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Kuwait opposition in strong election showing

  Kuwait City / AFP Opposition groups and their allies secured nearly half of the Kuwaiti parliament’s seats, official election results showed on Sunday, raising fears of fresh political wrangling in the oil-rich Gulf state. The opposition and its allies won 24 of the assembly’s 50 seats, the electoral authority announced following Saturday’s snap election called after a dispute over the ...

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Armed men free 5 in India jailbreak

  New Delhi /AFP At least 10 armed men disguised as policemen attacked a high security prison on Sunday and freed a top Sikh militant commander and four others in India’s Punjab state, officials said. The attackers travelled in cars and stormed Nabha Jail after stabbing a guard at the main gate and firing rounds of live ammunition before fleeing ...

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54 killed in Uganda fighting between rebels, army

  KAMPALA / AP Scores of people have been killed in fighting between Ugandan forces and a tribal militia in a remote district near the border with Congo, Ugandan officials said on Sunday as security forces battled armed men protecting a tribal king who is accused of leading the rebels. At least 54 people, including 41 rebels and 13 police officers, ...

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