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UN removes 5 Taliban members from sanctions blacklist, including 2 who died
The U.N. Security Council on Friday removed five Taliban members from its sanctions blacklist, a move sought by the Afghan government to promote reconciliation.
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UK troops squeeze Helmand militants
British forces have made progress in a fresh assault on the Taliban in southern Afghanistan and are holding two compounds.
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25 dead as forest fires rage across Russia
Forest fires raged across Russia on Friday, destroying villages, surrounding one southern city and killing at least 25 people, including three firefighters.
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Floods kill at least 430 in Pakistan
The death toll from three days of flooding in Pakistan reached at least 430 on Friday, as rains bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered landslides.
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3 US troops die, deadliest month of Afghan war
Three U.S. troops died in blasts in Afghanistan, bringing the death toll for July to at least 63 and surpassing the previous month's record as the deadliest for American forces in the nearly 9-year-old war.
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US expert: China oil spill far bigger than stated
China's worst known oil spill is dozens of times larger than the government has reported, and some of the oil was spilled deliberately to avoid an even larger disaster, an American expert said Friday.
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White House: Don't post more secret war papers
The White House is imploring the website Wikileaks not to post any more classified documents about the Afghanistan war, saying U.S. national security and Afghan lives are at risk.
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Soldiers fire on protesters in Kashmir, 2 wounded
Clashes erupted again in Indian Kashmir's main city Friday after two men were wounded when paramilitary forces opened fire on a group of anti-India protesters.
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US 'carefully watching' Myanmar-NKorea talks
North Korea's Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun 's four-day visit to Myanmar is shrouded in secrecy.
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Taiwanese eager to keep separate identity despite warming ties with rival China
In the crowded Taipei theater, Eddy Fang laughs politely at the Chinese ensemble's comic references to jealous husbands and overweight wives but can't help thinking it's all a bit lowbrow in relatively sophisticated Taiwan.
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