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At least 14 people are dead, 14 are unaccounted for and 10 have been rescued in Indonesia after a tunnel collapse last week at an underground mine training facility, the mining company said.
Monday, May 20, 2013 18:36 |
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LONDON (AP) — A retired Church of England priest was jailed for 10 years Monday after a jury found him guilty of 36 separate sex offenses against children in the 1960s and 1970s.
Monday, May 20, 2013 17:34 |
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CLEVELAND (AP) — Yan Gomes hit a three-run homer in the 10th inning and the Cleveland Indians, twice revived by Seattle`s fielding errors, beat the Mariners 10-8 on Monday to complete a four-game sweep of the Mariners.
Monday, May 20, 2013 21:22 |
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By Jonny Hogg KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congo`s army used combat helicopters to bombard rebel fighters on Monday near the city of Goma in the first clashes in nearly six months, days before U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was due to visit the troubled eastern borderlands. Fighting began in the early morning after the Tutsi-dominated M23 rebels attacked government positions around 10 km (6 miles) north of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo`s largest city, a military spokesman told Reuters. The M23 seized and briefly held Goma last November despite the presence of thousands of U.N. soldiers. ...
Monday, May 20, 2013 19:44 |
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RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) - - Militants killed at least 10 Iraqi policemen in a series of attacks on checkpoints in the West of the country on Sunday, police and local officials said. Sectarian tensions in Iraq have been amplified by the conflict in neighboring Syria, where mostly Sunni rebels are fighting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad who is backed by Shi`ite Iran. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the Iraqi attacks, but Sunni militant groups have previously targeted security forces in a campaign to destabilize the Baghdad government, which they reject as illegitimate. ...
Sunday, May 19, 2013 23:38 |
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Anthony Bourdain discovers an American-style, fast-food chicken restaurant that opened in Libya after the revolution.
Monday, May 20, 2013 06:23 |
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A suicide attack in Baghlan province kills at least 10 people, including a senior local politician opposed to the Taliban.
Monday, May 20, 2013 09:48 |
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AMMAN (Reuters) - About 30 fighters from the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and 20 Syrian soldiers and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad were killed in heavy fighting with rebels on Sunday in the town of Qusair, Syrian activists said on Monday. Syria`s state news agency SANA said the army had `restored security and stability to most Qusair neighborhoods` during the offensive in the town, about 10 km (six miles) from the Lebanese border. (Reporting by Khaled Yacoub Oweis, Amman newsroom; Editing by Janet Lawrence)
Monday, May 20, 2013 08:51 |
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Eight car bomb blasts in mainly Shi`ite districts of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killed at least 20 people on Monday, police and medics said. Earlier, at least 10 people were killed in two car bomb explosions in the predominantly Shi`ite southern city of Basra, 420 km (260 miles) southeast of Baghdad. (Reporting by Kareem Raheem; Editing by Angus MacSwan)
Monday, May 20, 2013 08:30 |
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Two car bombs in the Iraqi city of Basra kill at least 10 people, police and medical officials say.
Monday, May 20, 2013 08:15 |
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