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Pelosi attacker carried zip ties, in Jan. 6 echo
(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 23, 2019, US Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (R) and husband Paul Pelosi arrive for the Time 100 Gala at Lincoln Center in New York. - New Twitter owner Elon Musk tweeted an anti-LGBT conspiracy theory on October 30, 2022, about what happened the night US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband was attacked, underscoring concerns about the platform's future after he vowed it would not become a "free-for-all hellscape." (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Elon Musk deletes tweet with unfounded theory about Paul Pelosi attack
FILE - Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition on March 9, 2020, in Washington. Musk posted video Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, showing him strolling into Twitter headquarters ahead of a Friday, Oct. 28, deadline to close his $44 billion deal to buy the company. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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What to know about the attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 28: In an aerial view, San Francisco police officers and F.B.I. agents gather in front of the home of U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on October 28, 2022 in San Francisco, California. Paul Pelosi, the husband of U.S. Speaker of the house Nancy Pelosi, was violently attacked in their home by an intruder. One arrest has been made. Speaker Pelosi was not at home at the time of the attack. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband shocks country on edge about democracy threats
FILE - Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and her husband, Paul Pelosi, arrive at the State Department for the Kennedy Center Honors State Department Dinner, Dec. 7, 2019, in Washington. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul, was “violently assaulted” by an assailant who broke into their San Francisco home early Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, and he is now in the hospital and expected to make a full recovery, said her spokesman, Drew Hammill. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)
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Iran marks a symbolic 40 days since Mahsa Amini’s death in custody as protests rage on
FILE - A woman holds a placard with a picture of Iranian woman Mahsa Amini during a protest against her death, in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. Iranian celebrities have been startlingly public in their support for the massive anti-government protests shaking their country. And the ruling establishment is lashing back. Celebrities have found themselves targeted for arrest, have had passports confiscated and faced other harassment. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)
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Ethnic group says Myanmar air attack kills 80 at celebration
The wall of a school structure is left standing after it was burned in Taung Myint village in the Magway region of Myanmar on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022. Villagers say the decapitated body of a high school teacher was left on grotesque display at a school in rural Myanmar after he was detained and killed by the military. Many similar abuses have been alleged as the army tries to crush opposition to military rule. (AP Photo)
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Salman Rushdie lost sight in one eye following attack, says agent
FILE PHOTO: The writer Salman Rushdie interviewed during Heartland Festival in Kvaerndrup, Denmark June 2, 2018. Carsten Bundgaard/Ritzau Scanpix/via REUTERS/File Photo
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Somalia car bomb, shooting hits Kismayu hotel, three dead
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Evening Update: Russia arrests eight for Crimea bridge blast; West boosts Ukraine’s air defences
A soldier of Ukraine's 5th Regiment of Assault Infantry fires a US-made MK-19 automatic grenade launcher towards Russian positions in less than 800 metres away at a front line near Toretsk in the Donetsk region on Oct. 12, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Russia arrests eight for Crimea bridge blast as NATO allies pledge to boost Ukrainian air defences
A soldier of Ukraine's 5th Regiment of Assault Infantry fires a US-made MK-19 automatic grenade launcher towards Russian positions in less than 800 metres away at a front line near Toretsk in the Donetsk region on October 12, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Dave CLARK / AFP) (Photo by DAVE CLARK/AFP via Getty Images)
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Prayers and release of birds to mark 20 years since Bali bombing
Bali bombing survivor, Dr Hanabeth Luke reads the names of Australians killed in the October 2002 terrorist attack, ahead of the 20th anniversary of the attack, at the Bali Memorial in Sydney, Australia October 10, 2022. REUTERS/ Jill Gralow
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Grief and shock in Thailand one day after deadly daycare centre attack
Relatives react after identifying the body of a loved one at Sri Uthai temple in Na Klang district, following a mass shooting in the town of Uthai Sawan in the province of Nong Bua Lam Phu, Thailand October 7, 2022. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
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Former police officer kills at least 36 at Thailand day care centre
People gather outside of a daycare center's scene of a mass shooting in the town of Uthai Sawan, 500 km (310 miles) northeast of Bangkok in the province of Nong Bua Lamphu, Thailand October 6, 2022. Sakdipat Boonsom/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.
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Bear expert says B.C. attack on family was likely a rare ‘predaceous’ incident
A conservation officer sets out evidence markers at the site of a black bear attack on Bear Mountain, British Columbia, in this photo provided by the B.C. Conservation Officer Service on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-B.C. Conservation Officer Service. *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Roadside bomb kills three UN peacekeepers in Central African Republic
FILE PHOTO: United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) peacekeepers patrol areas affected by the recent attacks by M23 rebels fighters near Rangira in North Kivu in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, March 29, 2022. REUTERS/Djaffar Sabiti/File Photo
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Al-Shabab attack kills 20, wounds 36 in town in Somalia
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA - SEPTEMBER 4: Rubble lies on the floor near the site of a recent Al Shabab attack on the Hayat Hotel, seen through the window of an armoured car on September 4, 2022 in Mogadishu, Somalia. Extreme drought has destroyed crops and seen a hike in food prices, leaving 7 million people (out of a total population of 16 million) at risk of famine in Somalia. (Photo by Ed Ram/Getty Images)
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19 killed, including three Revolutionary Guard members, in Iran attack
Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard troops march during a military parade commemorating the anniversary of the start of the 1980-88 Iraq-Iran war, in front of the shrine of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Putin isn’t bluffing about using nuclear weapons in Ukraine
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IOC chief apologizes for not honouring 1972 Munich Olympics attack victims
Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), lays a wreath during a memorial ceremony for the 1972 Munich massacre victims, In the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv on September 21, 2022. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)