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Car bombs target Iraq Shi'ites, killing 43

BAGHDAD - At least 43 people were killed in car bomb explosions targeting Shi'ite Muslims in the Iraqi capital and the southern oil hub of Basra on Monday, police and medics said. | Video

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Israel's Lapid speaks of removing some settlers for peace

JERUSALEM - Finance Minister Yair Lapid, whose new centrist party is the second largest in Israel's government, said on Monday thousands of Jewish settlers would have to be removed from occupied land under any peace deal with the Palestinians.

Israel 9:22am EDT

Pakistan's MQM denounces Imran Khan in Karachi protest

ISLAMABAD - Supporters of an influential Pakistani political party took to the streets of Karachi on Monday to protest against cricket-hero-turned-politician Imran Khan, who has accused it of killing one of his senior staff a week after a general election.

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Egyptian army boosts forces in Sinai after kidnapping

EL-ARISH, Egypt - The Egyptian army sent reinforcements into the Sinai Peninsula on Monday after President Mohamed Mursi said there would be no talks with militant Islamists who abducted seven members of the security forces last week.

Egypt 9:04am EDT

Five dead in Israeli bank robbery

JERUSALEM - A bank robbery in Israel on Monday ended with the deaths of five people, including one of the holdup men who apparently shot and killed himself when police launched a raid to free hostages.

8:20am EDT

South Sudan army says retakes town from rebels in east

JUBA - South Sudan's army has retaken an eastern town captured by rebels two weeks ago, a military spokesman said on Monday, in a conflict that has uprooted thousands of people and hampered government plans to explore for oil.

Africa, United Nations 8:31am EDT