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BAGHDAD (AP) — A U.N. report reveals a heavy toll of civilians in fighting the past two years between Iraqi forces and the Islamic State group. The report says at least 18,802 civilians were killed and another 36,245 were wounded between the start of 2014 and Oct. 31 of last year. The report also documents a wide range of human rights abuses, including IS conscription of some 3,500 people into slavery. Methods of execution included beheading, burning alive and being thrown off buildings.
BRUSSELS (AP) — The aid group Doctors Without Borders says some European Union nations are making the migrant crisis worse. The group says attempts to deter migrants have put thousands of people, including women and children, in danger and created more business for smugglers. In a report, it said border closures and tougher policing only encourage people to use other routes to get to Europe.
HONOLULU (AP) — Teams searching the waters off Hawaii where two Marine helicopters crashed have found inflated, empty life rafts but still no sign of the missing personnel. Three of the four life rafts aboard the helicopters have been recovered. Conditions have improved since the start of the search, with much smaller waves. The search now includes areas along the shoreline as well as under water.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's top leader is echoing world powers as he calls for his own country's vigilance in ensuring the other parties to the nuclear deal hold up their end of the bargain. State media report Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (hah-meh-neh-EE') also expressed "pessimism" about U.S. intentions due to "expressions by some U.S. politicians in recent days."
LONDON (AP) — Amid increasing calls for an Academy Award boycott over the nomination of an all-white roster of performers for the Oscars for the second year running, actor Idris Elba says the lack of diversity is not just an American problem. The London-born star of "The Wire" and "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom" told an audience at Parliament that despite Britain's diversity and multiculturalism, "you wouldn't know it if you turned on the TV."
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