Wednesday 8 February 2017

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Indian doctor pulls live cockroach from woman's skull

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NEW DELHI (AFP) - It is the stuff of nightmares - a cockroach crawls up your nose in the middle of the night, burrows in and drives you mad with scratching behind your eyes. But for one Indian woman, this horror story proved all too real.The 42-year-old had a painful crawling sensation behind her eyes when she woke up, so rushed to a local clinic where her nose was flushed and she was sent home.But the sensation did not subside, and it was not until a specialist explored her nasal passages with an endoscope that she learned the awful truth.I saw some tiny legs moving inside, MN Shankar, an ear, nose and throat specialist at Chennais Stanley Medical College Hospital, told AFP on Wednesday.I looked further in and almost five centimetres from the tip of the nose I saw something unusual.I realised I was actually looking at the bottom of a cockroach.The invasive critter had burrowed deep inside her nose, almost to the base of the skull, and was still alive after roughly 12 hours, Shankar added.Using an instrument akin to a vacuum cleaner, Shankar managed to extract the cockroach from her skull intact - still alive and kicking.It was the first time Shankar had seen anything like it in his three decades of medical practice.The woman was doing absolutely fine following the 45-minute procedure, he said, but was embarrassed she had a cockroach up her nose.It was an out of the world kind of thing for her, he said.

Multan: Bid to smuggle gold, foreign currency failed

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MULTAN (Dunya News) - An attempt to smuggle gold and US Dollars was failed by custom officials at Multan International Aiport on Wednesday night, reported Dunya News.According to detail, a woman passenger was arrested as she was trying to smuggle 85 tolas gold, 18 rings, jewellery and more than 20 thousand US Dollars.The custom officials arrested the woman and investigated. According to them, the woman had come to Pakistan from USA few days back and was going to Dubai.

Road accidents in Multan, DG Khan claim 3 lives

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MULTAN/DG KHAN (Dunya News) – According to details, a truck loaded with oranges collided with a tractor trolley near Ghazi Ghat Bridge in Dera Ghazi Khan (DG Khan) on Wednesday, Dunya News reported. Both the vehicles hit another truck and caught fire.Driver of tractor trolley named Akhtar and his helper were killed on the spot while three other people were wounded. Rescue teams reached the spot and shifted the injured to hospital.In Multan, a tractor trolley carrying sugarcane turned turtle near Head Muhammadwala, killing the driver of the vehicle on the spot.

Karachi: 15 accused arrested in Rangers Operation

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KARACHI (Dunya News) – At least 15 accused were taken into custody during Rangers operation in different parts of Karachi on Wednesday, Dunya News reported. Rangers carried out separate operations in Lyari, Hamshaid Town and Shah Faisal area and apprehended six accused. Those who were arrested included one extortionist, two members of militant wing of a political party and a gang was accused. Arms were also recovered from their possession.The Rangers officials also conducted operations in Landhi, Orangi Town and Baldia areas and arrested four accused, including two accused involved in sectarian killings.At least five accused were taken into custody during operation in Clifton, New Karachi and Godap areas. A gang war accused and a member of militant wing of a political party were among the arrested accused.

Karachi: Fire damages PPP leader house

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KARACHI (Dunya News) – According to fire brigade sources, fire broke out at a flat on the first floor of a residential building near Imam Bargah Ali Raza at the MA Jinnah Road in Karachi on Wednesday.Rescue and fire brigade teams reached the spot and brought the fire under control. No loss of life was reported in the incident.Residents of the building informed that the house belonged to Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Sohail Ansari who is currently in Lahore after receiving life threats.Meanwhile, Sohail Ansari has blamed that some unidentified miscreants set ablaze his vacant house and managed to escape from the scene.

PSL: Islamabad and Peshawar to clash in opening match tonight

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DUBAI (Dunya News) - The first match of Pakistan Super League (PSL) second edition would be played between defending champions Islamabad United and Peshawar Zalmi tonight, reported Dunya News.The opening ceremony would take place just before the first match, in which Shaggy, Ali Zafar and Shehzad Roy would perform and entertain the crowd.The first match would start at 9 PM Pakistan time. The highest run-getter would be given Green cap whereas highest wicket-taker would be given Maroon cap.Islamabad United had won the first edition of PSL last year, after beating Quetta Gladiators in the final.

Lahore Lions win first Women's Hockey league title

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LAHORE (Dunya News) - Lahore Lions defeated Quetta Panthers in the final of the womens hockey league to win the first championship, reported Dunya News.Lahore Lions won the final two goals to nil as Ishrat Abbas scored both goals for the victors. In the third position match, Karachi Dolphins defeated Peshawar Deers in a thrilling contest.The match was goalless after given time and then Karachi won it 4-3 on penalties. Karachis Sadia Rehmat was given best goalkeeper award whereas Quettas Nafeesa Anwar was adjudged best player of the tournament.The chief guest was Punjabs sports minister Jahangir Khanzada, who gave the awards and trophies.

Pakistan beat Bangladesh in women's cricket World Cup qualifiers

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COLOMBO (Dunya News) - Pakistan womens cricket team defeated Bangladesh by 67 runs to record their first win in the World Cup qualifiers, reported Dunya News.Pakistani team bounced back strongly after losing their first game to South Africa, as they batted first and had a partnership of 76 for the opening wicket.No Pakistani batter scored 50 but there were many 20s and 30s as Bismah Maroof top scored with 35 whereas Rabiya Shah and Ayesha Zafar scored 34.Pakistan scored 227 in 50 overs as Bangladeshi captain Rumana Ahmed was highest wicket taker with 3 wickets. In reply none of the Bangaldeshi players scored more than 20 apart from Nigar Sultana and Sanjida Islam.Bangaldesh were bowled out for 160 in 49.3 overs as Ghulam Fatima got three wickets whereas Nashra Sandhu and Sana Mir got two wickets each. Pakistans next game will be against Papua New Guinea.

Liverpool should learn from Chelsea: Lallana

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London (AFP) – Liverpool midfielder Adam Lallana believes his side can learn from Premier League leaders Chelsea and put a miserable start to 2017 behind them.The Merseysiders have yet to win a Premier League match in 2017, taking just two points from a possible 12.As a result Jurgen Klopp’s side have dropped out of the top four for the first time since September and are 13 points adrift of table-toppers Chelsea.They managed a draw with Chelsea but their next match saw them beaten 2-0 at Hull on Saturday.Liverpool’s league losses so far this season — to Burnley, Bournemouth, Swansea and Hull – have all come against teams currently in the bottom nine.By contrast, Chelsea have dropped just two points in 12 matches against the bottom clubs, with Antonio Conte’s side holding on to 1-0 wins away to Middlesbrough, Crystal Palace and Sunderland.“You can see they have a lot of experience and that they are used to winning,” Lallana told Wednesday’s Liverpool Echo newspaper.“They know how to win games even when not at their best. You don’t have to always win by scoring five or six.“Maybe that’s an area we need to improve on. We maybe need to realise how good we are at times.”The England international added: “Milly (James Milner) is probably the only one in our group who has that type of experience because it only comes from winning silverware like he did at Manchester City.“Myself and the other players haven’t won titles or loads of cups so we need to learn from him and listen to him because that type of experience is vital.“We need to learn and get back to winning ways in the league as soon as possible.”

British MPs approve bill to start Brexit

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LONDON (AFP) - British MPs overwhelmingly backed a bill on Wednesday (Feb 8) empowering Prime Minister Theresa May to start negotiations on leaving the European Union, bringing Brexit a significant step closer.Members of the House of Commons voted by 494 votes to 122 for a law enabling May to trigger Article 50 of the EUs Lisbon Treaty, which begins two years of talks on pulling out of the 28-nation bloc.The unamended two-clause bill now moves to the House of Lords, where there may be more opposition from unelected peers - and where Mays Conservative party does not have a majority.But its passage through the Commons, where two-thirds of MPs had campaigned against Brexit ahead of the June referendum, puts May on course to begin the withdrawal process by the end of March, as she has vowed.This, elementally, is a straightforward bill which serves only to give the prime minister the power to trigger Article 50 and thereby respect the result of the referendum, said Brexit minister David Jones.The referendum result sent shockwaves around Europe, spooking investors and raising fears for the future of the EU itself.In the early weeks, there was speculation that pro-European lawmakers might try to delay or even stop the Brexit process.May initially sought to bypass parliament, prompting an appeal to the Supreme Court that last month ruled she must obtain their approval to trigger Article 50.But during five days of debate on the resulting government bill, it became clear that most MPs would not stop the process - even if some warned that leaving Europes single market could be disastrous.The opposition Labour party and the smaller Scottish National Party tabled amendments demanding guarantees on market access, workers rights and those of EU citizens in Britain.Each was defeated, although during the process the government was forced to promise lawmakers a vote on the final Brexit deal before it is concluded.Labour imposed a three-line whip, a tough disciplinary measure ordering its MPs not to oppose the legislation, ensuring it would pass.But some 47 Labour MPs rebelled last week, and business spokesman Clive Lewis resigned to back them shortly before Wednesdays vote, bringing a fresh headache for embattled leftist leader Jeremy Corbyn.After two-thirds of Labour voters backed Brexit, many of them driven by concerns over mass immigration from the rest of the EU, Corbyn decided his party could not block the process.But with dismal opinion poll ratings and long-running discontent among MPs over his leadership, a major rebellion could seriously undermine his position.May has promised to prioritise controlling migration in the Brexit negotiations, even if that comes at the expense of giving up membership of Europes single market and its 500 million customers.Concerns over losing access to the continental trading zone have sent the pound plunging around 15 per cent against the dollar since the referendum.Under pressure from MPs, the government was forced to concede on Tuesday that MPs and peers would vote on the agree exit terms and the new trading relationship with the EU.The move helped fend off a rebellion by pro-European members of Mays Conservative party, but left many lawmakers unhappy with parliaments future role.There is scepticism on both sides of the Channel that both an exit deal and a trade agreement can be agreed within two years, raising the question of what parliament would be voting on at the end.Ministers also confirmed that if lawmakers rejected the final deal, the alternative was not to return to negotiations - but to leave the bloc without any agreement at all.

Trump defends immigration order, says courts 'so political'

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WASHINGTON (Agencies) - US President Donald Trump on Wednesday lashed out at the federal judges mulling whether to reinstate his controversial travel ban, calling them so political and saying even a bad high school student would see the law was on his side.I think our security is at risk today, Trump told a meeting of sheriffs from around the nation, as he defended his executive order, which was blocked nationwide by the federal courts a week after it went into effect.Trumps executive order barred entry to all refugees for 120 days, and Syrian refugees are blocked indefinitely. Travelers from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen are barred from entry for 90 days.I dont ever want to call a court biased, so I wont call it biased, Trump said. And we havent had a decision yet. But courts seem to be so political, and it would be so great for our justice system if they would be able to read the statement and do whats right. And that has to do with the security of our country.The Republican president, now in his third week in office, said even a bad high school student would think he was right about his reading of the law - which he read out loud - with comments interspersed.If these judges wanted to, in my opinion, help the court in terms of respect for the court, theyd do what they should be doing. Its so sad, said Trump, who noted he had listened to the hour-long appeals court hearing on Tuesday.The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is expected to rule by weeks end on whether or not to reinstate the travel ban, which created chaos at airports both in the US and abroad, and prompted large protests.The measure was suspended last Friday in a lower federal court, re-opening US borders to the thousands of refugees and travelers who had been suddenly barred from the country.The Justice Department has argued that the federal court in Seattle overstepped by suspending the measure, and that national security is at stake - a position hammered home by Trump.But the three-judge appeals court panel often appeared skeptical during Tuesdays hearing, with Judge Richard Clifton at one point calling the governments argument pretty abstract.The White House insists the decree is in the interest of national security, giving the new administration time to beef up vetting procedures to keep potential terrorists out of the country.Its detractors claim it violates the constitution by discriminating against people on the basis of their religion.

Erdogan, Trump agree joint action against IS in Syria: Turkish sources

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ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and US President Donald Trump agreed in an overnight phone call on joint action against Islamic State in the Syrian towns of Raqqa and al-Bab, both held by the militants, Turkish presidency sources said on Wednesday.U.S.-Turkish differences during former President Barack Obamas administration impeded the U.S.-led campaign against Islamic State, and closer coordination could mean faster progress towards freeing swathes of northern Syria from IS.Erdogan now hopes that relations with Washington, strained by the presence in the United States of a cleric he blames for an attempted military coup last year and by U.S. support for Kurdish militia in Syria, can be reset under Trump.Turkey has the second largest army in the NATO alliance and is key to any success in rolling back and eventually neutralising IS in Syria and Iraq where IS declared a cross-border caliphate after lightning advances in 2014.Turkey has presented a detailed plan to oust Islamic State from its Raqqa urban stronghold in northeastern Syria and strategy discussions with the Trump administration are under way, according to Erdogans spokesman, Ibrahim Kalin.The operational details were not discussed on this call ... Now detailed planning will be conducted in coordination, he told Turkish broadcaster NTV in an interview.Ankara believes recent IS attacks in Turkey, including a New Years Day shooting in an Istanbul nightclub that killed 39 people, have been steered from al-Bab and Raqqa, and regards a clear-out of the towns as a national security priority.Turkish government and Syrian rebel sources said on Wednesday insurgents backed by Turkeys military had taken the outskirts of al-Bab, northeast of Aleppo. If al-Bab falls, Ankara would strengthen its sway over an area of northern Syria where it has created a de facto buffer zone.Syrian government forces have also advanced on al-Bab from the south, bringing them into close proximity with their Turkish and rebel enemies in one of the most complex battlefields of Syrias six-year-old civil war. But Turkey said international coordination was under way to prevent clashes with Syrian forces.The White House said that in the phone call, Trump spoke about the two countries shared commitment to combating terrorism in all its forms and welcomed Turkish contributions to the fight against Islamic State. But it gave few details.Sources in Erdogans office said the two leaders had touched on issues including a safe zone, as well as the regional migrant crisis and the fight against terrorism. Turkey has long advocated a secure zone for displaced civilians in Syria threatened by Islamist militants or forces fighting for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.They also said Erdogan had urged the United States not to support the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia and that new CIA Director Mike Pompeo would be in Turkey on Thursday to discuss that and other issues with Turkish counterparts.There was no immediate confirmation from Washington of Pompeos visit. But the offices of both leaders said Trump had reiterated U.S. support for Turkey as a strategic partner and NATO ally during Tuesdays phone call.Turkey has long urged world powers to help create a safe zone, which it also sees as a way to purge its border of Islamic State and Kurdish militia fighters, and stem a wave of migration that has caused tensions with Europe.Obama and U.S. allies balked at the idea, saying it would entail significant ground forces and planes to patrol a no-fly zone, a dicey commitment in such a crowded and messy conflict.The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of U.S.-backed militias, launched a new phase of its campaign against Islamic State in Raqqa on Saturday.Turkey has repeatedly said it wants to be part of the U.S.-led operation to retake Raqqa from the ultra-hardline Sunni militant Islamic State, but does not want the YPG, which is part of the SDF alliance, to be involved.Relations between Erdogan and Obama soured over U.S. support for the YPG, which Ankara regards as a terrorist group and an extension of Kurdish insurgents fighting inside Turkey.The Turkish army and Syrian rebel groups it supports have been fighting IS in a separate campaign around al-Bab, northeast of the city of Aleppo. Ankara has complained in the past about a lack of U.S. support for that campaign.Kalin said there had been better coordination with the U.S.-led coalition on air strikes in the last 10 days. He added that Ankaras priority remained the creation of a safe zone between the Syrian towns of Azaz and Jarablus, a strip of border territory to the north of al-Bab.The Turkish sources said Pompeo would discuss both the YPG and steps against the network of U.S.-based Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom Turkey accuses of orchestrating last Julys coup attempt. Gulen denies any involvement.Turkey has been frustrated by what it considers to be Washingtons reluctance to hand over Gulen, who has lived in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania since 1999.As you know, we have two fundamental issues with the U.S. administration inherited from Obama’s period. One is the support given to YPG and the other is the (Gulen) problem, Kalin said.Our president spoke about these openly and clearly. Trump was informed on these and, without going into too much detail, he said let’s ask our teams to work on this and let’s give the necessary instructions.

Turkish-led forces advance into outskirts of Syrian city

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ANKARA/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian rebels backed by the Turkish military have captured the outskirts of the Islamic State-held city of al-Bab in northern Syria, the Turkish government and rebel sources said on Wednesday.The advance threatens an important Islamic State stronghold, whose fall would deepen Turkish influence in an area of northern Syria where it has created a de facto buffer zone.Syrian government forces have also advanced on al-Bab from the south, bringing them close to their Turkish and rebel enemies in one of the most complex battlefields of the six-year-old conflict.But Turkey said international coordination was under way to prevent clashes with the Syrian forces.The al-Bab operation must be completed immediately in the period ahead ... In recent days our special forces and the Free Syrian Army (rebels) have made serious progress, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told a news conference.In a sign of Turkish momentum and confidence, the government said its next target would be the Syrian city of Raqqa, de facto capital of the embattled Islamic State group which has also been partly dislodged from its Iraqi stronghold of Mosul.The U.S. military, which is leading an international coalition against Islamic State, said it expected Raqqa to be completely isolated in the next few weeks.Al-Bab has been a major target of a Turkish offensive launched in northern Syria last August to drive Islamic State away from the border and prevent further gains by U.S.-backed Kurdish militia that are also fighting the jihadist group. The city is just 30 km (20 miles) from the Turkish border.A Free Syrian Army rebel commander speaking to Reuters from the southeastern outskirts of al-Bab said Syrian government planes and helicopters were visible to the west of his position, saying there was now an indirect frontline between the sides.But an official in a military alliance backing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said the city was being left to Turkish control, in what appeared to be part of a de facto deal with Russia, Assads most powerful ally.Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said clashes with the Syrian forces had been avoided.As a result of coordination between coalition forces, the Turkish air force and Russia, necessary measures are being taken to prevent any unpleasant incidents or clashes, Yildirim said.Assad has been backed in the war by the Russian air force and an array of Iranian-backed Shiite militias. The Syrian army advance towards al-Bab is aimed at preventing deeper Turkish advances and safeguarding the city of Aleppo, 50 km (30 miles) to the southwest.The Turkish military said in a statement that 58 Islamic State militants had been killed in air strikes, artillery fire and clashes. Four Turkish soldiers had been killed and at least a dozen wounded. The advancing forces had captured strategic hilltops around al-Bab, the army said.A Syrian rebel fighter reached by Reuters said he was speaking from inside al-Bab where he said Islamic State lines were collapsing. Praise God, the progress is fast, he said.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based organisation that reports on the war, cautioned that it was not yet clear if Islamic State had collapsed entirely in the city. It said at least six people had been killed and 12 more wounded in the latest shelling there.The organisation says Turkish bombardment has killed scores of people since December. Turkey says it has been careful to avoid civilian casualties.Islamic State is being fought by three separate military alliances in northern Syria, including the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces which incorporate the Kurdish YPG militia.U.S. support for the YPG has angered Turkey, which views it as an extension of a Kurdish militia that is waging an insurgency in Turkey.A spokesman for Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey had presented a detailed plan to drive Islamic State out of Raqqa and discussions on the issue were under way.Spokesman Ibrahim Kalin told broadcaster NTV there had been better coordination with the U.S.-led coalition on air strikes in the last 10 days and Ankaras priority was to establish a safe zone between the Syrian towns of Azaz and Jarablus, which are just over the border.The safe zone is an important goal for Ankara because it would mean that civilians displaced by the conflict could be provided for in Syria, rather than crossing into Turkey.Turkish sources said Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed in a phone call overnight to act jointly against Islamic State in al-Bab and Raqqa.The White House said in a statement that Trump spoke about the two countries shared commitment to combating terrorism in all its forms and welcomed Turkeys contributions to the fight against Islamic State, but it gave no further details.

UN needs US$2.1 billion to avert famine in Yemen

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GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Wednesday that 12 million people in Yemen faced the threat of famine brought on by two years of civil war and the situation was rapidly deteriorating.It appealed for US$2.1 billion (£1.6 billion) to provide food and other life-saving aid, saying that Yemens economy and institutions are collapsing and its infrastructure has been devastated.If there is no immediate action, and despite the ongoing humanitarian efforts, famine is now a real possibility for 2017. Malnutrition is rife and rising at an alarming rate, U.N. emergency relief coordinator Stephen OBrien told a news briefing.A staggering 7.3 million people do not know where their next meal is coming from, he said.Yemen has been divided by nearly two years of civil war that pits the Iran-allied Houthi group against a Western-backed Sunni Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia that is carrying out air strikes. At least 10,000 people have been killed in the fighting.Nearly 3.3 million people - including 2.1 million children - are acutely malnourished, U.N. figures show. They include 460,000 children under age five with the worst form of malnutrition who risk dying of pneumonia or diarrhoeal disease.About 55 percent of Yemens medical facilities do not function and the health ministry has no operational budget, said Jamie McGoldrick, U.N. humanitarian coordinator in Yemen.Many of the people never make it to the feeding centres or the hospitals because they cant afford the transport, he said.Many people die silent and unrecorded deaths, they die at home, they are buried before they are ever recorded.In all, nearly 19 million Yemenis - more than two-thirds of the population - need assistance and protection, the United Nations said.Ongoing air strikes and fighting continue to inflict heavy casualties, damage public and private infrastructure, and impede delivery of humanitarian assistance, it said.The Yemeni economy is being wilfully destroyed, it added, saying that ports, roads, bridges, factories and markets have been hit.Yemens main port at Hodeida is badly damaged and lacks cranes for offloading, leaving 30 ships offshore at any time and delaying deliveries, McGoldrick said. The Saudi-led coalition imposes strict restrictions on the ports which it controls.An estimated 63,000 Yemeni children died last year of preventable causes often linked to malnutrition, the U.N. Childrens Fund (UNICEF) said last week.In Yemen, if bombs don’t kill you, a slow and painful death by starvation is now an increasing threat, Jan Egeland, secretary-general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, said in a statement as the U.N. plan was launched.

US air strikes in Syria kill 11 al Qaeda operatives: Pentagon

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US forces killed 11 al Qaeda operatives in two air strikes near Idlib, Syria, this month, including a member with links to the late Osama bin Laden and other top leaders of the group, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.It said a Feb. 4 strike killed Abu Hani al-Masri, who it said oversaw the creation and operation of many al Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan in the 1980s and 1990s, where he recruited, indoctrinated, trained and equipped thousands of terrorists.Al-Masri had ties to bin Laden and al Qaedas current leader, Ayman al-Zawahri, the Pentagon said in a statement.Ten al Qaeda members were killed in an air strike on a building used as a meeting place on Feb. 3, it said.
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