Haqqani Leader Killed in Eastern Afghanistan Airstrike
A senior Haqqani commander named Dilawar was killed in a Tuesday airstrike in Musa Khel district Khost province. NATO says he coordinated attacks on Afghan forces and moved foreign fighters tied to the Haqqani network. Over 530 operations have disrupted the network this year.
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NATO
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Khost
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Alabama farmers face crop loss as immigration law takes hold
In Steele Alabama a group of about 50 growers and workers met to protest a new immigration law that went into effect Thursday. They say it deters migrant labor, leaving tomatoes to rot. farmers warn of lost season and possible farm shutdowns without federal worker programs. Senator Scott Benson defended the law while acknowledging harvest pressures and potential long term effects on produce prices.
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Benson
Beason
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Georgia
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USAID chief cites $600 million aid easing Horn of Africa famine
USAID administrator Raj Shah says relief efforts have slowed the drought to famine in parts of the Horn of Africa and saved countless lives. He notes more than 4.5 million pastoralists stay in communities, with U.S. support exceeding $600 million and ongoing reforms in Kenya and Ethiopia to boost farming and self sufficiency.
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Defecting officers form Free Syrian Army challenge
Beir ut reports that air force colonel Riad al Assad leads a defectors group calling itself the Free Syrian Army with over 10,000 members. He urges soldiers to join to overthrow Assad, signaling militarization of the uprising and raising regional stability fears.
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Riad al-Asaad
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German court reopens Nazi camp guard investigations
Nearly seven decades after World War II German authorities resume hundreds of dormant Nazi death camp guard probes. Prosecutor Kurt Schrimm says investigations began after the Demjanjuk conviction as aging suspects limit delays. Survivors and Wiesenthal Center officials urge swift action as potential prosecutions rise. Demjanjuk, 91, was deported to Germany in 2009 and convicted in May of 28,060 counts of accessory to murder for Sobibor camp service.
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