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A door at the French Embassy was set ablaze as thousands pro-coup protesters marched through the streets of Niger’s capital, Niamey. (July 30)

The biomedical industry is adopting new standards to protect horseshoe crabs, vital in the production of vital medicines. But conservationists say that doesn’t go far enough to protect food for a declining bird species. (July 30) (AP Video by Rodrique …

The dog wardens seized 90 living dogs from the Helping Hands for Furry Paws animal rescue. At least 30 were found dead.

Here’s the latest for Sunday, July 30th: Explosion at political rally in northwest Pakistan kills at least 44 and wounds nearly 200; French embassy in Niger attacked; Thousands take to streets in Gaza; High winds in D.C.-area knock down trees.
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The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom gathered over 250,000 people from around the country to the nation’s capital in August 1963.

A powerful bomb ripped through a political rally by supporters of a hardline cleric and political leader on Sunday in Pakistan’s northwestern Bajur district, police and health officials said. (July 30)

The American wife and child of a Christian humanitarian aid organization’s director in Haiti have been kidnapped outside Port au Prince.

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Three people are dead after a small plane crashed into an airport hangar in San Bernardino County, California, on Sunday, authorities said.

Two separate aircraft accidents left a total of four people dead and two injured this weekend in Wisconsin.