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Kyrgyzstan Says Death Toll From Border Conflict Rises to 36

Kyrgyzstan said on Sunday its death toll from the border conflict with Tajikistan has risen to 36 people, with at least 129 wounded in fighting between the two Central Asian nations.   The former Soviet republics clashed over a border...
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Pelosi: Attacks on Armenia by Azerbaijan Are ‘Illegal And Deadly’

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, visiting Armenia Sunday, has condemned Azerbaijan’s recent attacks on Armenia, calling them “illegal and deadly.” More than 200 people have been killed in the border clashes.   Speaking in Yerevan,...
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UN Decries ‘Shameful’ Yearlong Closure of Girls’ Schools in Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD — The United Nations Sunday renewed its call for Afghanistan’s Taliban to urgently reopen schools to teenage girls, denouncing the anniversary of their exclusion from education as “tragic, shameful, and entirely avoidable.”   Since takin...
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