TROSTYANETS, Ukraine — The last three Russian soldiers in this Ukrainian town are in the morgue, their uniforms bloodied and torn. The first one’s face is frozen in pain. The second has his wooden pipe in his lap. The third is stuffed in…
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By Juni Kriswanto LUMAJANG - Rescuers in Indonesia raced to find survivors in villages blanketed by molten ash Sunday (5) after the eruption of Mount Semeru killed at least 14 people and left dozens injured. The eruption of the biggest…
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MUNICH - Several people were injured in the explosion of an aerial bomb from World War II in Munich on Wednesday (Dec 1). The detonation occurred at a railway construction site near the city centre, the police said. One person was…
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LIMA - A 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck northern Peru on Sunday (28), destroying buildings including a church tower, injuring at least 10 people and sending shock waves across the region. The strong quake hit at 5:52 a.m. (1052 GMT) at…
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By Shawn Hubler and Giulia Heyward WAUKESHA - They were grandmothers and grandchildren, high school band members and husbands, strutting down Main Street in a celebration that had kicked off the local holiday season for more than a…
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By Minoli De Soysa When Sri Lanka was ruled by kings and queens, they used 32 types of torture to keep their subjects in line. These included being trampled by an elephant and being impaled on a pointed iron pole. Today’s documented…
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By Majeda El-Batsh JERUSALEM - Violent clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians again rocked Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound Monday (10), leaving at least 300 wounded after days of escalating violence. But fears of further…
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By Hannah Beech and Muktita Suhartono JAKARTA - An explosion ripped through a Roman Catholic cathedral compound in the eastern Indonesian city of Makassar on Sunday  (28) morning, shattering the calm of Palm Sunday, a holy day for…
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By Carola Frentzen BANGKOK - Myanmar police and military forces fired at peaceful protesters during demonstrations in the northern city of Mandalay on Monday (15), according to local media reports. News portal Frontier Myanmar cited a…
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KABUL - Dozens of oil and gas tankers carrying millions of dollars' worth of fuel caught fire on Saturday (13), creating an inferno at Afghanistan's biggest trade crossing with Iran, officials said. The blaze broke out in the early…
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