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On the eve of a trip to the Middle East, Pope Francis is urging religious and political leaders to speak out against attacks on Christians by Islamic State extremists.

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Islamic extremists shot scores of Yazidi men to death in Iraq, lining them up in small groups and opening fire with assault rifles before abducting their wives and children, according to an eyewitness, government officials and people who live in the area.

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Islamic extremists in Iraq killed 80 Yazidi men and abducted their wives and children, officials and eyewitnesses said yesterday, insisting the religious community is still at risk after a week of US and Iraqi airstrikes on the militants.

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The U.S. unleashed its first airstrikes in northern Iraq against militants of the Islamic State group Friday amid a worsening humanitarian crisis. 

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MOSUL, Iraq (AFP) - The death toll from brutal truck bombings targeting the ancient Yazidi religious sect in northern Iraq rose to more than 200 on Wednesday, a local government official told AFP.

Mayor of Sinjar, a town in the northern province of Nineveh where four truck bombs exploded on Tuesday, voiced fears that the toll could rise further.

"More than 200 people were killed and an equal number of people are wounded," Dakhil Qassim Hassun said.

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Islamic extremists shot scores of Yazidi men to death in Iraq, lining them up in small groups and opening fire with assault rifles before abducting their wives and children, according to an eyewitness, government officials and people who live in the area.

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Islamic extremists in Iraq killed 80 Yazidi men and abducted their wives and children, officials and eyewitnesses said yesterday, insisting the religious community is still at risk after a week of US and Iraqi airstrikes on the militants.

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The U.S. unleashed its first airstrikes in northern Iraq against militants of the Islamic State group Friday amid a worsening humanitarian crisis. 

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MOSUL, Iraq (AFP) - The death toll from brutal truck bombings targeting the ancient Yazidi religious sect in northern Iraq rose to more than 200 on Wednesday, a local government official told AFP.

Mayor of Sinjar, a town in the northern province of Nineveh where four truck bombs exploded on Tuesday, voiced fears that the toll could rise further.

"More than 200 people were killed and an equal number of people are wounded," Dakhil Qassim Hassun said.

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