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Sunday, September 13, 2015

Suicide bombers kill 7 in north Cameroon town

bombings in the northern town of Kolofata, which has been repeatedly targeted by Nigeria's Islamic extremists Boko Haram.
Midjiyawa Bakari, governor of the Far North Region, said three suicide bombers attacked the town Sunday morning. He said 18 people were severely wounded and were being moved to the hospital in Mora.

9 dead as Kurdish rebels clash with Turkish forces

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's state-run news agency says nine people have been killed — three police officers and six Kurdish rebels — in clashes in southeast Turkey.

Thousands flee 2 fast-moving California wildfires

A car destroyed by the Butte Fire sits on tireless rims at a home in Mountain Ranch, Calif., Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015. Firefighters gained some ground Saturday against the explosive wildfire that incinerated buildings and chased hundreds of people from mountain communities in drought-stricken Northern California. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

A car destroyed by the Butte Fire sits on tireless rims at a home in Mountain Ranch, Calif., Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015. Firefighters gained some ground Saturday against the explosive wildfire that incinerated buildings and chased hundreds of people from mountain communities in drought-stricken Northern California. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
COBB, Calif. (AP) — An explosive wildfire raced across several rural

Fatal Oklahoma prison incident follows earlier summer brawl

File-This March 22, 2005, file photo shows men wait outside the Cimarron Correctional Facility, in Cushing, Okla. Three inmates are dead and five injured after a disturbance at an Oklahoma prison, a spokesman for a private company that owns and operates the facility said Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015. Staff at Cimarron Correctional Facility in Cushing quelled an inmate disturbance around 4:40 p.m. Saturday, said Steve Owen of Nashville, Tennessee-based Corrections Corporation of America. He said in a release that the incident lasted about 40 minutes and was contained to one housing pod. (David McDaniel/The Oklahoman via AP, File)

File-This March 22, 2005, file photo shows men wait outside the Cimarron Correctional Facility, in Cushing, Okla. Three inmates are dead and five injured after a disturbance at an Oklahoma prison, a spokesman for a private company that owns and operates the facility said Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015. Staff at Cimarron Correctional Facility in Cushing quelled an inmate disturbance around 4:40 p.m. Saturday, said Steve Owen of Nashville, Tennessee-based Corrections Corporation of America. He said in a release that the incident lasted about 40 minutes and was contained to one housing pod. (David McDaniel/The Oklahoman via AP, File)

CUSHING, Okla. (AP) — A disturbance at an Oklahoma prison that left three inmates dead and five injured follows a large brawl earlier this summer in which several prisoners at the facility were hurt.

Yemen's exiled president backs out of talks with rebels

FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2012 file photo, Yemen's then Vice President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi attends an inauguration ceremony for his presidential election campaign, in Sanaa, Yemen. The office of Yemen's internationally recognized president says he will not participate in U.N.-brokered talks later this week with Shiite rebels who control the capital and much of the country's north. The Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015, statement said there would be no talks with the rebels, known as Houthis, unless they accept a U.N. resolution that obliges them to withdraw from areas they seized and surrender weapons taken from state institutions. President Hadi fled Yemen earlier this year, and his government is currently based in Saudi Arabia, which is leading a U.S.-backed coalition that has been striking the Iran-supported rebels from the air since March. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)
FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2012 file photo, Yemen's then Vice President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi attends an inauguration ceremony for his presidential election campaign, in Sanaa, Yemen. The office of Yemen's internationally recognized president says he will not participate in U.N.-brokered talks later this week with Shiite rebels who control the capital and much of the country's north. The Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015, statement said there would be no talks with the rebels, known as Houthis, unless they accept a U.N. resolution that obliges them to withdraw from areas they seized and surrender weapons taken from state institutions. President Hadi fled Yemen earlier this year, and his government is currently based in Saudi Arabia, which is leading a U.S.-backed coalition that has been striking the Iran-supported rebels from the air since March. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen's internationally recognized president will not participate in U.N.-brokered talks later this week with Shiite rebels who

Clashes rock Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound

Palestinian women from the Murabitat group protest after being prevented from entering the Al-Aqsa mosques compound in Jerusalem's Old City on September 10, 2015

Palestinian women from the Murabitat group protest after being prevented from entering the Al-Aqsa mosques compound in Jerusalem's Old City on September 10, 2015