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Myanmar gives citizenship to 209 displaced Muslims, including Rohingya

Rohingya women are pictured at the Thae Chaung camp for internally displaced people in Sittwe, Rakhine state, April 22, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Minzayar/Files

By Jared Ferrie

22/09/2014

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar gave citizenship on Monday to 209 Muslims displaced by sectarian violence, after the first phase of a project aimed at determining the status of about a million Rohingya whose claims to nationality have been rejected in the past.

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Australia seeks broad new security powers after anti-terror raids

Police talk as they guard a house that was involved in pre-dawn raids in western Sydney, September 18, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/David Gray

By Matt Siegel

22/09/2014

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's government is seeking broad new security powers to combat what it says is a rising threat from militant Islamists, the prime minister said on Monday, on the heels of sweeping counter-terrorism raids last week.

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Kurds say they have halted Islamic State advance on Syrian town

Kurdish Peshmerga fighters take part in field training to fight Islamic State (IS) militants at Mount Batnaya near Zummar, September 20, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Ari Jalal

22/09/2014

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian Kurdish fighters have halted an advance by Islamic State fighters to the east of a predominantly Kurdish town near the border with Turkey, a spokesman for the main armed Kurdish group said.

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Iran foreign minister hails 'new chapter' in Saudi ties: IRNA

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif addresses the Council on Foreign Relations in New York ahead of next week's United Nations General Assembly, September 17, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Mike Segar

22/09/2014

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran and Saudi Arabia held their first foreign minister-level meeting since the 2013 election of President Hassan Rouhani, official Iranian media reported, signaling a possible thaw in chilly ties between the rival Gulf powers.

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Syrian air strikes in northwest kill more than 40: monitoring group

22/09/2014

BEIRUT (Reuters) - At least 42 civilians including women and children have been killed in Syrian government air strikes on rebel-held territory in the country's northwest, a monitoring group said on Monday.

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Islamic State urges more attacks on Egyptian security forces

A car drives near a flag belonging to Islamic State militants at the end of a bridge in southern Kirkuk, August 23, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Ako Rasheed

By Stephen Kalin

22/09/2014

CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamic State urged insurgents in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Monday to press ahead with attacks against Egyptian security forces and beheadings, a call likely to deepen concern over ties between the militant groups.

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Fighting close to Libyan oilfield and refinery as rival 'oil minister' appears

By Ayman al-Warfalli and Feras Bosalum

21/09/2014

BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) - Soldiers and police have clashed in the last few days near Libya's biggest El Sharara oilfield in the south, while separate fighting erupted in the west not far from the Zawiya refinery, residents and medics said.

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Spain to repatriate from Sierra Leone priest diagnosed with Ebola

21/09/2014

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain on Sunday sent a military plane to Sierra Leone to repatriate a Spanish Catholic priest working in the African country who has tested positive for the Ebola virus, the government said.

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Yemeni parties and Houthi rebels sign deal to end fighting, form new government

Yemen's President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi speaks as he holds an agreement (L) signed between the government and Houthi rebels, in Sanaa, September 21, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi

By Mohammed Ghobari

21/09/2014

SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen's Shi'ite Muslim rebels on Sunday signed an agreement with other political parties to form a more inclusive government and end days of fighting on the streets of the capital.

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U.S. military struggles to preserve options in Islamic State fight

21/09/2014

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As America re-engages with Iraq and deepens its involvement in the region’s web of sectarian conflicts, the Pentagon has made a practical assessment of the brutal job of stabilizing Baghdad: in the future, U.S. forces may be needed on the front lines.

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