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  Israeli police kill suspected Palestinian shooter

  World | October 30, 2014 14:39 IST

  Jerusalem: Israeli police on Thursday shot and killed a Palestinian man suspected of trying to kill a hard-line Jewish activist in Jerusalem, an incident that threatened to further enflame the city's already high tensions.Jerusalem has

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  Russian rocket engines suspected in launch blast

  World | October 30, 2014 7:06 IST

  Chincoteague, Virginia: Crews searched for scorched wreckage along the Virginia coast Wednesday in hopes of determining why an unmanned commercial rocket exploded in a blow to NASA's strategy of using private companies to send supplies

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  Pentagon orders 21-day Ebola quarantine for troops

  World | October 30, 2014 6:52 IST

  Washington:  Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Wednesday that the U.S. military men and women helping fight Ebola must undergo 21-day quarantines when they return from West Africa -- longer than required for many civilian health

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  Girls' jihadi quest stirs Muslim communities' fear

  World | October 30, 2014 6:55 IST

  Aurora, Colorado:  The strange journey of three suburban Denver girls who authorities say tried to join Islamic State militants in Syria has many in their close-knit east African community worried about whether their own children

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  1,700 killed in Iraq violence in July: UN

  World | August 01, 2014 19:07 IST

  Baghdad:  At least 1,737 Iraqis were killed, and 1,978 others injured in terrorist attacks and violence in July, according to a statement issued Friday by the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI).The statement said that