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A volcano erupted on the Indonesia island of Sumatra on Sunday for the first time in four centuries, sending smoke 1,500 metres into the air and prompting the evaucation of thousands of residents, officials said.
 
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CIRCUMCISION A RITE OF PASSAGE

Boys from the Xhosa tribe are in a hurry to be men.


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The attacks targeted the U.S. military’s Forward Operating Base Chapman and at Forward Operating Base Salerno in Khost province near the eastern border with Pakistan, where U.S. and other foreign forces have been stepping up operations against a resurgent Taliban.

NATO forces say Taliban base attacks repelled

Foreign and Afghan troops repelled pre-dawn attacks on two bases in Afghanistan's east on Saturday, with the Taliban saying suicide bombers launched the raids.


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Policemen cordon off a road

China seeks fresh nuclear talks as Kim eludes cameras

China is lobbying neighbours to sign up to a road map for renewed nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea, whose leader Kim Jong-il is visiting China amid conciliatory words and threats of atomic "holy war".


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Venezueal helicopter crashes, 10 soldiers killed

A Venezuelan military helicopter crashed, killing 10 National Guard soldiers who were chasing suspected drug traffickers in a region close to the border with Colombia, an officer said on Saturday.


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