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Iran Says Four Rebels Killed in Fresh Clash

Iranian security forces have killed in a fresh clash four members of an extremist rebel group behind an attack that left 14 Iranian border guards dead, a top border guard commander said Tuesday.

"We clashed with Jaish-ul Adl and killed four of them," the Fars news agency quoted brigadier general Hossein Zolfaqari, commander of Iran's border guards, as saying.

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Four Dead as Police Open Fire during Bangladesh Strike

Police opened fire at Bangladesh protesters on a remote island Tuesday, killing two and bringing to 20 the death toll in demonstrations aimed at forcing the premier to make way for a caretaker government ahead of elections.

An official said police fired rifles after hundreds of protesters from the country's largest Islamic party, a key ally of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), attacked them on Kutubdia island in the Bay of Bengal with rocks and sticks.

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EU Warns 'Urgent' to Rebuild Trust after U.S. Spying

A senior European official warned on Tuesday that it is "urgent and essential" that Washington take action to rebuild transatlantic ties after the revelation that it spied on European leaders.

"Friends and partners do not spy on each other," said Viviane Reding, vice president of the European Commission and EU Justice Commissioner, in a Washington speech.

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Shooting Spree Leaves Five Dead in Small Texas Town

A shooting spree at four homes and a gas station left five people dead and a suspect in custody, local media reported Tuesday.

A woman who answered the phone at the police station in Terrell, Texas was unable to provide information on the shooting, telling Agence France Presse only that "the subject is in custody."

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Mozambique Forces Overrun Second ex-Rebel Base

Mozambique troops have seized a second military base of the former Renamo rebels, the presidency said Tuesday, as tit-for-tat attacks raise concerns of renewed conflict after two decades of peace in the country.

Presidential spokesman Edson Macuacua, said the latest raid occurred on Monday in Maringue in central Mozambique.

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Mali Rulers Lift Arrest Warrants against Tuareg Chiefs

Mali's government has lifted arrest warrants against four leaders of the west African country's ethnic Tuareg rebellion in the name of "national reconciliation", the justice ministry announced Tuesday.

The warrants were issued several months ago against rebel leaders in the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) and the High Council for the Unity of Azawad (HCUA).

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UNHCR Urges Cameroon Not to Expel Nigerian Refugees

The U.N.'s refugee agency on Tuesday urged Cameroon and other nations not to expel Nigerians who have fled their homes amid fighting between Boko Haram Islamist rebels and government troops.

"With the recent escalation of violence in northeast Nigeria, UNHCR is today advising all states against forced returns of people to the region," spokesman Dan McNorton told reporters.

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Deported Roma Girl's Parents Try Again for French Residency

The parents of a Roma schoolgirl whose deportation from France sparked a furor and rocked the government have again applied for French residency, their lawyer said.

Leonarda Dibrani, 15, was deported to Kosovo earlier this month along with her parents and siblings. Her case triggered outrage as she was taken by the authorities while she was on a school trip.

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Britain Says 'Nonsense' that Liberia's Taylor Ill-Treated in Jail

The family of former Liberian warlord Charles Taylor said Tuesday that he is being ill-treated in the British jail where he is serving his 50-year war crimes sentence, but Britain dismissed the allegations as "utter nonsense."

Taylor family spokesman Sando Johnson told a press conference in Liberia's capital Monrovia that prison officers were withholding food and water from the 65-year-old former president, who arrived at a British jail two weeks ago.

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Contested Abyei Wraps Up Vote to Join Sudan or South Sudan

Residents of the flashpoint Abyei region claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan voted on the third and final day Tuesday in an unofficial referendum to decide which country they belong to.

The vote, which is organised by only one of the two peoples who count Abyei as home, is not recognized by either Khartoum or Juba, and has been criticized by the African Union as a "threat to peace".

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