Philippines – Three New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were killed while seven others were wounded in a clash with government forces in the northern Philippine province of Tarlac last Friday. Chief Superintendent Leon Nilo dela Cruz, the new regional director...
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Congo (AP) Soldiers went on an overnight looting and shooting spree in a sprawling Congolese refugee camp, stealing from hungry and traumatized people who have fled fighting in the east of the country, witnesses said Monday. They said one woman was...
Süleyman Can was killed when PKK terrorists opened fire against Turkish security forces in the mountainous region of Ağrı, near the border with Iran, late on Wednesday. Privates Fevzi Güngör and İsmail Uygun were killed in another clash with the separatist...
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31:24 GMT The United Nations Security Council has unanimously agreed to increase peacekeeping presence in Congo, while clashes continue to persist. The 15-member council voted in favor of the deployment of as many as 2,785 troops and 300 police to the...
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The three sides have agreed to hammer out details of the commission within 10 days. That means it should be up and running before Iraq takes control of its own air space when a U.N...Turkey has long complained that Iraq is failing to curb the terrorists...
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Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo have withdrawn, as promised, from some of their positions in the east. Eyewitnesses say the rebels led by Laurent Nkunda have moved back 40km (25 miles) on two fronts north of Goma. The withdrawal comes after...
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki went on national television Tuesday to defend a divisive pact giving U.S. forces three more years on the ground in his nation as opponents reacted coolly to the plan, which is expected to go before parliament today.
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AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo) Armed UN soldiers drive on the back of a pickup truck, Monday, Nov. 17, 2008 in Goma in eastern Congo. Rebels steadily advanced in eastern Congo on Tuesday, and fleeing government soldiers even fought with their allies as army...
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Tutsi rebels in eastern Congo have overrun a government army base, despite their leader's pledge to respect a ceasefire and engage in UN-backed peace talks, witnesses say. Government troops abandoned their position late on Sunday at Rwindi, 130km north...
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The renegade general met former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo, a UN peace envoy, in the rebel-held town of Jomba, in the east. "We agreed to open humanitarian corridors to support the process," he told reporters. On Saturday, Obasanjo had with...
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