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International

Police arrest teens for rape of ‘toddler’

NEW DELHI, Oct 18, (AFP): India police said Sunday they have arrested two teenagers over the rape of a toddler, the latest sexual assault on …

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Old church emerges from falling reservoir

MEXICO CITY, Oct 18, (AP): Leonel Mendoza fishes every day in a reservoir surrounded by forest and mountains in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas. …

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Saudi Shiites defiant after 5 killed in shooting – Islamic State claims responsibility

RIYADH, Oct 17, (Agencies): Saudi Shiites vowed Saturday to continue commemorating Ashura, one of their faith’s holiest occasions, despite a purported Islamic State group gunman …

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Three Palestinians ‘killed’ while trying to stab Israelis

HEBRON, Oct 17, (AFP): Three Palestinians were shot dead while trying to stab Israelis in east Jerusalem and the West Bank Saturday, as violence that …

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14-yr-old pleads guilty to killing an Iraqi boy

BUFFALO, New York, Oct 17, (AP): A 14-year-old has pleaded guilty to killing a 13-year-old boy whose family had immigrated to the US to escape …

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PEGIDA radicalised by refugee influx – ‘Foreigners overrunning Germany’

BERLIN, Oct 17, (AFP): They gather in the dark, wave German flags and vent their fury at foreigners they fear are overrunning their homeland — …

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New Delhi reels after rapes of girls aged 2, 5 – When will Delhi wake up?

NEW DELHI, Oct 17, (AFP): A toddler and a five-year-old girl were raped in separate attacks in New Delhi overnight with at least one gang-raped, …

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Iraqi forces in huge anti-rebel push in Baiji

BAIJI, Iraq, Oct 16, (Agencies): Iraqi forces defused booby traps and hunted down holdout jihadists in the strategic Baiji area Friday as part of their …

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4 Iraqis in Switzerland charged for alleged ‘terror’ plot

GENEVA, Oct 16, (AP): Switzerland’s top prosecutor has filed charges accusing four Iraqis linked to the radical Islamic State group of plotting terror attacks in …

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Fire set to Jewish shrine in West Bank – Palestinian in press vest shot dead after ‘stabbing’ a so

HEBRON, West Bank, Oct 16, (AP): A Palestinian man wearing a yellow “press” vest stabbed and wounded an Israeli soldier in the West Bank city …

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