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• Somali forces raid 1 of many hijacked ships
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somali forces raided one of the many ships hijacked off the country's coast Sunday as a deadline loomed in a standoff aboard another, arms-laden vessel, officials said. Troops in northern Somalia's semiautonomous Puntland region ...
• Suspected U.S. missile strike kills 5 in Pakistan
Also Sunday, security forces waging an offensive in the Bajur tribal region killed at least 25 more suspected militants, government official Jamil Khan said. Suspected militants killed in clashes Khan told the AP that helicopter gunships shelled ...
• Afghan official: More than 100 Taliban killed
Taliban fighters used rockets and heavy weapons to attack Afghan forces on the outskirts of Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand province, said Daud Ahmadi, spokesman for Helmand's governor. Militants attacked the city from three sides just after ...
• Iran forces down Hungarian plane
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran forced an aircraft carrying Hungarian military officials to land after it entered its airspace, Hungary's Defense Ministry said Tuesday. The plane was allowed to continue to Afghanistan after it was determined the entry was ...
• Turbulence forces Qantas emergency landing
SYDNEY - More than 30 people were injured, some with broken bones and lacerations, when a Qantas passenger jet flying from Singapore to Perth struck turbulence Tuesday and had to make an emergency landing at a remote Australian airport, officials ...