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Israeli attorney general orders probe into report that alleged Netanyahu's wife harassed opponents

Israeli attorney general orders probe into report that alleged Netanyahu's wife harassed opponents

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s attorney general has ordered police to open an investigation into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife on suspicion of harassing political opponents and witnesses in the Israeli leader’s corruption trial.
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India's former prime minister Manmohan Singh, architect of economic reforms, dies aged 92

India's former prime minister Manmohan Singh, architect of economic reforms, dies aged 92

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, widely regarded as the architect of India’s economic reform program and a landmark nuclear deal with the United States, has died. He was 92.
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India's former prime minister Manmohan Singh, architect of economic reforms, dies aged 92

India's former prime minister Manmohan Singh, architect of economic reforms, dies aged 92

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, widely regarded as the architect of India’s economic reform program and a landmark nuclear deal with the United States, has died. He was 92.
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Israeli strike kills 5 Palestinian journalists in Gaza. The military says they were militants

Israeli strike kills 5 Palestinian journalists in Gaza. The military says they were militants

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli strike killed five Palestinian journalists outside a hospital in the Gaza Strip overnight, the Health Ministry said early Thursday. The Israeli military said all five were militants posing as reporters.
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Israeli strike kills 5 Palestinian journalists in Gaza, officials say

Israeli strike kills 5 Palestinian journalists in Gaza, officials say

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli strike killed five Palestinian journalists outside a hospital in the Gaza Strip overnight, the Health Ministry said early Thursday.
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Azerbaijani airliner crashes in Kazakhstan, killing 38 with 29 survivors, officials say

Azerbaijani airliner crashes in Kazakhstan, killing 38 with 29 survivors, officials say

An Azerbaijani airliner with 67 people onboard crashed Wednesday near the Kazakhstani city of Aktau, killing 38 people and leaving 29 survivors, a Kazakh official said.
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Taliban say Pakistani airstrikes killed 46 people in eastern Afghanistan, mostly women and children

Taliban say Pakistani airstrikes killed 46 people in eastern Afghanistan, mostly women and children

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s airstrikes on eastern Afghanistan killed 46 people, mostly women and children, a Taliban government official said Wednesday, raising fears of further straining the relations between the two neighbors.
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Desi Bouterse, a dictator convicted of murder who twice ruled Suriname, has died at 79

Desi Bouterse, a dictator convicted of murder who twice ruled Suriname, has died at 79

PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AP) — Desi Bouterse, a military strongman who led a 1980 coup in the former Dutch colony of Suriname then returned to power by election three decades later despite charges of drug smuggling and murder, has died. He was 79.
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An Azerbaijani Airliner has crashed in the Kazakhstani city of Aktau

An Azerbaijani Airliner has crashed in the Kazakhstani city of Aktau

MOSCOW (AP) — An Azerbaijani Airlines has crashed in the Kazakhstani city of Aktau. The Embraer 190 aircraft made an emergency. The number of people on board has not yet been confirmed.
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A Haiti gang attack on the reopening of a main hospital kills 2 reporters and a police officer

A Haiti gang attack on the reopening of a main hospital kills 2 reporters and a police officer

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Two reporters were killed and several were wounded Tuesday in a gang attack in Haiti on the reopening of Port-au-Prince’s biggest public hospital , Haiti’s online media association said.
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