Filipinos vote on election day in deeply divided democracy

Filipinos stood in long lines to choose a new president Monday, with the son of an ousted dictator and a champion of human rights the top contenders in a tenuous moment in a deeply divided Asian democracy.

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Search dogs deployed in Havana to find survivors as hotel blast death toll rises

Search crews with dogs on Sunday hunted through the ruins of a luxury hotel in Cuba's capital for survivors of a devastating explosion, while officials raised the number of known dead to 30.

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Ukrainian teen with gunshot wounds drives 4 people to safety during Russian attack

As fighting intensifies in Eastern Ukraine, evacuees share their harrowing tales of escape.

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