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A suicide attack on a mosque in Herat, Afghanistan kills 20 people.
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A suicide attack on a mosque in Herat, Afghanistan kills 20 people.
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Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions died on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth, in the worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering.
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Puntland, an autonomous state in northeastern Somalia, was officially established following a constitutional conference in Garowe, Issims and tribal chiefs agreed to create a self-declared government until Somalia recovered.
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