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'I was crushed': Fear and panic grip Indonesian town battered by quake
'I was crushed': Fear and panic grip Indonesian town battered by quake
by  AFP

Surrounded by chaos, panicked residents still filled the streets and hospitals of a West Javan town on Monday hours after a quake killed at least 62 people and injured hundreds more. Dozens of aftershocks shook the town for minutes that, for rattled locals, seemed like hours.

E.Africa troops to 'enforce peace' in east DR Congo
E.Africa troops to 'enforce peace' in east DR Congo
by  AFP

Kenyan President William Ruto said Monday that East African troops would "enforce peace" in embattled eastern DR Congo, where the M23 armed group have launched an offensive. The M23 is just one of around 120 armed groups which are active in eastern Congo.

Erdogan says mulling ground operation in Syria
Erdogan says mulling ground operation in Syria
by  AFP

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday he was mulling going beyond air strikes and launching a ground operation in Syria following a deadly rocket strike on a Turkish border town. Erdogan spoke after a rocket strike from Syrian territory killed at least three people, including a child, in a border Turkish town.

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