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An ongoing `massive deployment` against insurgent groups in northern Nigeria by the nation`s special forces killed at least 14 suspected terrorists and captured 20 others, according to a statement released Sunday by Nigeria`s defense ministry.
Sunday, May 19, 2013 23:38 |
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By Katharine Houreld ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan`s all-powerful military overthrew Nawaz Sharif 14 years ago and hustled him off into exile in handcuffs. Now he`s back as prime minister-elect, with the army watching his every move, especially steps planned to ease tension with arch-rival India. Sharif`s Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) won 124 of 272 contested seats in this month`s parliamentary election. Its nearest rival, the Pakistan People`s Party, won just 31 in the first democratic handover of power since independence in 1947. ...
Sunday, May 19, 2013 23:12 |
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PARIS (Reuters) - The French army hopes to receive its first Airbus A400M military transport aircraft in time for the country`s annual Bastille Day celebrations on July 14, a Defense Ministry spokesman said on Thursday. The aircraft, which is about five years behind the original schedule, is also expected to win certification for military use in time for the biennial Paris Air Show starting on June 17, Pierre Bayle said. ...
Thursday, May 16, 2013 19:47 |
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BAGHDAD (AP) The first group of exiles from an Iranian opposition group has moved to Albania from a former U.S. military base near Baghdad as part of a relocation process, the United Nations mission to Iraq said Thursday.
Thursday, May 16, 2013 18:35 |
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Three blasts hit markets in Shi`ite districts in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 14 people, police and medical officials said. Two car bombs exploded in busy markets in Sadr City, north-eastern Baghdad and killed at least 11 people and wounded another 18. The third explosion targeted a small market in Kamaliya district, killing three more, police said. Tensions between minority Sunni Muslims and the Shi`ites who now lead Iraq are at their highest since U.S. ...
Thursday, May 16, 2013 10:19 |
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Thursday, May 16, 2013 04:09 |
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NEW YORK (AP) Cisco says its net income rose 14 percent in the latest quarter, and says it is seeing `some good signs` in the U.S. and other markets.
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 22:22 |
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A series of bombs across Iraq killed at least 14 people on Wednesday, police and hospital sources said. Two of the bombs, in the city of Kirkuk, killed 9 people. (Reporting by Mustafa Mahmoud in Kirkuk and Kareem Raheem in Baghdad; Writing by Suadad al-Salhy; Editing by Louise Ireland)
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 14:56 |
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A beekeeper handling an artificial hive on the outskirts of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.
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