At least 10 people were killed in an attack by suspected ex-rebeL Seleka Thursday morning in Grimari in the center of Central African Republic (CAR), security sources told Xinhua.

     The sources said the attack took place when the armed group raided Grimari town, 200 km east of capital Bangui and killed for unknown reasons at least 10 inhabitants and injured a dozen of others.  (CAR-Violence)

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     BAKU -- Two men were killed and another one was ted during a counter-terrorism raid against a group suspected of planning terror attacks in Azerbaijan, the country's State Security Service said in a statement released on Thursday.

     The extremists were killed as a result of a special raid carried out by the State Security Service of Azerbaijan in various regions of the country, the statement says, adding that "during the raid the group resisted the police officers" and one of the extremists attacked them with Stechkin automatic pistol.  (Azerbaijan-Counter Terrorism)

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     KIEV -- At least three people were killed after a coal mine collapsed in Ukraine's eastern Lugansk region, local media reported Thursday.

     The accident occurred at 620 meters below the ground at around 8:30 a.m. local time (0530 GMT) Wednesday at the Nikolska-95 mine in Antratsyt district, said Lugansk information center, without giving the reasons for the collapse.  (Ukraine-Coal Mine-Collapse)

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     RIYADH -- Saudi-led coalition announced on Thursday that its forces intercepted a missile towards Mecca from Yemen, Saudi Press Agency reported.

     The missile was destroyed 65 km away from the holiest city in the world for Muslims, while no damages were reported.  (Saudi-Intercept-Missle)

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     UNITED NATIONS -- Russia on Thursday described the latest report by the OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) in Syria as "unconvincing," saying that the report is "not substantiated by sufficient testimonial basis."

     Vitaly Churkin, the Russian permanent representative to the United Nations, made the statement at a closed meeting of the UN Security Council to consider the fourth report of the JIM.  (UN-Russia)  Enditem

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