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Taliban Trap Civilians in Pakistani War Zone

MINGORA, Pakistan – Thousands of Pakistanis skirted burning military trucks Thursday as they fled clashes between Taliban militants and the army in the northwest, adding a humanitarian emergency to the nation’s daunting challenges. Refugees overwhelmed camps and hospitals to the south of the fighting, leading Pakistan’s prime minister to make …

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Pa. Man Marries in Courthouse as Jury Decides His Fate at Trial

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. – A suburban Philadelphia man asked a judge to perform a wedding ceremony while the jury in the man’s criminal trial was still deliberating the verdict. Twenty-year-old Timothy Zalut, of Doylestown, was on trial on assault charges this week in Bucks County Court. When it appeared that he …

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May Day Rallies Protesting Economic Crisis Turn Violent

MOSCOW – Workers rallied Friday in European cities to mark May Day, with tens of thousands of demonstrators across Russia supporting or slamming the government amid growing unemployment and economic troubles. In Turkey — which only last week declared the international labor day a public holiday — union workers held …

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