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Armed conflicts and attacks
At least two militants are killed during an attack by the Pakistani Taliban on a cadet college in South Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (APP via Dawn)
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Disasters and accidents
Two people are killed when a Beechcraft King Air plane carrying Hurricane Melissa relief supplies for Jamaica crashes into a pond in Coral Springs, Florida, United States. (CNN) (The Palm Beach Post)
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Disasters and accidents
Four people are killed, including three officials from the national registry, when a passenger Cessna 206 plane crashes in a jungle in Colombia. (Todo Noticias)
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Health and environment
The Pan American Health Organization rescinds Canada's measles elimination status after more than a year of continuous transmission and over 5,000 confirmed cases across most provinces, declaring that the Americas region as a whole no longer meets elimination criteria. (Reuters)
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Law and crime
Ecuadorian president Daniel Noboa transfers 300 high-risk inmates, including former vice president Jorge Glas, to a new maximum-security prison in Santa Elena as part of a security strategy targeting gang activity inside overcrowded prisons. (Reuters)
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Law and crime
A court of appeals in Paris, France, releases former president Nicolas Sarkozy from prison under judicial supervision conditions, less than three weeks after he began to serve a five-year sentence for criminal conspiracy over his 2007 election campaign funds. (AP)