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Al Jazeera
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Myanmar's military rulers have deployed soldiers and riot police around at least six big monasteries in the commercial capital, Yangon, setting the stage for a showdown with determined pro-democracy protesters.
Hundreds more security forces were waiti..
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USA Today
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Fighting around Afghanistan killed about 75 people just as the holy month of Ramadan began, including 45 suspected Taliban militants who died in airstrikes and Afghan army gunfire, officials said Thursday.
The battle in the southern province of Uruzgan..
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CNN
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Attackers targeting Iraqi police and civilians in and around Baghdad on Sunday killed 27 people and wounded 45 others, Iraqi officials said. Sunday's deadliest attack happened about 20 miles (30 kilometers) west of Baghdad when a bomb hit a truck carrying..
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CNN
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In an Easter message pinned to church bulletin boards around the country, Zimbabwe's Roman Catholic bishops called on President Robert Mugabe to leave office or face "open revolt" from those suffering under his government.
The letter, titled "God Hears..
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Al Jazeera
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Most were suffering from the effects of tear gas, but they also included several students, both male and female, with bullet wounds, he said.
Two members of the security forces were also reported as being treated at the hospital for gunshot wounds...
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BBC News
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Thousands of BBC staff around the world will observe a vigil on Wednesday marking 100 days since the kidnapping of Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston.
Colleagues at Glastonbury festival, on drama sets and in newsrooms in Britain and beyond will pause at..
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BBC News
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US forces in Iraq have launched a major security offensive around Baghdad.
Troops would enter "key areas" around the Iraqi capital used by insurgents to launch car bombings, said the commander of US forces, General David Petraeus.
US Defence Secreta..
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FOX News
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The U.S. military, which just days ago completed its latest troop buildup in Iraq, has launched a large offensive operation in several Al Qaeda strongholds around Baghdad, the top U.S. commander said Saturday.
Gen. David Petraeus said the operation beg..
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CNN
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Hungarian police used water cannon and tear gas to repel around 1,000 skinheads and extremists in Budapest on Thursday, as anti-government protests marred celebrations of the country's 1848 revolution.
As night fell, right-wing protesters hurling cobbl..
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Christian Science Monitor
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Compared with the rest of the world, the United States is a young country. Its people left many of their traditional social structures behind, crossed vast oceans, and started anew. So to understand the lives of the majority of people around the world, wh..
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