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Charlie Hebdo hunt: Double hostage crisis in France
A gunman has seized hostages at a kosher supermarket in Paris as police in northern France have cornered the two Charlie Hebdo massacre suspects.
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Scores killed in Iraq bombings
At least 42 killed in bombings in Baghdad and Kirkuk, a day after deadly attack on mosque heightened sectarian tensions. Bombings in Baghdad and the northern city of Kirkuk have killed at least 42 people in Iraq as the g READ MORE
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Israeli airstrikes level Gaza buildings
Seven-storey office building and 11-floor residential tower collapse injuring dozens, as death toll crosses 2100. Israel has carried out a series of airstrikes on several commercial and residential targets across Gaza, w READ MORE
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Gaza conflict: Israeli boy's death 'will intensify ops'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said military operations will "intensify" after an Israeli boy was killed by fire from Gaza. The four-year-old died in a mortar attack on a southern Israeli village near the READ MORE
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US accuses China fighter of reckless mid-air intercept
A Chinese fighter came perilously close to a US military patrol plane over international waters east of China's Hainan Island, the Pentagon has said. Spokesman John Kirby said that the US had protested to the Chinese mil READ MORE
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Ukraine crisis: Russian convoy prompts Western anger
Russia's decision to send more than 100 aid lorries into war-torn eastern Ukraine without permission has been widely condemned in the West. The EU and the US called for them to be withdrawn, saying their presence violate READ MORE
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Pentagon: IS 'beyond anything we've seen'
US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel says Islamic State group has an "apocalyptic" vision and that it must be defeated. The sophistication, wealth and military might of the Islamic State group represents a major threat to th READ MORE
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Scores dead in attack on Sunni mosque in Iraq
Shia armed group kills at least 73 people inside place of worship in the city of Baquba in eastern Diyala province. At least 73 people have been killed after a Shia Muslim armed group opened fired inside an Iraqi Sunni m READ MORE
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Hamas kills 17 suspected informers for Israel
Security official in Gaza says some of the suspected informers had previously been sentenced by Gaza courts. Hamas has killed 17 Palestinians suspected of collaborating with Israel, a day after Israel killed three of the READ MORE
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Hanged India girls' 'rape' in doubt
A forensic investigation into clothing and swabs taken after the murder and alleged gang rape of two teenage cousins in northern India has concluded they were not sexually assaulted. The girls were found hanged from a tr READ MORE
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Gaza crisis: Israel kills three top Hamas commanders
An Israeli air strike on a house in Gaza has killed three senior Hamas military commanders, militants say. Mohammed Abu Shamala, Mohammed Barhoum and Raed al-Attar died in the attack near the southern town of Rafah... READ MORE
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New US strikes in Iraq after IS Foley video
US aircraft have launched fresh strikes against Islamic State (IS) militants in northern Iraq, despite threats from the group to kill a second American captive in retribution for continued attacks. US Navy fighters and d READ MORE
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US military deaths in Afghanistan at 2,200
As of Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014, at least 2,200 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count. The AP count i READ MORE
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Protesters back on the streets in US suburb
Demonstrators say they will persist until white police officer is charged over killing of unarmed black teenager. FERGUSON, MISSOURI – Protesters in the US suburb of Ferguson have taken to the streets again after more READ MORE
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IS group claims to have beheaded US reporter
Islamic State group says it acted in revenge for US strikes against it and threatens to kill another US journalist. The Islamic State group has released a video purportedly showing one of its fighters beheading US journa READ MORE
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Missouri governor declares curfew in riot-hit Ferguson
The governor of the US state of Missouri has declared a state of emergency in the St Louis suburb where a black teenager was shot dead by police last week. Jay Nixon also said a curfew would run from midnight local time READ MORE
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Jihadis accused of new massacres in Iraq and Syria
Islamic State (IS) militants have been accused of massacring hundreds of people in areas under their control in northern Iraq and eastern Syria. At least 80 members of the Yazidi religious minority are believed to have b READ MORE
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US police fire tear gas at protesters
More violence erupts in suburb of St Louis, where an unarmed black teenager was shot and killed by a police officer. Authorities in a suburb of the US city of St Louis, where an unarmed black teen was shot and killed by READ MORE
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Gaza ceasefire extended by five days
Welcome reprieve continues for Gaza as sides agree more time needed to hammer out a permanent end to conflict. Israeli and Palestinian negotiators have agreed to extend a ceasefire in Gaza for another five days after fai READ MORE
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US rescue of Iraq's Yazidis now 'less likely'
Americans land in Sinjar Mountains under cover of darkness and say the situation was not as bad as expected. A US mission to evacuate Iraqi civilians trapped on a mountain by the Islamic State group is far less likely af READ MORE
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Mont Blanc climbers 'found dead' after France search
The bodies of five missing climbers have been found on Mont Blanc in eastern France, reports say. A group of six climbers, including a guide, had been reported missing in bad weather late on Tuesday... READ MORE
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Iran and blame the victim game
Tehran is continuously interfering in Afghanistan and pressurizing Kabul under one pretext or the other. Iran’s meddling into our internal affairs while giving it name of concern as Tehran did it recently when its ambassa...
