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• Separatists attack on Indian army base in Kashmir kills one - Al

  

  At least six fighters attacked an Indian army camp in north Kashmir on Sunday night, killing one border guard and wounding another, two weeks after a similar attack killed 19 Indian soldiers and ratcheted up tensions between India and Pakistan. The attack on the camp of India’s 46 Rashtriya Rifles in Baramulla, which also houses a unit of the Border Security Force, started at around 10:30 pm (1700 GMT) and repeated exchanges of fire ensued. One border guard was killed and one wounded when fight..

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• Victims Of Turkey's Post-Coup Purge Invited To Prove Their Innocence

  

  Enlarge this image Turks line up outside the Istanbul governor's office, one of the "crisis management centers" set up for those who believe they were wrongly suspended, fired or arrested following the July 15 coup attempt. Gokce Saracoglu for NPR hide caption toggle caption Gokce Saracoglu for NPR Turks line up outside th..

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• Hungarian Referendum On Refugees Is Overwhelming — But Invalid

  

  Enlarge this image Hungarian women wearing traditional costume cast their ballot at a polling station in Budapest, Hungary, during a referendum on EU migrant quotas on October 2, 2016. Arpad Kurucz/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Arpad Kurucz/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Hungarian women wearing tradi..

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• Sterling sinks to three-year low on Brexit, European banks struggle again

  

  LONDON Sterling slumped to a three-year low against the euro on Monday as Britain set a March deadline to start divorce proceedings from the European Union, while worries over Deutsche Bank and Europe's banking sector kept share prices in check.British stocks were the standout performers in Europe, lifted to an 18-month high by the pound's broad and deep weakness and figures showing the fastest rise in UK manufacturing output in more than two years.Apart from Britain's FTSE, however, Europe fa..

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• Russia's Putin suspends plutonium cleanup accord with US because of 'unf...

  

  MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday suspended an agreement with the United States for disposal of weapons-grade plutonium because of "unfriendly" acts by Washington, the Kremlin said.A Kremlin spokesman said Putin had signed a decree suspending the 2010 agreement under which each side committed to destroy tonnes of weapons-grade material because Washington had not been implementing it and because of current tensions in relations.The two former Cold War adversaries are at loggerh..

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