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Algeria’s powerful army chief of staff Gaid Salah dies

Algeria's powerful army chief General Ahmed Gaid Salah died at a military hospital in the capital Algeris

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US service member killed in action in Afghanistan

A US Green Beret, Sgt 1st Class Michael James Goble, was killed in action in Afghanistan

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Philippines troops rescue 2 Indonesian sailors from Abu Sayyaf in Jolo

Philippine troops rescued two abducted Indonesian sailors in a Sunday pre-dawn raid on an Abu Sayyaf stronghold in Jolo which left two dead

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US approves sale of equipment for Argentina’s 4 P-3C Orion patrol aircraft

The U.S. State Department approved the $78 million possible sale of equipment, parts, support and services for Argentina's four P-3C aircraft

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US awards Boeing $1.4 billion to support foreign AH-64 Apache helicopter fleets

The US Defense Department awarded Boeing a $1,461,384,102 contract to support foreign military sales of the Apache AH-64D/E

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Sudan government and Revolutionary Front rebel coalition agree to extend ceasefire

A coalition of rebel groups and the Sudanese government have signed an agreement to extend their fragile ceasefire another two months

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Car bomb in Tel Halaf kills 5, latest in Syrian town captured by Turkey from YPG

Turkey's defense ministry announced that a car bomb killed a five civilians in northeast Syria, the latest in a series of deadly car bombings

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Russian security service member killed in shooting near FSB headquarters

A member of the Russian Federal Security Service was killed in a shootout near the FSB headquarters in central Moscow

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Explosions hit southern Myanmar town ahead of Suu Kyi visit

Three small explosions went off in a southern Rakhine town in Myanmar just before civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi landed there in a rare visit

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Israel strikes Hamas target after rocket launched from Gaza

Israeli warplanes attacked an arms plant in Gaza after Palestinian militants in the enclave fired a rocket at Israel

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