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BEIRUT – Kurdish fighters and their allies have captured a Syrian military base once held by the Islamic State group…
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ISTANBUL – There’s little doubt Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will win this weekend’s parliamentary elections. But observers say…
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Israel chief rabbi under house arrest in graft probe
JERUSALEM (AFP) – Israel’s chief Ashkenazi rabbi has been put under house arrest after a marathon grilling by detectives on…
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At last, an Obama administration official has come out in favor of a fence. He promises it will bring security…
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