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News Wrap: Syria sentences Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia

In our news wrap Tuesday, ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been sentenced to death in absentia for war crimes during the country's brutal civil war, authorities say at least six people were killed when Iran-backed Houthi rebels fired ballistic missiles on a vessel and the Democratic Republic of the Congo says the Ebola outbreak there has now killed more than 2,000 people.

News Wrap: Syria sentences Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia

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