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| Bombings kill 45 in Shi'ite areas of Baghdad and outskirts - police, medical officials |
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| BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 45 people were killed in bombings in Baghdad and its rural outskirts on Saturday as the government continued to defend the capital against jihadists who four months ago seized major cities in northern Iraq. Islamic State (IS) fighters, who took control of large sections of Iraq this year, regularly target Shi'ite districts in Baghdad and are penetrating surrounding farmland where Iraqi security forces and Shi'ite militias try to push them back. ... |
| Weekend rally in St. Louis against police violence starts peacefully |
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 By Kenny Bahr FERGUSON Mo (Reuters) - Weekend protests in the St. Louis area against police violence have made a tense but peaceful start, with none of the clashes with police that have affected Missouri in recent weeks. Civil rights organizations and protest groups invited people from around the country to join vigils and marches from Friday to Monday over the Aug. 9 shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a white police officer in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson. A march is planned for Saturday morning through downtown St. ...
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| Ten Chinese workers among 27 hostages freed in Cameroon |
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| By Anne Mireille Nzouankeu YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Twenty-seven hostages seized by militant group Boko Haram in Cameroon in May and July have been released, including 10 Chinese workers and the wife of Cameroon's vice-prime minister, authorities said on Saturday. The freed hostages were flown early on Saturday from the Far North region to the capital, where they are being treated in hospital, Minister of Communications and government spokesman Issa Tchiroma Bakary told Reuters. "You can imagine that after the ordeal they are very happy to be released and very relieved. But they are very weak. ... |
| Suicide bomber kills 11 in market north of Baghdad |
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| BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber detonated his explosives belt in a market north of Baghdad on Saturday, killing 11 people and wounding 21 others, medical and police officials said. The attack took place about 28 km (17 miles) north of the capital, between the towns of Tarmiyah and Mishahda. The area has been the scene of clashes between Iraqi forces and Islamic State (IS) fighters, who have taken control of large sections of northern and western Iraq this year. In other violence, four Iraqi soldiers died in a friendly-fire incident in the town of Udaim, 90 km northeast of Baghdad. ... |
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