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Women and children wait to be screened after being evacuated out of the last territory held by Islamic State militants, near Baghouz, eastern Syria, Friday, Feb. 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Told to leave, IS 'caliphate' holdouts in Syria stay devotedSmall trucks carrying civilians leave Islamic State group's last pocket of territory in eastern Syria in escorted convoy

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Leading opposition presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, gestures as he waits to cast his vote during the Presidential and National Assembly election in Yola Nigeria, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. Africa's most populous country goes to the polls on Saturday to decide whether President Muhammadu Buhari deserves a second term. While more than 70 people are running to lead Nigeria, the close race comes down to Buhari and a billionaire former vice president, Atiku Abubakar. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

The Latest: Voting delayed at some polling units in NigeriaThe Latest: Voting is delayed at multiple polling stations in Nigeria's tight presidential election

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Government supporters gather during the first day of the "Hands off Venezuela" three-day music festival at the Tienditas International Bridge, in Urena, Venezuela, Friday, Feb. 22, 2019, on the border with Colombia. Venezuela's power struggle is set to convert into a battle of the bands Friday when musicians demanding Nicolas Maduro allow in humanitarian aid and those supporting the embattled leader's refusal sing in rival concerts being held at both sides of a border bridge where tons of donated food and medicine are being stored. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Aid showdown: Venezuela opposition prepares to deliver goodsVenezuelans frustrated over their nation's crippling food and medical shortages are expected to join opposition leaders Saturday in a potentially risky push to deliver international aid that Nicolas Maduro has refused to accept into the country

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Jupiter, Fla., Police Chief Daniel Kerr speaks during a news conference Friday, Feb. 22, 2019, in Jupiter, Fla., where they announced that they have charged New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft with misdemeanor solicitation of prostitution. (Olivia Hitchcock/Palm Beach Post via AP)

Patriots owner Kraft denies charges of soliciting prostituteNew England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is denying misdemeanor charges of soliciting a prostitute

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FILE - In this May 22, 2018 file photo, President Donald Trump looks out at the audience during a speech at the Susan B. Anthony List 11th Annual Campaign for Life Gala at the National Building Museum in Washington. The Trump administration said Friday that it would bar taxpayer-funded family planning clinics from referring women for abortions, a move certain to be challenged in court by abortion rights supporters. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump sets up abortion obstacles, barring clinic referralsTrump administration acts to bar taxpayer-funded family planning clinics from referring women for abortions

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Cardinals and bishops pray with Pope Francis at the beginning of the third day of a Vatican's conference on dealing with sex abuse by priests, at the Vatican, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, Pool)

The Latest: German cardinal urges changes to Vatican secrecyA top German cardinal has called for changes to the Vatican's legal code of secrecy that is imposed on sex abuse cases

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President Donald Trump speaks during his meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

The Latest: Mueller sentencing memo in Manafort case pendingSpecial counsel Robert Mueller's sentencing memorandum for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was not publicly available Friday, suggesting it may still be under seal

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Yellow vest protesters try to keep up momentum on week 15French yellow vest protest organizers are trying to tamp down violence and anti-Semitism in the movement's ranks as they launch a 15th straight weekend of demonstrations

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Sister Veronica Openibo, right, stands next to Chicago Archbishop Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, left, and Father Tomaz Mavric, center, as they wait for Pope Francis to arrive at the third day of a Vatican's conference on dealing with sex abuse by priests, at the Vatican, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. The prominent Nigerian nun has blasted the culture of silence in the Catholic Church that has long sought to hide clergy sexual abuse, telling a Vatican summit that transparency and an admission of mistakes is needed to restore trust. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, Pool)

Nun to Vatican abuse summit: "This storm will not pass by"A prominent Nigerian nun has blasted the culture of silence in the Catholic Church that has long sought to hide clergy sexual abuse, telling a Vatican summit that transparency and an admission of mistakes is needed to restore trust

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Women line up to cast their vote in Kaduna, Nigeria, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. Incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari is to face opposition presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar in the presidential election. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Gunfire heard in cities as Nigerians finally go to the pollsGunfire heard in cities as Nigerians finally go to the polls in delayed presidential election

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French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech at the opening of the International Agriculture Fair in Paris, France, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. Macron is visiting France's biggest premier agricultural fair amid nationwide anger at government policies seen as favoring urban elites and neglecting the heartland. (Charles Platiau/Pool Photo via AP)

Macron visits French farm fair amid rural anger, declinePresident Emmanuel Macron pledged to protect European farming standards and culinary traditions

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Sex abuse survivor Evelyn Korkamaz, holding a photo photo of her when she was a child, cries as she tells her story during a press conference of members of the ECA (Ending Clergy Abuse), in Rome, Friday, Feb. 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Legal loophole may be closing for bishops who hide sex abuseThe legal loopholes that have allowed Catholic bishops to escape sanction when they cover up clergy sex abuse cases may be closing

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