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FILE - This is a Feb. 20, 1943 file photo of Britain's Princess Elizabeth, right, and her sister, Princess Margaret as they watch their carrier pigeon circle in the sky after they have released it with a message for Lady Baden-Powell. It was one of the many messages sent by Girl Guides throughout Britain on Thinking Day which marks the Birthday late Lord Baden-Powell, founder of the Scout movement. Britain's Girl Guides have dropped a reference to God in their pledge. Gone is the reference to loving God, replaced by a call to be true to myself and develop my beliefs. The new pledge unveiled Wednesday June 19, 2013, does retain a reference to serving the queen.

UK Girl Guides drop reference to God in pledge

Britain's Girl Guides have dropped a reference to God in their pledge. 3 minutes ago

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Al-Qaida-linked fighters attack UN base in Somalia

Al-Qaida-linked militants detonated several bombs and breached the main U.N. compound in Somalia's capital Wednesday, sparking gun battles that killed at least 12 people. A U.N. official said at least three foreign and one Somali staff members were believed to be among the dead.
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Flood damages Austrian UNESCO heritage site

A flash flood unleashed by a major thunderstorm has inundated the Austrian village of Hallstatt, which has been awarded special status by the U.N. because of its unique beauty.

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Monsoon floods kill 102 in India, strand pilgrims

India's prime minister said Wednesday that the death toll from flooding this week in the northern state of Uttrakhand had surpassed 100 and could rise substantially.
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Afghan leader backs away from Taliban talks

Afghanistan's president said Wednesday he will not pursue peace talks with the Taliban unless the United States steps out of the negotiations, while also insisting the militant group stop its violent attacks on the ground after it claimed responsibility for a rocket attack that killed four Americans...
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Iraq officials say suicide attack kills politician

Iraqi officials say a suicide attack has killed a local political leader and four of his relatives in northern Iraq.

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Palestinian party toughens line on Israel talks

An adviser to the Palestinian president says Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement wants him to stick to long-standing demands for resuming talks with Israel.

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Egypt Islamists blame violence on opposition

Egypt's most powerful Muslim group on Wednesday blamed the secular and liberal opposition for a wave of violence over the appointment of new Islamist governors.
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Syria troops fight rebels near Shiite shrine

Syrian troops backed by Lebanese Hezbollah fighters clashed Wednesday with rebel forces south of a Damascus suburb that is home to a major Shiite Musim shrine in an attempt to secure the area surrounding the revered site, activists said.
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Pope invites Down Syndrome teen on car for a spin

Pope Francis has given a 17-year-old boy with Down Syndrome the ride of his life - sort of.

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China's Xi harks back to Mao in party 'cleanup'

China's new leader Xi Jinping is commanding wayward Communist Party cadres to purify themselves of corruption, and he's summed it up in a pithy slogan as Mao Zedong might have done: Look in the mirror, take a bath.

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