Azerbaijani minister suggests plane that crashed was hit by weapon

An Azerbaijani minister suggested on Friday that an airliner that crashed this week was hit by a weapon, citing expert analysis and survivor evidence indicating that the plane was struck from the outside.

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Hunt on for Assad loyalists, as 14 policemen killed in Syria

Syria&s new authorities launched a security crackdown yesterday in a coastal region where 14 policemen were killed a day before, vowing to pursue &remnants& of the ousted Bashar al-Assad government accused of the attack.

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Israel blamed for killing five journalists in Gaza attack

Gaza authorities said an Israeli airstrike killed five Palestinian journalists in a vehicle outside a hospital yesterday, but the Israeli army said the victims were Islamic Jihad militants posing as media workers.

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Israeli police set to probe Benjamin Netanyahu&s wife over ‘harassment of witnesses&

Israel's attorney general has ordered police to open an investigation into Benjamin Netanyahu's wife on suspicion of harassing political opponents and witnesses in the Prime Minister's corruption trial.

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Taliban say Pakistani airstrikes killed 46 people in eastern Afghanistan, mostly women and children

Pakistan&s airstrikes on eastern Afghanistan killed 46 people, mostly women and children, a Taliban government official said Wednesday, raising fears of further straining relations between the two neighbours.

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Syrian police impose curfew in Homs after unrest

Syrian police have imposed an overnight curfew in the city of Homs, state media reported, after unrest there linked to demonstrations that residents said were led by members of the minority Alawite and Shi&ite Muslim religious communities.

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