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U.S. to meet with Taliban for Afghan peace talks

Qatari Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs Ali bin Fahd al-Hajri, right, and Muhammad Naeem a representative of the Taliban attend a press conference at the official opening of the Taliban office in Doha, Qatar

U.S. officials will meet with the Taliban on Thursday in a major breakthrough aimed at opening peace talks to end the war in Afghanistan, as the U.S. prepares for the end of its combat involvement.

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UK Girl Guides drop reference to God in pledge

Britain's Girl Guides have dropped a reference to God in their pledge.
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Flood damages Austrian UNESCO heritage site

A flash flood unleashed by a major thunderstorm has inundated the Austrian village of Hallstatt, which has been awarded special status by the U.N. because of its unique beauty.

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Monsoon floods kill 102 in India, strand pilgrims

India's prime minister said Wednesday that the death toll from flooding this week in the northern state of Uttrakhand had surpassed 100 and could rise substantially.
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Iraq officials say suicide attack kills politician

Iraqi officials say a suicide attack has killed a local political leader and four of his relatives in northern Iraq.

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Palestinian party toughens line on Israel talks

An adviser to the Palestinian president says Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement wants him to stick to long-standing demands for resuming talks with Israel.

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Egypt Islamists blame violence on opposition

Egypt's most powerful Muslim group on Wednesday blamed the secular and liberal opposition for a wave of violence over the appointment of new Islamist governors.
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China's Xi harks back to Mao in party 'cleanup'

China's new leader Xi Jinping is commanding wayward Communist Party cadres to purify themselves of corruption, and he's summed it up in a pithy slogan as Mao Zedong might have done: Look in the mirror, take a bath.

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Syria troops fight rebels near Shiite shrine

Syrian troops backed by Lebanese Hezbollah fighters clashed Wednesday with rebel forces south of a Damascus suburb that is home to a major Shiite Musim shrine in an attempt to secure the area surrounding the revered site, activists said.
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Pope invites Down Syndrome teen on car for a spin

Pope Francis has given a 17-year-old boy with Down Syndrome the ride of his life - sort of.

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Bulgaria parliament revokes security chief choice

Bulgaria's parliament has revoked the controversial appointment of a legislator and media mogul to head the country's security service, which led to several days of large protests.

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