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FILE -- In this June 11, 2015 file photo, Egypt's Interior Minister Magdy Abdel-Ghaffar, center, visits the site of a suicide bombing near the Karnak Temple in Luxor, Egypt. In a televised appearance on state and private television, Sunday, March,6, 2016, Abdel-Ghaffar blamed the Muslim Brotherhood and Islamic militant group Hamas for the killing last June, of Hisham Barakat, the country’s chief prosecutor who oversaw cases against thousands of Islamists. Abdel-Ghaffar said Hamas trained Brotherhood members in the Gaza Strip for the operation. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File) (AP)

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Florida restores voting rights to felons

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Economic policies likely to change

Steven Pressman - The Conversation
Demonstrators protest against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, as they march to the U.S. Supreme Court, on Oct. 4, 2018. (AP/Salon)

What image will define the '18 election?

Bob Britten - The Conversation
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Marijuana expands into 3 more states

Daniel J. Mallinson, Lee Hannah - The Conversation
In this Jan. 24, 2016 photo, a malnourished child lies in a bed at a therapeutic feeding center in a hospital in Sanaa, Yemen. Some 3 million children here under five years require services to treat or prevent malnutrition, according to a UNICEF report on Jan. 13. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed) (AP)

Climate change drives world hunger

Jessica Eise, Kenneth Foster - The Conversation
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The lifesaving power of gratitude

Richard Gunderman - The Conversation
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Trump, Putin and Christian nationalism

Abby Day - The Conversation
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Oldest human object in space

Alice Gorman - The Conversation
Chinese President Xi Jinping (Getty/Lintao Zhang)

Repercussions of Xi Jinping's Rule

Dylan Loh Ming Hui - The Conversation
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