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Arabs Head to Baghdad for 'Holy War'

NPR

Published April 8, 2003 at 12:00 AM EDT

Thousands of volunteers head to Iraq from other Arab states to fight the United States and Britain. Some say they are responding to calls for holy war. NPR's Kate Seeleye reports.

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Alberto Fujimori, ex-president of Peru who was convicted of human rights abuses, dies

The Associated Press

Alberto Fujimori, whose decade-long presidency began with righting Peru’s economy and defeating a brutal insurgency only to end in a disgrace, has died. He was 86.
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken reiterates support for Ukraine in Kyiv visit

Joanna Kakissis

Blinken and British Foreign Secretary David Lammy met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who wants the White House to lift restrictions on long-range missiles, and announced more aid.
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Flood sweeps away a hamlet in Vietnam as death toll after typhoon rises to 155

The Associated Press

A flash flood swept away an entire hamlet in northern Vietnam, killing 30 people and leaving dozens missing as deaths from Typhoon Yagi and its aftermath climbed to 155.

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