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FBI behind surveillance

[2015-06-03 07:41]

The FBI is operating a small air force with scores of low-flying planes across the United States carrying video and, at times, cellphone surveillance technology - all hidden behind fictitious companies that are fronts for the government, The Associated Press has learned.

Iraq raises alarm about foreign IS fighters

[2015-06-03 07:41]

US-led coalition members carrying out airstrikes against Islamic State jihadists met in Paris on Tuesday as Iraq's leader pleaded for more support against what he said was an increase in the proportion of foreigners in the group.

IN BRIEF (Page 12)

[2015-06-03 07:41]

A New Zealand union is going to court to determine whether Chinese workers who were allegedly exploited while working for the state-owned railway are covered by the country's employment law.

Woman, 92, completes marathon

[2015-06-02 07:47]

A 92-year-old cancer survivor rocked her way into the record books on Sunday, becoming the oldest woman to finish a marathon.

Nation's love for the bottle takes its toll on productivity

[2015-06-02 07:47]

Australia's affliction with alcohol sees its adults spending 91.5 million hours of every month hung over, according to data released on Monday.

Afghanistan harnesses militias to fight Taliban

[2015-06-02 07:47]

Mohammed Omar, the commander known on the battlefield as Pakhsaparan, or "the wall breaker", barked out commands at his bandolier-draped fighters, part of a patchwork of anti-Taliban militias in northern Afghanistan seeking to augment hard-pressed Afghan forces in a strategy fraught with risk.

Suspected MERS patients' movements curtailed by outbreak

[2015-06-02 07:47]

South Korea announced plans to ban those suspected of being infected with Middle East respiratory syndrome from leaving the country amid mounting criticism over the government's botched initial response to the often-fatal disease.

41 charged in building collapse that killed 1,137

[2015-06-02 07:47]

Bangladeshi police charged 41 people, including the owner of the Rana Plaza factory complex, with murder on Monday over the building's collapse in 2013 that killed 1,137 people.

Men in IS-held Mosul ordered to grow beards

[2015-06-02 07:47]

Every time he looks in a mirror, Laith Ahmed is worried. As of Monday, the young Iraqi's hopelessly hairless chin could land him in an Islamic State group jail.

Fighters could endanger their home countries

[2015-06-02 07:47]

The number of Islamic State fighters is swelling as more recruits leave their home countries to join the militants, posing a tougher challenge for the United States in its fight against the extremist group.

Patriot Act is allowed to expire

[2015-06-02 07:47]

The legal authority for US spy agencies' collection of US citizens' phone records and other data expired on Sunday after the US Senate failed to pass legislation extending the powers.

More than 6,400 killed in conflict

[2015-06-02 07:47]

The United Nations said on Monday that more than 6,400 people had been killed in Ukraine, and despite a slowdown in fighting, millions more are suffering from abuses and hardship.

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