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Israel's army is currently embroiled in a legal and political scandal around leaked video footage allegedly showing the abuse of Palestinian detainees - a case that has pitted ultranationalist politicians against the country's security forces.

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Conservatives are likewise embroiled in bitter internal fighting over an idea even more stupid than Mr. Schumer’s shutdown: dispatching the welcome wagon for Holocaust denier and white nationalist Nick Fuentes.

The two sides have been embroiled in a civil war that has killed at least 150,000 people and forced 12 million others from their homes since it erupted in April 2023.

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In just seconds, it generated a plot outline about a wedding photographer unwittingly embroiled in a criminal conspiracy.

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A famed Hindu temple in southern India is embroiled in a scandal after the Kerala high court said there was evidence that some of the idols have been stripped of their gold covering.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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