NEW DELHI – Tens of thousands of people have gathered in the southern Indian town of Rameswaram for the burial of former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, known as the father of the country’s military missile program. On Thursday his body, carried in a glass topped hearse, was driven from his …
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ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey’s state-run agency says Kurdish rebels have attacked a military vehicle in southeastern Turkey, killing two soldiers, in the latest violence between government forces and militants. Anadolu Agency says rebels of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, on Tuesday exploded a road-side bomb as a military vehicle …
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SANTIAGO, Chile – Argentina’s president has come out in defense of her Cabinet chief after a media report implicated him as the mastermind in the killing of three men allegedly connected to an ephedrine trafficking ring. President Cristina Fernandez said Wednesday that the accusations against Anibal Fernandez are a politically …
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ISLAMABAD – A Pakistani government minister says a mob angered by long, rolling blackouts in the country’s northwest stormed a power station in the area and cut electricity to several towns and a famous tourist resort popular with local and foreign tourists. The minister in charge of water and electricity, …
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SANTIAGO, Chile – Chile’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ratified a decision to grant probation to a former police officer imprisoned for the 1985 killings of three Communist activists who had their throats slit during the country’s military dictatorship. The top court confirmed the decision by an appeals court in Santiago …
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BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau – Guinea-Bissau’s president has dismissed the government amid mounting tensions between the leader and the prime minister. President Jose Mario Vaz late Wednesday accused the government of corruption, nepotism and obstruction of justice. He dismissed Prime Minister Domingos Pereira and his cabinet with immediate effect, saying a reshuffle …
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ISLAMABAD – The Pakistani government says a senior Cabinet minister has resigned from his post after claiming in an interview that the country’s former spy master Zaheerul Islam wanted to overthrow Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif through violent rallies in Islamabad last year. Pakistan Minister of Information Pervez Rashid says Mushahidullah …
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CANBERRA, Australia – Australia’s beleaguered prime minister faces a political test next month as an opinion poll shows his center-right party faces a large swing against it in a by-election in the nation’s most conservative state. Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s ruling coalition is battling poor polling and internal division over …
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JERUSALEM – Israeli authorities say two separate attacks by Palestinian have injured an Israeli toddler and a soldier. Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said Palestinians threw rocks at an Israeli car near Jerusalem lightly injuring the driver and a 2-year-old girl. Later the Israeli military said a soldier was wounded when …
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BERLIN – Authorities in Germany say they have arrested a Somali man suspected of being among a group of pirates who seized a German freighter four years ago. The MV Susan K, operated by a German shipping firm, was hijacked off the coast of Oman in 2011. Pirates held the …
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