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Militants storm security compound in Yemen, kill 5
Associated Press, Published on 05/11/2017
» SANAA, Yemen: Militants set off a large car bomb outside a security headquarters in Yemen's southern port city of Aden early Sunday before storming the compound and placing snipers on the roof, officials said, adding that at least five Yemeni soldiers were killed.
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Iraqi PM celebrates victory in Mosul
Associated Press, Published on 10/07/2017
» MOSUL, IRAQ - Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi celebrated with Iraqi troops Sunday in Mosul after they drove Islamic State militants from some of their last strongholds in a nearly nine-month campaign, although heavy fighting by holdouts continued in parts of the Old City neighbourhood.
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Duterte offers kill bounty for rebels to save on war costs
Associated Press, Published on 15/02/2018
» MANILA: The Philippine president has offered a nearly $500 bounty for each communist rebel killed by government forces to save on anti-insurgency costs and says insurgents are easier to hit than birds because they have bigger heads.
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Venezuela: Helicopter strafes court in 'terrorist attack'
Associated Press, Published on 28/06/2017
» CARACAS, Venezuela -- A police helicopter fired on Venezuela's Supreme Court and Interior Ministry in what President Nicolas Maduro said was a thwarted “terrorist attack" aimed at ousting him from power.
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Australian forces to train Filipino troops on urban warfare
Associated Press, Published on 24/10/2017
» CLARK, Philippines: The Australian defence chief says her country will deploy forces to train Filipino troops on urban warfare following a disastrous siege by pro-Islamic State group militants on Marawi city in the southern Philippines.
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Culture Ministry bans 'Tropico 5' game
Associated Press, Published on 04/08/2014
» Censors under the military junta have banned a city-building simulation computer game, saying it could hurt the country's security, a video game distributor said Monday.
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Rohingya refugees protest exodus, demand rights in Myanmar
Associated Press, Published on 25/08/2019
» COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh: Thousands of Rohingya refugees marked the second anniversary of their exodus from Myanmar into Bangladesh on Sunday by rallying, crying and praying as they demanded Myanmar grant them their citizenship and other rights before they agree to return.
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UN condemns sexual violence by Myanmar military
Associated Press, Published on 23/08/2019
» Sexual violence carried out by Myanmar's security forces against the country's Muslim Rohingya minority was so widespread and severe that it demonstrates intent to commit genocide as well as warrants prosecution for war crimes and crimes against humanity, a UN report charged Thursday.
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Rights group sceptical that Myanmar's military seeks justice
Associated Press, Published on 03/09/2019
» YANGON: Plans announced by Myanmar's military to prosecute soldiers for actions at a village where security forces reportedly killed as many as 400 members of the Muslim Rohingya minority drew scepticism Monday from the New York-based rights group Human Rights Watch.
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First known Filipino suicide attacker identified
Associated Press, Published on 02/07/2019
» MANILA: Philippine authorities have identified as a Filipino militant one of two suicide attackers who set off bombs last week that killed five people and the bombers in a southern army camp, a Filipino general said Tuesday.
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