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  1. Sparse crowds protesting outside U.S. Capitol outnumbered by police

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    In a city still on edge after the Jan. 6 insurrection, law enforcement bore down in large numbers on the U.S. Capitol on Saturday over concerns that a rally in support of the jailed rioters would turn violent. It didn't.

  2. Citizen astronauts aboard SpaceX capsule safely splash down off Florida

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    The quartet of newly minted citizen astronauts comprising the SpaceX Inspiration4 mission safely splashed down in the Atlantic off Florida's coast on Saturday, completing a three-day flight of the first all-civilian crew ever launched into Earth orbit.

  3. Afghan survivors of erroneous U.S. drone strike that killed 10 seek investigation

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    A survivor of an erroneous U.S. drone strike that killed 10 members of his family demanded Saturday that those responsible be punished and said Washington's apology was not enough.

  4. Want to fly to Britain? Its struggling travel industry hopes it just got easier

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    Britain is revamping its international travel rules in a bid to restore consumer confidence in taking an overseas holiday. Passenger traffic has fallen off a cliff because of cumbersome rules and expensive COVID-19 tests.

  5. Taliban sets up 'virtue' ministry at former site of women's affairs department

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    Afghanistan's new Taliban rulers set up a ministry for the "propagation of virtue and the prevention of vice" in the building that once housed the Women's Affairs Ministry, escorting out World Bank staffers Saturday as part of the forced move.