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Associated Press Sunday, 6 December 2015, 07:02 Last update: about 11 years ago

OBAMA-TERRORISM

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will address the nation from the Oval Office Sunday in prime time about steps the government is taking to keep people safe after the attack this past week in San Bernardino, California.

VENEZUELA-ELECTIONS

CARACAS, Venezuela — The socialist system built by Hugo Chavez faces its gravest electoral test Sunday when Venezuelans cast ballots in what seems to have become a tightening race for control of the national legislature. 

CLIMATE COUNTDOWN-THE RELIGIOUS

WASHINGTON — As a group, the most religious Americans are less likely than others in the U.S. to trust the science of global warming. Yet one group of faithful Americans not only believes the threat is real, but also feels obliged to help save the earth's climate, an analysis by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and Yale University shows. 

CALIFORNIA SHOOTINGS

SAN BERNARDINO, California — The change came two or three years ago. Tashfeen Malik started dressing more conservatively, wearing a scarf that covered nearly all her face, and became more devout in her Muslim faith, according to some who knew her in Pakistan. 

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