CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuelan security forces have deported hundreds of Colombians as part of a security offensive along the border that is ratcheting up tensions between the two neighbors. Gov. Jose Gregorio Vielma Mora of Tachira state said Sunday that 791 Colombians living in Venezuela illegally had been handed over …
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SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea says heavy rainfall has caused dozens of human casualties, destroyed homes and flooded farmland in a northeast area home to a special economic zone. Pyongyang’s Korean Central News Agency said Wednesday torrential rains on Rason city between Saturday and Sunday also destroyed 1,070 houses …
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BEIJING – China’s legislature has approved a prisoner amnesty as part of commemorations of World War II’s end that could see thousands of inmates such as war veterans or juveniles released. The official Xinhua News Agency says the measure approved Saturday could free several thousand prisoners by the end of …
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RAMALLAH, West Bank – A Palestinian security official says several people were wounded during an Israeli raid to arrest a Hamas leader in the northern West Bank. The official said a local leader of the militant Islamic group and his brother were arrested late Monday night in Jenin. Israeli soldiers …
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ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry spokesman says Islamabad is still ready to facilitate the revival of stalled peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban. The spokesman, Qazi Khalilullah, made his remarks at a news conference Friday shortly after Sartaj Aziz, the Pakistani prime minister’s adviser on national security …
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DAKAR, Senegal – Authorities say a small plane carrying seven people including a sick French woman is believed to have crashed into the Atlantic ocean off the coast of Senegal. Magueye Maram, an official with the Senegalese Aviation Authority, said that the plane lost contact late Saturday after departing from …
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast – Ivory Coast’s constitutional council has validated 10 candidates for a presidential election scheduled for Oct. 25. The president of the Constitutional Council Mamadou Kone read the list of candidates Wednesday that included President Alassane Ouattara, and former Prime Ministers Pascal Affi N’Guessan and Charles Konan Banny. …
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NEW DELHI – India says the bodies of six Indian seamen have been recovered three days after their boats were hit by airstrikes in the waters between Somalia and Yemen. India’s External Affairs Ministry says that one Indian is still missing and its embassy in Yemen’s camp office in Djibouti …
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SONOMA, Calif. – Sisters Courtney and Brittany Force topped qualifying Friday night after the first two sessions in the NHRA Sonoma Nationals. Courtney Force led the Funny Car field with a 4.045-second pass at 319.22 mph in a Ford Mustang, and Brittany Force took the Top Fuel lead with a …
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BEREA, Ohio – Browns quarterback Brandon Weeden joked that he felt 40 on his 30th birthday. Weeden, trying to put an embarrassing interception in Sunday’s loss to Detroit behind him, said Monday that he feels he has the support of his teammates despite the gaffe that came one day before …
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