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Blind sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman dies in US prison facility
Blind sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, the Egyptian-born cleric linked to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, died Saturday of natural causes in a US prison facility, the Justice Department said. Abdel Rahman was serving a life sentence on several terrorism-related charges at a Federal Medical Center in Butner, North Carolina. The sheikh was seen as a jihadist spiritual leader even after his conviction in 1995 for conspiring to bomb New York landmarks, including the United Nations, and assassinate the former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak.
Boy, 5, Left In Critical Condition After Being Mauled by Pit Bull
The family reportedly owned the dogs.
Mourning the presidency: A mock funeral for Presidents’ Day
![Mourning the presidency: A mock funeral for Presidents’ Day]( "Mourning the presidency: A mock funeral for Presidents’ Day")
A New Orleans-style funeral in New York’s Washington Square Park hosted by Rise and Resist and GAG Is Watching on Saturday gave young New Yorkers the chance to grieve, march, sing, wail and ultimately “demand the rebirth of a presidency dedicated to the service of all peoples.”
Protesters in Barcelona urge Spain to take in more refugees
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — At least 160,000 protesters marched Saturday in Barcelona to demand that Spain's conservative-led government increase its efforts to take in refugees from war-torn countries like Syria.
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