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Yemen Police Open Fire On Protesters, Killing 4

YemenPolice first fired tear gas then switched to live ammo at the rally, led by Hawthi rebels who have been fighting against Sunni to tribesmen sympathetic to al-Qaida in the country’s north over the past months and now want to topple the government.

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SANAA, Yemen  — Yemeni police opened fire on demonstrators led by Shiite rebels who were marching toward the prime minister's office in the capital on Tuesday, killing at least four people and wounding 10, officials said. Police first fired tear gas then switched to live ammo at the rally, led by Hawthi rebels who have been fighting against

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Lebanon: Israel Detonates Spying Device, 1 Killed

The Lebanese army confirmed the incident, but said the dead man was a civilian. It said Israel detonated the device “from a distance” through aircraft flying overhead.

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BEIRUT  — Israel remotely detonated a spying device planted in south Lebanon, killing a member of the Lebanese militant Hezbollah in the explosion, the group said Friday. Hezbollah Al-Manar TV said Hassan Ali Haidar was killed after army intelligence spotted a "strange device" in the village of Adloun. A jet detonated the device remotely after

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Oklahoma Governor Puts Executions On Hold Pending Reforms

Gov. Mary Fallin said after investigators presented their findings about an April case in which the inmate writhed and moaned on the gurney.

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OKLAHOMA CITY  — New procedures to improve Oklahoma's execution process must be implemented before the state resumes putting prisoners to death by lethal injection, Gov. Mary Fallin said after investigators presented their findings about an April case in which the inmate writhed and moaned on the gurney. In its report released Thursday about the

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Mistaken US Bombing Blamed On Miscommunication

A “friendly fire” incident in Afghanistan that killed five U.S. soldiers and one Afghan in June was caused by a series of avoidable miscommunications among air and ground forces, according to a military investigation report released Thursday.

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WASHINGTON  - A “friendly fire” incident in Afghanistan that killed five U.S. soldiers and one Afghan in June was caused by a series of avoidable miscommunications among air and ground forces, according to a military investigation report released Thursday. The report from U.S. Central Command, which oversees operations in Afghanistan, cited a

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DOJ To Do Broad Investigation Of Ferguson Police Department

The investigation will look at the practices in the past few years of the police department, including patterns of stops, arrests and use-of-force, as well as the training the officers receive, the person said.

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The Justice Department plans to open a wide-ranging civil rights investigation into the practices of the Ferguson, Missouri, Police Department following the shooting last month of an unarmed black 18-year-old by a white police officer in the St. Louis suburb, a person briefed on the matter said Wednesday night. The person said the investigation

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Egypt Bombing Kills 11 Police Officers

An al-Qaida-inspired group called Ansar Beit al-Maqdis has claimed responsibility for a series of explosions and suicide attacks over the past year, mostly targeting police officers and soldiers. The group claimed its attacks were revenge for the crackdown.

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EL-ARISH, Egypt  — A roadside bomb exploded Tuesday near an armored police vehicle traveling in Egypt's restive Sinai Peninsula, killing 11 police officers, including a senior official, security and medical officials said. The bomb appeared to have been detonated by remote control and it went off as the police vehicle was driving through the

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Ruling On Hong Kong Election Brings The City Closer To A Mass Occupation

In setting tight limits on how far electoral reforms can go in Hong Kong, Beijing issued its firmest reminder yet that it’s still in charge despite the substantial autonomy it promised the city after taking control from Britain in 1997.

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China's legislature on Sunday ruled out allowing open nominations in the inaugural election for Hong Kong's leader, saying they would create a "chaotic society." Democracy activists in the Asian financial hub responded by saying that a long-threatened mass occupation of the heart of the city "will definitely happen." In setting tight limits on

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