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North Korea fires sixth missile in three days
SEOUL - North Korea fired two short-range missiles on Monday, making six launches in three days, and it condemned South Korea for criticizing what it said were its legitimate military drills. | Video
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Brazilian killed in hot-air balloon crash in Turkey
ISTANBUL - A hot-air balloon flying over Cappadocia, a tourist destination in central Turkey, crashed after colliding with another balloon on Monday, killing a Brazilian passenger and injuring 24 other people, the Anatolian news agency said. | Video
Former Pakistani dictator Musharraf granted bail
ISLAMABAD - A Pakistani court on Monday granted bail to former army chief and president Pervez Musharraf who has been under house arrest on charges of failing to provide adequate security for former prime minister Benazir Bhutto before her 2007 assassination.
Egypt army sends reinforcements to Sinai after kidnapping
EL-ARISH, Egypt - Egypt's army sent reinforcements into the Sinai Peninsula on Monday after President Mohamed Mursi said there would be no talks with militant Islamists who have abducted seven members of the security forces.
Magnitude 6.8 quake strikes off Chile; no tsunami seen
SANTIAGO - A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Chile on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but Chilean emergency authorities said they saw no prospect that the tremor would generate a tsunami.
Suicide bomber kills senior official, 14 others in Afghan north
POL-E-KHOMRI, Afghanistan - A suicide bomber blew up a senior official and 14 others outside a government office in the northern Afghan province of Baghlan on Monday, police said.
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