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Attacks kill 16 people in Iraq, 8 policemen kidnapped on road to Syrian, Jordanian border
Associated PressBAGHDAD (AP) — A string of attacks killed at least 16 people in Iraq on Saturday, while gunmen abducted eight policemen guarding a post on the country's main highway to Jordan and Syria, the latest in a wave of violence to grip the country. The...Tags: Al-Qaeda, Highway Transportation, Explosions, Police Arrests, Terrorism
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Eight killed, 10 policemen kidnapped in Iraq's Sunni heartland
ReutersRAMADI, Iraq, May 18 (Reuters) - Suspected Sunni Muslim militants killed four state-backed Sunni fighters in Iraq on Saturday, security sources said, apparently viewing them as collaborators with the Shi'ite-led government of a nation plagued by sectarian...Tags: Iraq, Al-Qaeda, Islam, Religious Conflicts, Wars and Interventions
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Myanmar leader's record on reform pledges mixed going into historic White House meeting
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Myanmar President Thein Sein's historic White House visit next week is the culmination of U.S. outreach to a former pariah regime. That's been based on a principle of taking "action for action" by deepening ties in response to...Tags: Burma, Defense Equipment, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Minority Groups, Human Rights Watch
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Nigeria says 10 rebels killed in northeast, 65 arrested
ReutersLAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's military said on Saturday it had killed 10 insurgents and arrested 65 more as part of an offensive meant to wrest back control of parts of its remote northeast from an Islamist group seen as the main security threat to Africa's...Tags: Chad, Military Equipment, Western Africa, Africa, Lagos (Nigeria)
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Thirteen killed, 10 police kidnapped in Iraq violence
ReutersRAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) - Suspected Sunni Muslim militants killed four state-backed Sunni fighters in Iraq on Saturday, security sources said, apparently viewing them as collaborators with the Shi'ite-led government of a nation plagued by sectarian hatred....Tags: Bashar Assad, Nouri Maliki, Iraq, Al-Qaeda, Islam
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At least four suspected militants killed in Yemen drone strike
ReutersADEN, May 18 (Reuters) - At least four people were killed and a number of others wounded in a drone strike on a vehicle carrying suspected al Qaeda members in southern Yemen, a local official said on Saturday. The official said the strike took place at...Tags: Al-Qaeda, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Anti-Taliban Afghan police chief gunned down in motorcycle attack
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.KABUL, Afghanistan -- A police chief who had stood up repeatedly to the Taliban was shot and killed in a drive-by attack by four insurgents on motorcycles, officials said Saturday. The police chief, Abdul Ghani, was leaving his driveway in his car...Tags: Hamid Karzai, Motorvehicle Accidents, NATO, National Government, Kabul (Afghanistan)
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Nigeria bombs Islamists, U.S. sounds alarm
ReutersMAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigerian warplanes struck militant camps in the northeast on Friday in a major push against an Islamist insurgency, drawing a sharp warning from the United States to respect human rights and not harm civilians. Troops...Tags: Al-Qaeda, Chad, Islam, Armed Forces, Human Rights
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Syrian soldiers warned daily of sectarian dangers, defectors say
MARAAT NUMAN, Syria — Each morning, after saluting the Syrian flag and before the warplanes take off, soldiers at army bases across Syria are given political orientation. During the lectures, conscripts and career officers alike are repeatedly...Tags: Free Syrian Army, Washington, DC, Iran, Armed Forces, Bashar Assad
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Egyptian police close Gaza border in protest, demanding release of kidnapped colleagues
Associated PressCAIRO (AP) — Dozens of disgruntled border policemen forced the closure of Egypt's main crossing point into the Gaza Strip on Friday to protest the abduction of their colleagues by suspected militants, underscoring the lawlessness and crisis of...Tags: Criminals, Hosni Mubarak, Libya, Mohamed Morsi, Wars and Interventions
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Bahrain forces raid top cleric's house: opposition
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Bahraini security forces raided the house of top Shi'ite cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim on Friday, the opposition said, an act likely to enrage the island's majority Shi'ite population which is at loggerheads with its Sunni rulers....Tags: Iran, Human Rights, Civil Rights, Politics, Justice and Rights
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Letters from a son: What Allentown's William Reichard saw at Antietam
He had never been in the smoky, confusing haze of gunfire. Never watched helplessly as strong young men fell dead in front of him. Until the Battle of Antietam, William Reichard didn't know war. Reichard, barely 20, left Allentown in the summer of...Tags: Washington, DC, Armed Forces, Culture, Allentown, Battle of Antietam
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