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Millions Travel for China's Lunar New Year Festival

REFILES to add graphic tag // This story accompanies video by Etienne Lamy-Smith and photo production filed in the lead-up to the holidays by photographers including Nicolas Asfouri and Fred Dufour

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Trump to Ruffle Feathers in Year of the Rooster

US president Donald Trump will strut through the Year of the Rooster, thriving as Hong Kong geomancers predict 2017 will be marked by the arguments and aggression that are characteristic of the animal. 

With Trump at the top of the pecking order, the volatile traits of the rooster -- combined with the year's signature element of fire -- mean rocky times ahead, particularly in the western world, feng shui masters say. 

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Pope Lashes Mafia's 'Blood-Stained Money'

Pope Francis on Monday blasted the "money stained with blood" and "evil power" wielded by Italian organized crime as he met the heads of the country's anti-mafia squad.

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Pope Warns against Populism and 'Saviors' Like Hitler

Pope Francis on Saturday warned against populism, saying it could lead to the election of "saviors" like Hitler.

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End Ban on Women Driving, U.N. Expert Tells Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia's government should end the kingdom's ban on women driving and reform the male guardianship system, a United Nations independent expert said on Thursday.

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Calls Mount against Tunisia Jail-for-Joint Law

Tunisia is facing mounting calls, from rights groups all the way up to the head of state, to reform a law that jails youths for a year for smoking a joint.

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Sisi Reopens Egypt's Islamic Museum Damaged in Bombing

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi reopened the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo on Wednesday, three years after a car bombing partially destroyed the building.

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Outrage over German Populist's Call to End Nazi Guilt

A leading member of German anti-immigration party AfD sparked an outcry Wednesday over his criticism of the Holocaust memorial in Berlin and calls to stop focusing on the country's Nazi past.

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Italy Toasts its Real-Life Sherlock Holmes

With his Sherlock Holmes-style penchant for using multiple disguises to help crack his cases, Giuseppe Dosi was no ordinary policeman.

And nearly 36 years after his death, Italians are still discovering the secrets of the "artist detective".

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Russia Adoption Law Discriminatory, Says European Court

The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that Russia's policy of refusing to allow Americans to adopt Russian children, solely because of their nationality, was discriminatory. 

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