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Yemeni security officer for US Embassy killed
SANAA, Yemen — A drive-by shooting Thursday that killed a top Yemeni security official who worked at the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa has raised concern that al-Qaida militants here are bouncing back and ...
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Hezbollah says it sent drone over Israel
BEIRUT — The leader of Hezbollah claimed responsibility Thursday for launching an Iranian-made drone aircraft into Israeli airspace earlier this week, adding more tension to an already explosive Mi...
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Associated Press Djibi Seck leads ram Abdoulaye into the ring Saturday during the Fann area regional final of the Khar Bii competition, which seeks to find the best sheep in Senegal.
Senegal show features prettiest sheep
DAKAR, Senegal — The street level of Ousmane Ndiaye’s building features a fabric shop. He and his family live in a posh apartment on the second floor. Their upstairs neighbors? His beloved ram Bill...
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Strong earthquake rocks eastern Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia — A strong earthquake jolted eastern Indonesia on Friday, sending panicked people running out of their houses and buildings, but there were no immediate reports of damage or inju...
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Associated Press A Free Syrian Army fighter looks for cover Wednesday after firing his weapon against Syrian Army positions in the Karmal Jabl district in Aleppo, Syria.
Syrian plane was carrying ammunition
ANKARA, Turkey — A plane intercepted by Turkish fighter jets on its way from Moscow to Damascus was carrying equipment and ammunition destined for the Syrian Defense Ministry, Turkey’s prime minist...
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China’s Mo Yan wins Nobel literature prize
BEIJING — Novelist Mo Yan, this year’s Nobel Prize winner for literature, is practiced in the art of challenging the status quo without offending those who uphold it. Mo, whose popular, sprawlin...
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Associated Press Emperor penguins and researchers stand on Antarctic sea ice in 2003. The hspreading ice may be a signal of man-made climate change, scientists say.
Analysts: Warming means more ice
WASHINGTON — The ice goes on seemingly forever in a white pancake-flat landscape, stretching farther than ever before. And yet in this confounding region of the world, that spreading ice may be a c...
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Iran’s spy agency finds voice in cyberspace
TEHRAN, Iran — A glimpse into the shadow world of Iran’s main spy agency is now a click away. In an unexpected display of outreach, the Intelligence Ministry now hosts a website with addresses o...
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Bey, 1940s Hollywood actor, dies in Austria
VIENNA — Turhan Bey, an actor whose exotic good looks earned him the nickname of “Turkish Delight” in films with Errol Flynn and Katherine Hepburn before he left Hollywood for a quieter life in Vie...
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Taliban gunmen shoot 14-year-old girl activist
MINGORA, Pakistan — Fourteen-year-old Malala Yousufzai was admired across a battle-scarred region of Pakistan for exposing the Taliban’s atrocities and advocating for girls’ education in the face o...
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