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US MILITARY RAMPS UP AIRSTRIKES
IN IRAQ, WEIGHS ADDITIONAL
TROOPS AFTER EXECUTION VIDEO
THAI ARMY RULER NOMINATED
AS NEXT PRIME MINISTER
STRIKES, COUNTERSTRIKES
RESUME BETWEEN ISRAEL AND
HAMAS AFTER TALKS FAIL
GERMANY PLEDGES TO
ARM KURD FORCES AND
‘SET ASIDE TABOOS’ ON IRAQ
MILITARY ROLE
KHAN DEMANDS SHARIF QUIT
IN TALKS TO END PAKISTAN
CRISIS
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