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Philippines warns rebels to end hostage standoff

Philippines warns rebels to end hostage standoff

Sep 12, – ZAMBOANGA, Philippines — The Philippine government on Thursday warned Muslim rebels who have been holding more than 100 people hostage in a southern port city to peacefully end the four-day standoff “at the soonest possible time,” saying its forces are ready to demonstrate the state’s resolve. It was the toughest talk by […]

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Observers: Norway Exit Polls Show Conservative Victory

Observers: Norway Exit Polls Show Conservative Victory

Sep 09, – Voting has closed in Norway’s parliamentary elections. Early exit polls suggest that the opposition center-right coalition will take over from Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, as was widely expected before the ballot. Norway’s opposition Conservative party and its three potential coalition allies looked on course to win power on Monday evening, as preliminary […]

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Syria lashes out at US move to arm rebels

Syria lashes out at US move to arm rebels

July 25, – The White House acknowledged that momentum in the conflict has shifted as the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group and Iran have helped Assad’s forces. Syria lashed out on Thursday at the US decision to send arms to rebels fighting President Bashar Al Assad’s troops, saying Washington is unsuitable to act as a broker […]

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India police arrest principal after mid-day meal kill 23 children

India police arrest principal after mid-day meal kill 23 children

July 25, PATNA, India — The principal of a primary school in eastern India where 23 children died last week after eating lunch prepared with contaminated oil was arrested Wednesday, nine days after she went into hiding, police said. Meena Kumari fled as soon as the children began falling ill after eating the lunch cooked […]

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Al-Qaida claims deadly raids on Iraq prisons, says 500 inmates freed

Al-Qaida claims deadly raids on Iraq prisons, says 500 inmates freed

July 23, BAGHDAD — Al-Qaida’s branch in Iraq claimed responsibility Tuesday for audacious raids on two high-security prisons on the outskirts of Baghdad this week that killed dozens and set free hundreds of inmates, including some of its followers. The statement issued in the name of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the […]

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