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Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union Party lost to the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany Party in Merkel’s home district. The Social Democratic Party came in first, with Alternative for Germany second and the Christian Democrats third.
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Turkey’s prime minister said the government would never allow an “artificial state” to exist in northern Syria, which is code-speak for “a Kurdish state.” Turkey’s government is much more interested in thwarting the Kurds than in defeating ISIS. The prime minister also said the government will spend $3.4 billion in southeastern Turkey repairing the damage it created while chasing the PKK.
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A fuel tanker truck collided with a bus in Afghanistan, killing 38 people.
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Another district in Afghanistan’s Paktika province fell to the Taliban.
