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Consumed by Islamic State, Iraq's Anbar province a key battleground again
BAGHDAD - In recent weeks, the world has watched the battle to save Syria’s border town of Kobani from Islamic State. But the radical jihadists have for longer been engulfing another strategically more vital target - Iraq’s western Anbar province and its road to Baghdad.
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Iran arrests several spies near Bushehr nuclear plant: Fars news agency
ANKARA - Iranian security services have arrested several suspected spies in the southern province of Bushehr where the country's first nuclear power plant is located, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Tuesday.
Death toll in Nepal's worst trekking disaster reaches 43
KATHMANDU - Rescuers on Tuesday pulled out three bodies of Nepali citizens killed in last week's freak blizzards and avalanches, taking the toll in the Himalayan nation's worst trekking disaster to 43.
Baghdad restaurant bombs kill 21
BAGHDAD - A series of bombs targeting restaurants across Baghdad killed at least 21 people on Tuesday, police and medics said.
Egypt court sets January 1 appeal date for Al Jazeera journalists
CAIRO - An Egyptian court has set January 1 as the date for an appeals hearing for the three Al Jazeera journalists serving jail time in Egypt, the network said on Tuesday.
Total CEO de Margerie killed in Moscow as jet hits snow plow
MOSCOW/PARIS - Christophe de Margerie, the charismatic and outspoken chief executive of the French oil company Total , was killed when his private jet hit a snow plow as it was taking off from Moscow's Vnukovo airport on Monday night. | Video
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