Month: September 2014

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1. Shiites in a Battered Neighborhood of Baghdad Fault One of Their Own
2. Muslim pilgrims throng Mecca for Haj
3. Ashraf Ghani sworn in as Afghan president; U.S. troops to stay put
4. Over 500 Al Shabaab members accept Somali government amnesty offer
5. As MH370 Search Resumes, Plans for Improving Air Traffic Control in Asia
6. Kurds Continue IS Battle Without Coalition Air Support
7. Human Rights Watch Warns of ‘Authoritarian Drift’ in Turkey
8. Al-Qaida-linked Attack on Houthi in Yemen Kills at Least 15
9. Libya Swears In New Cabinet
10. Iran nuclear talks to resume by mid-Oct: Tehran

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1. Yemen Qaeda claims rocket attack near US embassy
2. Iraqi army says retook dam from IS
3. Afghan villagers hang four Taliban men
4. MH370: Malaysia, Australia, China to work together in phase two of search
5. Shells land in Turkey as clashes intensify around Kobane
6. Iran prays for rain amid acute water shortage
7. Cairo court delays Mubarak verdict until November
8. British aircraft return to skies of Iraq in hunt for jihadis
9. Iran vows to attack Jihadists in Iraq if they near border
10. Car Bomb Kills 10 in Iraq

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1. Malaysia Detains 3 Militants Heading to Syria
2. Bashar al-Assad Steps Up Bombing as West Strikes Militants in Syria
3. Islamic State Tightens Siege of Syria Border Town; More Europeans Join Alliance
4. Wary of Air Strikes, Islamic State Insurgents Change Tactics
5. Afghanistan: Taliban Beheads 12 civilians
6. Qatar Says Fight Against Islamic State Will Fail if Assad Stays
7. Nine Japanese Said to Have Joined Islamic State
8. Britain Arrests More Islamist Suspects After Top Preacher Held
9. Indonesia’s Parliament Puts an End to Direct Regional Elections
10. Boko Haram ‘Leader’, Killed Repeatedly, Continues to Threaten Nigeria

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1. Kurdish Forces Push Back Islamic State in Northern Syria
2. Afghan Election Runner-Up Quells Fear of Unrest, Promises Co-operation
3. Iraqi Woman Activist Killed by Islamic State
4. Iraqi Forces Restoring Control of Besieged Area in West: Police Chief
5. Iraqi PM says Islamic State plans subway attacks in US and Paris
6. 260 Boko Haram Combatants Surrender To The Nigerian Army
7. One of the Girls Abducted by Boko Haram in Nigeria Freed: Police
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1. Bahrain to hold parliament vote in November
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1. Iran says nuclear suspicions are ‘fabricated ambiguities’
2. German police raid flats, mosque over suspected Islamic State ties
3. Make Syrian civilian protection priority, world leaders told
4. Iraq PM Abadi retires two top generals after Islamic State conquests
5. Former US Ambassador to Afghanistan Reacts to Karzai […]
   

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1. KARACHI: Three killed in firing on hotel mostly Shiite in Hussainabad
2. Iran seeks expansion of all-round ties with Saudi Arabia
3. Raids by ISIS Push Flood of Refugees Into Turkey
4. Muslims Refuse To Let Islamic State Hijack Their Religion
5. Bahrain court confirms sentences for Shiite activists
6. US rejects Iran’s offer to cooperate against Islamic State
7. Iraq: Attacks on Shiite Neighborhoods Leave 13 Dead
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1. Iran Chief Prosecutor’s Ultimatum: 30 Days to Block Social Media
2. Afghan rivals sign deal on unity government ending standoff
3. Wife of British hostage appeals to IS
4. Boko Haram ‘kill several’ as they loot Nigeria market
5. Kurdish fighters head to Syria to face ISIS militants
6. Yemen agrees truce with Shia Houthi fighters – UN envoy
7. Casualties in bomb blast near Egypt’s foreign ministry
8. Obama’s strategy won’t work; only Muslims can defeat Islamic terrorism
9. Bomb, mortar attacks on Shiite areas kill 13 in Iraq
10. Suspicions Run Deep in Iraq That C.I.A. and the Islamic State Are United

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1. PM Modi asserts Indian Muslims will live and die for India, but won’t join al Qaeda
2. Syrian children’s deaths ’caused by vaccine mix-up’
3. Turkey opens border to Syrian Kurds fleeing IS
4. France launches first air strikes on IS in Iraq
5. Baghdad blasts hit Shia district
6. New ISIS Video Drowns West in Propaganda Confusion
7. Sistani: Iraq needs outside help to fight ISIS
8. Bomb Kills 2 Lebanese Soldiers Near Syria Border
9. ISIS fighters capture 60 Kurdish villages in Syria
10. ISIS creates police force in northwest Iraq

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