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1 dead, 8 hurt in Colorado school shooting, 2 in custody

Photo: RETRANSMIT WITH ALTERNATE CROP Officials guide students off a bus and into a recreation center where they were reunited with their parents after a shooting at a suburban Denver middle school Tuesday, May 7, 2019, in Highlands Ranch, Colo. Highlands Ranch, May 8 : Two students opened fire Tuesday inside a charter school in an affluent suburb of Denver ...

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Brazil national museum recovers 200 Egypt pieces after fire

Photo: Recovered Shabits, mummy-liked statues, are presented to the media by the National Museum during a news conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, May 7, 2019. Rio De Janeiro, May 8 : Brazil’s national museum said Tuesday it has recovered 200 pieces from its Egypt collection after a devastating fire last September. The collection had 700 pieces and was ...

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7 dead, 10 wounded in Guatemala prison riot shooting

Photo: Covered bodies lie inside the entrance area of the Pavon Rehabilitation Model Farm after a shooting inside the jail in Fraijanes, Guatemala, Tuesday, May 7, 2019. Fraijanes, May 8 :  Gunfire during a riot in a Guatemala prison Tuesday left at least seven inmates dead and 10 wounded, authorities said. National Civil Police said the dead were all prisoners ...

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Bush fire guts four villages in South Sudan, kills 33

A bush fire fanned by gusty winds has gutted four villages in South Sudan’s Western Bahr el Ghazal region, killing 33 people, the president’s spokesman said, adding the toll was likely to rise. The spokesman said in a statement late on Monday that 60 other people were in a critical condition after the fire on Sunday. “The injured are receiving ...

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Death toll of Libya’s Tripoli fighting rises to 432: WHO

Photo: A fighter from forces of the UN-backed Libyan government is seen in Salah Al-Din frontline, Tripoli, Libya, on May 6, 2019. Tripoli, May 7 : A total of 432 people have been killed and 2,069 others injured in the fighting between the UN-backed Libyan government and the east-based army in and around the capital Tripoli, the World Health Organization ...

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China confirms economy czar going to Washington for talks

Photo: Members of U.S. and China delegation led by Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, stand for a group photo session after their meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. Beijing, May 7 : China confirmed Tuesday its economy czar will go to Washington for trade talks despite fears ...

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Myanmar frees Reuters reporters jailed for Secrecy Act crime

Photo: Reuters journalists Wa Lone, left, and Kyaw She Oo wave as they walk out from Insein Prison after being released in Yangon, Myanmar Tuesday, May 7, 2019. Yangon, May 7 : Two Reuters journalists who were imprisoned for breaking Myanmar’s Official Secrets Act over reporting on security forces’ abuses of Rohingya Muslims were pardoned and released Tuesday. The convictions ...

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Qatar to send money for West Bank, Gaza after Israel truce

Photo: A man cries as he carries the body of a four-month-old Palestinian girl Maria Al-Ghazali, who was killed along with her parents in a late Sunday night Israeli missile strike on their family home, during her funeral in town of Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Monday, May. 6, 2019. Dubai, May 7 : Qatar says it will send $480 ...

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Under heavy rocket fire, Israeli reprisals kill 6

Photo: Owners of stores at the building inspect the damage of their destroyed multi-story building in Gaza City, Saturday, May 4, 2019. Palestinian militants on Saturday fired over 200 rockets into Israel, drawing dozens of retaliatory airstrikes on targets across the Gaza Strip in a round of intense fighting that broke a monthlong lull between the bitter enemies. Three Palestinians, ...

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Kim oversees missile firing drills, tells troops to be alert

Photo: This Saturday, May 4, 2019, photo provided on Sunday, May 5, 2019, by the North Korean government shows a test of weapon systems, in North Korea. South Korea, May 5 : North Korean state media on Sunday showed leader Kim Jong Un observing live-fire drills of long-range multiple rocket launchers and what appeared to be a new short-range ballistic ...

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