Hong Kong police officer fires service pistol by mistake at Kai Tak headquarters
No injuries reported in incident that occurred when officer was loading her semi-automatic pistol at about 7.10am
· Theodora Yu
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Newest first · UTC+11:00Hong Kong police officer fires service pistol by mistake at Kai Tak headquarters
No injuries reported in incident that occurred when officer was loading her semi-automatic pistol at about 7.10am
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· Isabel McMillan
Criminal networks in Negev, Galilee tighten grip on Israel’s economy, infrastructure
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· Reuters
FBI offers $200,000 reward for former US Air Force specialist accused of spying for Iran
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· Middleeasteye
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· Song Seung-hyun
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· Agence France-Presse
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· Middleeasteye
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· ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
Czech police recover medieval saint’s 800-year-old skull encased in concrete
The 35-year-old suspect told police he objected to the public display of human remains and had planned to throw the skull into a river
· dpa
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· dpa
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· Joseph Sahyoun
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· Agence France-Presse
US Supreme Court denies appeal of Virginia redistricting ruling
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· Agence France-Presse
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· Daniel Farr
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· Joseph Sahyoun
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· Bloomberg
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· Bloomberg
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· Ben Bolch
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· Associated Press
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· Associated Press
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· Daniel Farr
Former secretary of public security in Mexico's Sinaloa state faces US court
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· Michael R Sisak
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· Michael Philipps
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· John Serba
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· CA Post Editorial Board
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· Tyler Durden
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· Rebecca Ratcliffe, Carmela Fonbuena
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· dfarrcap, Daniel Farr
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· Joseph Sahyoun
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· Mark Sherman
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· Maya Yang, Jasonburke
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· Tyler Durden
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· Matt Weidinger
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· RT
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· Imogen James
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· Georgia Worrell
Scammers posing as Chinese cops target international students
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· Megan Gorrey
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· Marina Dunbar
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· Daniel Cody
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