Major clash leaves 71 Taliban, 5 Afghan security forces dead

Afghan and NATO forces battled Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan's volatile south with rockets, artillery and air strikes, killing 71 militants in one of the country's bloodiest clashes in five years.

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After the war scandals rock Israel

The president is locked in a sex scandal, the justice minister has quit over a purported stolen kiss, the prime minister is haunted by a property deal and the country's top general is under fire for stock trading.

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Twenty-one feared dead as floods hit Indian desert state

At least 21 people were swept away and feared dead as monsoon rains triggered rare floods in the Indian desert state of Rajasthan, officials said Sunday.

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