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Thousands Seek To Flee Myanmar As Junta Plans Mandatory Military Service
More than 1,000 people lined up at the Thai embassy in Yangon on Friday as young people sought to leave Myanmar after the junta said it would impose military service.
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Thousands Flee Homes As California Burns
Firefighters battled Thursday to douse a series of wildfires fuelled by high winds, scorching temperatures and dry vegetation, which have forced tens of thousands of Californians to flee their homes.
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Thousands Flee Fighting In Myanmar's Shan State
Thousands of civilians have fled their homes in north-eastern Myanmar after a recent upswing in fighting between ethnic minority rebels and the army, combatants and witnesses said today.
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Thousands Flee Major Battle With Israel in Gaza
Escalating their ground offensive, Israeli troops backed by tanks and warplanes battled Hamas militants in a crowded neighborhood of Gaza City early Sunday. The fighting, including heavy Israeli tank fire, killed scores of Palestinians, forced thousands to flee and damaged or destroyed dozens of homes.
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One in Five of Gaza Dead are Children
Sobbing and shaking, Ismail Abu Musallam leaned against the wall of a hospital Friday, waiting for three of his children to be prepared for burial. They were killed as they slept when an Israeli tank shell hit their home, burying 11-year-old Ahmed, 14-year-old Walaa and 16-year-old Mohammed under debris in their beds.
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Thousands Flee Ukraine for Russia; Truce Nears End
As a shaky cease-fire in the east entered its final hours Thursday, thousands of Ukrainians in cars stuffed with belongings lined up at the border to cross into Russia, some vowing never to return.
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Thousands Seek To Flee Myanmar As Junta Plans Mandatory Military Service
More than 1,000 people lined up at the Thai embassy in Yangon on Friday as young people sought to leave Myanmar after the junta said it would impose military service.
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Thousands Flee Homes As California Burns
Firefighters battled Thursday to douse a series of wildfires fuelled by high winds, scorching temperatures and dry vegetation, which have forced tens of thousands of Californians to flee their homes.
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Thousands Flee Fighting In Myanmar's Shan State
Thousands of civilians have fled their homes in north-eastern Myanmar after a recent upswing in fighting between ethnic minority rebels and the army, combatants and witnesses said today.
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Thousands Flee Major Battle With Israel in Gaza
Escalating their ground offensive, Israeli troops backed by tanks and warplanes battled Hamas militants in a crowded neighborhood of Gaza City early Sunday. The fighting, including heavy Israeli tank fire, killed scores of Palestinians, forced thousands to flee and damaged or destroyed dozens of homes.
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One in Five of Gaza Dead are Children
Sobbing and shaking, Ismail Abu Musallam leaned against the wall of a hospital Friday, waiting for three of his children to be prepared for burial. They were killed as they slept when an Israeli tank shell hit their home, burying 11-year-old Ahmed, 14-year-old Walaa and 16-year-old Mohammed under debris in their beds.
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Thousands Flee Ukraine for Russia; Truce Nears End
As a shaky cease-fire in the east entered its final hours Thursday, thousands of Ukrainians in cars stuffed with belongings lined up at the border to cross into Russia, some vowing never to return.
