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Monks at the top Buddhist temple in Seoul are trying to prevent South Korean police from forcibly entering to arrest a wanted labor organizer who's holed up inside.

French media said the 23-year-old man was a French national who had traveled to Syria in 2013. The government has not confirmed his identity.

Thirty-six police, sheriff's deputies and others who plunged into danger last week gathered to tell their stories Tuesday. They relied on training to help them put aside emotions.

Approved 407-19, the bill requires anyone who has traveled to Iraq or Syria in the past five years to obtain a visa before entering the U.S.

Zuists get together now and then to read ancient Sumerian poetry but make no secret of their broader goals.

Some rivals say the plan to bar Muslims is "offensive" and "unhinged." Some pundits have called it "unconstitutional." But experts say the Constitution gives Congress leverage on whom to let in.

Ending a run of more than 30 years on the air, talk show host Diane Rehm plans to retire after the 2016 elections, according to WAMU, the NPR member station where her show is produced.

One of the reactions from people in Muslim-majority countries such as Indonesia and Turkey: "[Donald Trump] claims to 'make America great again' by going racist in a country of immigrants?!"

The stadium is named after H.C. "Curley" Byrd, a proponent of segregation. The university's current president, Wallace D. Loh, said the stadium's name sends a racial message to black students.

An appeals court found Pistorius guilty of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. While he awaits sentencing, Pistorius will be under house arrest.