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Workers flee Kenya's border town due to rising terror attacks

​Dozens of public servants in the northern Kenyan town of Mandera are fleeing the restive region due to increased insecurity following the massacre of over 60 people in the past three weeks.

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Nigerian president orders probe into mosque attack

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered full scale investigation into bomb attacks on the Central Mosque in northwest Kano that left 35 killed and 150 injured on Friday.

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U.S. denounces terrorist attacks in Iraq

​The United States on Wednesday condemned what it called "continued" terrorist attacks in Iraq, promising joint efforts to end the "terrorist scourge."

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Abbas blames Hamas for bombing Fatah leaders' properties

​Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday accused the Islamic Hamas movement of carrying out Friday's bombing attacks against properties of his Fatah Party's leaders in Gaza.

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Unknown gunmen shot dead Muslim cleric in Mombasa

​Unknown assailants shot dead a senior Muslim cleric in Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa on Tuesday night in the latest incidents of insecurity targeting religious leaders in the region.

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Taliban militants attack soft targets in Afghanistan as part of changed tactics

​Taliban militants fighting Afghan security forces in their bid to regain power and re-establish their brutal brand of Islamic rule have changed their war tactics, officials and experts here said.

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18 killed in twin attacks in coastal Kenyan county: police

Death toll has risen to 18 from the latest twin attacks in Kenya's coastal county of Lamu after some bodies were discovered early Sunday, a humanitarian agency said.

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Xinjiang entrepreneurs publish anti-terrorism open letter

A total of 354 representatives for entrepreneurs and staff belonging to ethnic minority groups in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have published an open letter to denounce terrorism.

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U.S. begins push for Gaza ceasefire

The United States Sunday began to push for a ceasefire in Gaza amid an Israeli ground war aimed at halting rocket attacks against Israel's civilian population.

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Kunming attack shows China's anti-terrorism challenges

Chinese authorities now face new challenges in countering terrorism as terrorist attacks have crossed the Xinjiang border years after 2009, when the worst riots in decades broke out in the region.

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U.S. willing to provide security assistance to Russia for Sochi Winter Olympics

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Saturday called his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoygu to discuss the recent terror attacks in Russia, promising to provide security assistance for the Winter Olympics in Sochi.

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Putin vows to fight terrorists until "all are destroyed"

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday the anti-terror war will continue until all terrorists are eliminated in the country.

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India asks Pakistan to give maximum punishment to perpetrators of Mumbai attacks

India Monday made it clear to Pakistan that it would not be satisfied unless the perpetrators of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks were given maximum punishment.

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UN chief slams deadly attacks on police station in Somalia

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday strongly condemned the deadly attacks on a police station in Somalia, saying that these terrorist acts "have caused tremendous suffering."

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Israel denies involvement in Iran embassy attacks in Beirut

Israeli officials denied their country was involved in the twin bombings on Tuesday morning outside the Iranian embassy in Beirut, which left 23 dead and 146 others injured.

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Pakistan's provincial assembly adopts anti-drone resolution

Lawmakers in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial assembly late Monday unanimously adopted a resolution against the American drone strikes and called upon the federal government to take measures to stop these attacks.

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39 killed, 51 wounded in bombing attacks in Iraq's capital

At least 39 people were killed and 51 others wounded in three bombing attacks in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Sunday, police said.