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IMAGE: CNS photo/Dale GavlakBy Dale GavlakIRBIL,Iraq (CNS) -- The upcoming military offensive to root out Islamic Statemilitants from Mosul and surrounding villages will be a "huge challenge,"the United Nations says, as it expects about 1.5 million people to flee thewarfare in a short amount of time. TheU.N. refugee agency, UNHCR, and other humanitarian agencies -- including Catholicgroups -- in Iraq are scurrying to ready preparations, as it is believed thatthe U.S.-led assault could be pushed forward as early as September. But aidgroups fear they may be overwhelmed by the sheer numbers involved.TheU.N. says that as the Mosul crisis evolves, up to 13 million people throughoutIraq may need humanitarian aid by the year's end -- far larger than the Syriancrisis. This would make the humanitarian operation in Mosul likely the singlelargest, most complex in the world in 2016.BrunoGeddo, UNHCR chief for Iraq, told Catholic News Service the United Nations hasissued an appeal for the $284 ...
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FLANDREAU, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota's top prosecutor charged two consultants who worked with a Native American tribe on its plans to open the nation's first marijuana resort with drug offenses, accusing them of having seeds shipped from the Netherlands hidden in CD cases and sewn into clothing....
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Worried you might catch the Zika virus? Scammers and bug spray companies are counting on it....
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Texas agreed Wednesday to weaken its voter ID law, which federal courts have said discriminated against minorities and the poor and left more than 600,000 registered voters potentially unable to cast a ballot....
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- All seemed normal to the 300 people aboard the Emirates airliner as it flew past the world's tallest building in hazy skies and made a slow left turn over the waters of the Persian Gulf. But as soon as the plane touched down at Dubai International Airport, everyone knew something had gone wrong....
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) -- Prosecutors brought the first-ever federal terrorism charges against a law enforcement officer in the U.S., alleging Wednesday that a patrol officer with the D.C. region's transit police bought about $250 worth of gift cards for someone he thought was working with the Islamic State group....
BEIRUT (AP) -- The 28-year-old Syrian attorney turned down a scholarship to study economics in Germany in order to remain in his native Aleppo after rebels took it over in 2012, promising a new administration and life free of the rule of President Bashar Assad....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Their party in crisis, Republicans' frustration with Donald Trump reached new heights on Wednesday as GOP leaders scrambled to persuade the presidential nominee to abandon divisive tactics that have led to sinking poll numbers and low morale....
(Vatican Radio) At the conclusion of his Wednesday General Audience, Pope Francis delivered his message for the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, urging Brazilians to work for a more just and safe country.Listen to Devin Watkins' report: With the Olympic Games 2016 getting underway in Rio on Saturday, August 6th, Pope Francis told all those involved to ‘fight the good fight’ and finish the race together.He said “in a world thirsting for peace, tolerance, and reconciliation”, the prize for all participants and spectators of the Games consisted in something much more precious than a medal.Their prize, he said, is “the construction of a civilization in which solidarity reigns and is based upon the recognition that we are all members of the same human family, regardless of the differences of culture, skin color, or religion.”The Holy Father also expressed his desire that all Brazilians, “who with their joy and characteristic ...
