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Riots erupt over force-feeding of Palestinian hunger striking prisoner

​Riots against the force-feeding of a prisoner on hunger strike broke out outside a hospital in a southern Israeli city Sunday, a spokesperson for Israeli police confirmed to Xinhua.

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Government vows punishment over central China fire

China's top work safety watchdog dispatched a task force Tuesday to investigate a fire in central China's Henan Province and punish those responsible.

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White House bans police from using certain military-style equipment

​U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday banned the country's police department from using certain military-style equipment in a move to improve the troubled relations between the police force and protesters over deaths of unarmed black men in police arrest.

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Arabs agree to form joint force as coalition strikes continue in Yemen

​Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday said that the Arab League (AL) members agreed on the formation of a joint Arab military force to counter growing security threats.

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Nigerian troops clear Boko Haram from northeast state of Adamawa

​Nigerian troops has cleared members of Boko Haram out of Madagali, the last town held by the terrorists in restive northeast state of Adamawa, an official said on Thursday.

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Drone shot down in Beijing suburb, operators charged

Three people have been charged with involuntarily endangering public security by flying drones for surveying and mapping, according to a recent report in People's Liberation Army Daily.

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Global economic growth to accelerate modestly in 2015: research group

Global economic growth will accelerate modestly in 2015 and will slow down in the long term due to labor force shortage, a U.S. research organization said Wednesday.

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Four Jamaican cops arrested for blackmail

Four policemen were arrested for blackmail, Jamaican anti-corruption authorities said Tuesday.

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DPRK top leader Kim Jong Un guides tactical rocket firing drill again

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) conducted a tactical rocket firing drill of the strategic force of the Korean People's Army (KPA), and its top leader Kim Jong Un gave field guidance on the drill, the official KCNA news agency reported Thursday.

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S.Korea, U.S. hold largest-ever air drill

South Korea and the United States launched their largest-ever joint air exercise on Friday to beef up their combined strategic capability amid the escalating tensions over the peninsula.

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Pentagon chief says U.S. cyberspace force to expand further

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Friday the cyberspace force at U.S. Cyber Command will grow to more than 6,000 by the year 2016.

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Indonesia continues modernization of its air force

Indonesia will continue to beef up its air force by purchasing more modern warplanes to replace its ageing F-5 Tiger E/F multirole fighter jets that have been serving for more than 30 years.

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HK Chief Secretary worries labor shortage pulls down economy

Hong Kong Chief Secretary Carrie Lam said on Monday that ageing population and foreseeable shortage of labor force may considerably drag the city’s economy behind.

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Obama says Syria deal offers "lesson" for diplomatic resolution to Iran talks

U.S. President Barack Obama said Sunday the just-concluded deal on ridding Syria of its chemical weapons arsenal offers a "lesson" to Iran that it is possible to resolve the U.S.-Iranian nuclear standoff diplomatically.

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12 Yemeni air force cadets die in bombing attack by al-Qaida

Al-Qaida affiliates launched a bombing attack on a bus near the air force base in Yemen's capital Sanaa on Sunday, killing at least 12 air force cadets aboard, officials and witnesses said.

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Malaysia plans to increase highly skilled work force

Only 28 percent of the 12 million work force in Malaysia are highly skilled, a government official said here Monday.

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N. Korea top leader calls for stronger military

Top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un called for strengthening the military to defend the country's security and sovereignty, the official news agency KCNA reported Sunday.