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In the hot seat: an Air Guard pilot’s view of flying wildfire missions

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Air Force Col. Roger Williams Jr., an instructor pilot with the 156th Airlift Squadron, North Carolina Air National...

Traffic accident kills 16 Kyrgyz nationals in Kazakhstan

Sixteen Kyrgyz nationals were killed and several others injured in a traffic accident in Kazakhstan in the early hours of Tuesday, the country's ministry of emergency said.

At least three killed in bomb blast at Lahore railway station

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Three people were killed and around 40 injured in a powerful bomb blast Tuesday at a crowded railway platform shortly...

Eight die in two plane crashes in Bolivia

Eight people, including opposition Senator Gerald Ortiz, were killed in two separate plane crashes in Bolivia, officials said.

SOMALIA: Burkas to tracksuits

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Going for gold: Female runners at Mogadishu's shelled-out Konis Stadium

Massive prison escape in Pakistan

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Militant and other prisoners have escaped from a Pakistan jail in Bannu, in the north west of the country.

AID POLICY: Does private money buy independence?

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Cholera patients being treated by Cuban and MSF doctors in the Artibonite region of Haiti

'Dead' baby found alive in morgue coffin after 12 hrs

A stillborn baby girl in Argentina was discovered breathing 12 hours after she was buried in a coffin.

At least 19 killed in Afghan suicide bomb attacks

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Suicide bombers struck in western and southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing at least 19 people and wounding 39...

Karachi grenade maker suspects 'missing' stock of being used in Mumbai attack

A manufacturer of hand grenades in Karachi has approached the court over possibly missing stock after he learnt that they may have been used in the Mumbai and Bangladesh terror attacks.