as the Shroud of Turin that has baffled scientists is at least

Arrests after Lebanon guards shown beating prisoners

Lebanon’s Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi pledged a full investigation and announced two arrests on Sunday after video emerged showing guards beating detainees at the country’s largest and most infamous prison. “We will see through an investigation until the end. This crime cannot go unpunished,” Lebanon’s official National News Agency quoted him as saying.

Charleston massacre church reopens in triumph over 'the Devil'

The church in South Carolina where a white gunman murdered nine African Americans, held Sunday its first service since the massacre, an emotional gathering celebrating the lives of those slain. Hundreds of congregants, some tearful, packed the Emanuel African American Episcopal Church for a service led by visiting clergy because the congregation’s pastor was among those killed by a white supremacist said to have been trying to ignite a race

Confederate flag sets off debate in GOP 2016 class

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney, the Republican nominee for president in 2012, called for the immediate removal of the Confederate battle flag from outside the South Carolina Statehouse, scrambling the 2016 GOP presidential contenders into staking a position on a contentious cultural issue.

With heavy police presence, Charleston mourns after church massacre

By Edward McAllister, Luciana Lopez and Alana Wise CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) – Hundreds of people packed a sweltering Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston on Sunday as it reopened to worshipers just days after a gunman, identified by authorities as a 21-year-old white man, shot dead nine black church members. “We are reminded this morning about the freshness of death that comes like a thief in the night,”