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Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf was once the lead cleric associated with the proposed Islamic community center some critics called the "ground zero mosque." In his new book, Moving the Mountain, Rauf calls for moderate Muslims to step up and marginalize the voices of extremists.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki launches a new security plan for Baghdad aimed at staunching both insurgent attacks and sectarian killings that have been increasing in intensity.

It's a big day in British politics. Voting is underway in local elections that will, in part, be a verdict on the performance of the beleaguered government of Prime Minister David Cameron.

Israel's military says it's asking everyone at hospitals in northern Gaza to evacuate in its pursuit of Hamas. The hospitals are in dire conditions, and staff on the ground say patients are dying.

In January 2015, Lauren Passell slipped and fell on an icy New York City street, completely breaking her hip. She says one of the people who came up to help her changed her life.

Lauren Beukes' new thriller The Shining Girls traces a time-traveling serial killer as he jumps through the decades, pursued by the only one of his victims to survive. Critic Alan Cheuse calls the book "a frightening journey in time and punishment."

The assault occurred on a police training academy in the Pakistani city of Quetta, near the border with Afghanistan. Blame is leveled at an Islamist Sunni group with links to al-Qaida.

In Lahore, Pakistan, breeding and racing pigeons is an integral part of everyday life.

Eliska and Welmon Barriere are among the roughly 6 million blacks who migrated north during the 20th century. They left New Orleans in 1962 for Milwaukee, where they raised a family. But they moved to Georgia in the 1990s, part of a trend of blacks going back to the South.

Eliska and Welmon Barriere are among the roughly 6 million blacks who migrated north during the 20th century. They left New Orleans in 1962 for Milwaukee, where they raised a family. But they moved to Georgia in the 1990s, part of a trend of blacks going back to the South.