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Associated Press Visitors look at Pakistan-made unmanned aircraft Thursday at defense exhibition in Karachi, Pakistan. Pakistan is secretly racing to develop its own armed drones, frustrated with U.S. refusals to provide the aircraft, but is struggling in its initial tests with a lack of precision munitions and advanced targeting technology.
Pakistan races to develop drones
KARACHI, Pakistan — Pakistan is secretly racing to develop its own armed drones, frustrated with U.S. refusals to provide the aircraft, but is struggling in its initial tests with a lack of precisi...
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Egyptian train hits school bus, 51 killed
ASSIUT, Egypt — A speeding train that crashed into a bus carrying Egyptian children to their kindergarten on Saturday killed 51 and prompted a wave of anger against a government under mounting pres...
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Associated Press Smoke rises Saturday after an explosion from an Israeli forces strike in Gaza City. Israel bombarded the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip with nearly 200 airstrikes early Saturday, the military said.
Israel bombards Gaza Strip, shoots down rocket
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel destroyed the headquarters of Hamas’ prime minister and blasted a sprawling network of smuggling tunnels in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday, broadening a blisteri...
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Migration change eases return for Cubans
HAVANA — Sydney Gregory has never met her father, an Olympic silver medalist in fencing who defected from the Cuban team at a tournament in Lisbon in 2002 when she was 15 days old. But he recently ...
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Activists: Syrian rebels take control of airport
BEIRUT — Activists say Syrian rebels have taken control of an airport in the country’s east along the border with Iraq after days of heavy fighting with the forces of President Bashar Assad. Ram...
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Associated Press Chairman of the High Peace Council Salahuddin Rabbani speaks during a press conference on Saturday in Kabul, Afghanistan. The leader of Afghanistan's peace council said Friday that Pakistan's decision to free nine Taliban prisoners shows that Islamabad is willing to help push the militant group to the negotiating table and end the violent war now in its 12th year.
Afghanistan says Pakistan will assist peace talks
KABUL, Afghanistan — A top Afghan peace mediator hailed Pakistan’s recent decision to free nine members of the Taliban who favor negotiations, saying Saturday it was a sign Islamabad is willing to ...
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Israelis rush for cover during a siren alert for a rocket fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip, at a hospital in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012. Israel bombarded the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip with nearly 200 airstrikes early Saturday, the military said, widening a blistering assault on Gaza rocket operations to include the prime minister's headquarters, a police compound and a vast network of smuggling tunnels. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
Gazans watch with pride as Hamas strikes Israel
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel’s new offensive against the Gaza Strip has turned into a political bonanza for the territory’s Hamas rulers, while sidelining Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the...
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Hezbollah man wanted by US freed
BAGHDAD — Iraq freed a jailed Hezbollah commander wanted by the United States on Friday, his lawyer said, returning him home to Lebanon in a move that underscores Washington’s waning influence in B...
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Hamas targets Jerusalem as conflict grows
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Palestinian militants took aim at Jerusalem for the first time Friday, launching a rocket attack on the holy city in a major escalation of hostilities as Israel pressed forw...
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Associated Press The freewheeling seaside oasis of Tel Aviv has long served as an escape from the troubles of everyday Israel. But in Nov. 2012, for the first time ever, Israel's financial and cultural capital is also the target of Iranian-made rockets fired by Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip.
Tel Aviv: Beloved oasis outraged by rocket fire
TEL AVIV, Israel — Leehee Goldenberg was having lunch at an outdoor cafe in Tel Aviv, Israel’s largest metropolis, when an air-raid siren wailed. She and other diners knew the drill: They dashed in...
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