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Robbers detonate stolen trucks planted with bomb in southern Thailand

ByAPDwriterChenJiabaoBANGKOK,Aug17(APD)--RobbersdetonatedoneofthetruckstheyrobbedthatplantedwithabomboutsideresidencesinsouthernThailand'sPattanionThursday,dama

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Turkey orders 70 former ministry personnel detained

Turkishauthoritiesissueddetentionwarrantsfor70formerfinanceministryemployeesonThursdayoverallegedlinkstolastyear'sfailedcoupattempt,broadcasterCNNTurksaid.Turke

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Man to answer charges he sprayed manure on Border Patrol car

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Afghan airtstrike kills 5 Taliban militants in Kunduz province

AtleastfiveTalibanmilitantswerekilledafteraircraftpoundedtheinsurgents'hideoutintherestiveChardaradistrictofnorthernAfghanistan'sKunduzprovinceonThursday,distri

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1 million South Sudan refugees now in Uganda, UN says

ThenumberofSouthSudaneserefugeesshelteringinUgandahasreached1million,theUnitedNationssaidThursday,agrimmilestoneforwhathasbecometheworld’sfastest-growingrefugee

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Updated: 400 dead, 600 missing in Sierra Leone mudslide

RelativesofvictimsoffloodsgatheroutsideamorgueinFreetown,SierraLeone,onAug.16,2017.Nearly400peopleareconfirmeddeadandatleast600missingfollowingadevastatingmudsl

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Philippines police kill 32 in bloodiest night of Duterte’s war on drugs

Philippinepolicehavekilled32peopleinaseriesofraidsnearthecapitalManilainthebloodiestnightofpresidentRodrigoDuterte’swarondrugs.Dutertewonalandslidevictoryinpres

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Update: 91 killed, 9.6 mln people affected by floods in eastern India

ThefloodsinIndia'seasternstateofBiharkilledatleast91peopleandaffectedover9.6millionothers,officialssaidWednesday.Accordingtoofficials,heavyrainsforthepastthreed

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28 killed, 82 injured in northeast Nigeria triple suicide attack

28peoplewerekilledand82othersinjuredinatriplesuicideattackinnortheastNigeriaonTuesday,accordingtoamemberofthelocalciviliandefenseforces.Afemalesuicidebomberblew

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Falling tree kills 13 on Portuguese island of Madeira

Afallingtreehaskilledatleast13peopleandinjured49atareligiousceremonyonthePortugueseislandofMadeira.Avideoshowsthetreecrashingdownonacrowdedsquareinasuburbofthem

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Suicide attack kills two security personnel in northern Afghanistan

AtleasttwosecuritypersonnelhavebeenconfirmeddeadandfourotherswoundedasasuicideattackertargetedasecuritycheckpointinChardaradistrictofthenorthernAfghanprovinceof

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M4.5 earthquake hits Songyuan in NE China's Jilin Province

Ashallow4.5-magnitudeearthquakehitSongyuaninNortheastChina'sJilinProvinceat1158a.m.localtime,accordingtotheChinaEarthquakeNetworksCenter(CENC).Thismarksthethird

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4 killed, 5 missing in N China`s coal mine landslide

FourpeoplewerekilledandfiveothersarestillmissingafteralandslidehappenedatacoalmineinnorthChina'sShanxiProvincelastFriday.Howeverittookoverfourdaysforthetheheado

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270 bodies recovered from Sierra Leone mudslide: mayor

Rescueworkershaverecovered270bodiessofarfromamudslideintheoutskirtsofSierraLeone'scapitalFreetown,themayorsaidonTuesday.RescueoperationscontinueinthetownofRegen

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Roadside bomb blast kills six soldiers in southwest Pakistan

AroadsidebombkilledsixsoldiersinaremotedistrictinPakistan'ssouthwesternprovinceofBaluchistan,agovernmentofficialsaidonTuesday,thesecondattackwithindaysinthetrou

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Nine dead as UN bases come under twin attack in Mali

GunmenattackedtwoUnitedNationsbasesinMalionMonday,killingapeacekeeper,acontractorandsevenMalians,theUNsaid,inthelatestattacksonitspresenceinthecountry.Thepeacek

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Driver purposely steers into French pizzeria, killing girl

AdriverdeliberatelyploughedintotheoutdoorterraceofapizzeriainthesmalltownofSept-SortseastofParisonMonday,killinga12-year-oldgirlandseriouslyinjuringseveralother