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PARIS – A former prisoner in Guantanamo has been prevented from boarding a flight in Lyon, France for conferences in Montreal because the aircraft would fly through U.S. airspace. Mourad Benchellali, who addresses youth groups in Europe in a bid to dissuade them from jihad, was prevented from boarding an …

A 4-year-old boy has been diagnosed with a rare, life-threatening illness that means he could literally be scared stiff at any moment, The Chronicle Live reported. At 8-months-old, doctors diagnosed Jacob Madgin, of North Tyneside, England, with hyperekplexia – a disease which causes him to react in an extreme way …

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan official says four people, including a district chief, have been killed by a roadside bomb in a region of northern Afghanistan that has been largely peaceful until now. Senatullah Tumor, the spokesman for the governor of northern Takhar province, said Sunday that the bomb killed …