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Cleric eyes government as election upset rocks Iraq
AFP, Published on 15/05/2018
» BAGHDAD - Populist Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr on Tuesday eyed a broad coalition after appearing to deal a blow to both Iranian and American influence with a shock election triumph that has upended Iraqi politics.
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Thousands of Syrians flee raging assaults on two fronts
AFP, Published on 17/03/2018
» ARBIN (SYRIA) - Thousands of terrified Syrian civilians fled for their lives on Saturday, as they sought to escape two raging offensives in a rebel bastion outside Damascus and a northwestern Kurdish enclave.
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Rise of violent Buddhist rhetoric in Asia defies stereotypes
AFP, Published on 12/03/2018
» HONG KONG - Buddhism may be touted in the West as an inherently peaceful philosophy, but a surge in violent rhetoric from small but increasingly influential groups of hardline monks in parts of Asia is upending the religion's tolerant image.
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God and good luck guide train travellers in far South
AFP, Published on 27/12/2016
» SUNGAI KOLOK, Narathiwat - For passengers on the 12:33 train from Songkhla's Hat Yai to Sungai Kolok, god and good luck are touchstones for survival.
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Egypt church bombing raises calls to uproot bigotry
AFP, Published on 17/12/2016
» CAIRO - Growing up in Egypt, Mina and other Copts remember all too well the anti-Christian slurs they used to hear at school and on the street.
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Ukraine's ex-leader Yanukovych accuses protesters of starting war
AFP, Published on 28/11/2016
» KIEV - Ukraine's former Moscow-backed president on Monday accused pro-EU protesters who forced his ouster of provoking the 31-month pro-Russian revolt in the southeast that has claimed nearly 10,000 lives.
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As 'caliphate' shrinks, IS struggles in Egypt
AFP, Published on 25/11/2016
» CAIRO - As the Islamic State group loses territory in Iraq and Syria, one of its deadliest branches is struggling against Egypt's powerful army to maintain a foothold in the Sinai Peninsula.
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Afghan warlord shrugs off violent past in bid to rebrand
AFP, Published on 15/11/2016
» KABUL - Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar roundly refused to apologise over war crime allegations in an audio message to AFP, even as his group attempts to rebrand from a radical, misogynistic movement to a mainstream political force.
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Families ripped apart in Pakistan shrine attack
AFP, Published on 13/11/2016
» KHUZDAR DISTRICT (PAKISTAN) - Survivors of a massive bomb attack on a shrine in southwest Pakistan that killed dozens spoke of their horror Sunday after families were ripped apart in a strike showing the expanding reach of the Islamic State group.
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IS-claimed bombing kills at least 52 at Pakistan shrine: officials
AFP, Published on 13/11/2016
» QUETTA (PAKISTAN) - At least 52 people died and more than 100 others were injured Saturday in a bomb blast at a remote Sufi shrine in Pakistan, officials said, with the Islamic State group claiming the attack.
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