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German Pilots Join Friday’s Strike at Budget Airline Ryanair
A German pilots union is joining Friday’s strike against Ryanair along with colleagues from Ireland, Sweden and Belgium at the peak of the vacation travel season.
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Philippine Troops Kill 2 Suspected Bomb Couriers in South
The Philippine military says troops have killed two bomb couriers at an army checkpoint before the suspected Muslim militants could detonate the explosives in a crowded area in the restive south.
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Aid Groups Protest Ongoing Bombing of Sanaa Airport
Aid groups say the international airport in Yemen’s capital has been hit with an average of one bomb every two weeks since a Saudi-led coalition closed it to all commercial traffic two years ago.
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Zimbabwe Authorities Arrest Opposition Leader Tendai Biti
A Zimbabwean lawyer says that senior opposition official Tendai Biti has been arrested.
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Iranian Lawmakers Oust Minister in Victory for Hard-Liners
Iranian lawmakers have voted to sack President Hassan Rouhani’s labor minister, in a victory for hard-liners opposed to the relative moderate.
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UN Agency Urges Israel to Allow Emergency Fuel Into Gaza
A U.N. aid agency is calling on Israel to let emergency fuel into the Gaza Strip to avert the shutdown of hospitals and sanitation facilities.
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Twitter CEO Defends Decision Not to Ban Alex Jones, Infowars
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is defending his company’s decision not to ban right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his 'Infowars' show.
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Major Portuguese Wildfire Defies Attempts to Halt It
Emergency services in Portugal are struggling for a sixth day to contain a major wildfire blackening hills in the country’s southern Algarve region.
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Snakes in Stacks Put DC Library Briefly Out of Circulation
A D.C. Public Library branch was briefly closed upon the discovery of some uninvited guests: snakes.
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AP PHOTOS: A Nigerian Asylum-Seeker in Northern Italy
Three or four days a week, Ogochukwu Efeizomor takes a train from Lecco, a lakeside town where he stays in a center for migrants, to Italy’s financial capital, Milan.