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Poisoned water sickens Afghan boys
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Protests may cancel Gaga concert
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Protests may cancel Lady Gaga concert
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Attacks on aid workers rising in Pakistan
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Poisoned water sickens Afghan boys
Almost 400 Afghan schoolchildren have been poisoned after drinking contaminated water. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Nearly 400 students fall ill after drinking tainted water, health official says The official suspects poisioning of the school’s well It’s the latest in a string of similar poisonings since at least 2010 (CNN) — Nearly 400 boys at a school in Afghanistan’s Khost province fell ill after drinking water from a well that may have been poisoned, a health official said Tuesday. Eighty of the 389 boys treated for illness Tuesday morning remained hospitalized, two of them in critical condition, said Amir Padshah Mangal, director of the provincial health department.
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Protests may cancel Gaga concert
Indonesian police have recommended Lady Gaga not be issued a permit in the country, because of security concerns. STORY HIGHLIGHTS The performer’s show is under fire from conservative Muslims; police deny her a permit Some consider her shows to be forbidden under Islamic law Newspaper says more than 25,000 concert tickets were sold 2 hours after they went on sale A Christian group also opposed Gaga’s show in South Korea (CNN) — Lady Gaga may have to disappoint a lot of her “little monsters” in Indonesia after Jakarta police recommended that her sold-out June 3 show not be issued a permit because of security concerns
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Protests may cancel Lady Gaga concert
STORY HIGHLIGHTS The performer’s show is under fire from conservative Muslims; police deny her a permit Some consider her shows to be forbidden under Islamic law Newspaper says more than 25,000 concert tickets were sold 2 hours after they went on sale A Christian group also opposed Gaga’s show in South Korea (CNN) — Lady Gaga may have to disappoint a lot of her “little monsters” in Indonesia after Jakarta police recommended that her sold-out June 3 show not be issued a permit because of security concerns.
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Attacks on aid workers rising in Pakistan
A screengrab shows Warren Weinstein urging U.S. President Barack Obama to answer al-Qaeda’s demands or he will be killed. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Rising number of aid workers kidnapped, murdered in Pakistan Pakistan Humanitarian Forum: 19 aid workers killed since 2009 ICRC has suspended operations across most of the country Suspension follows “brutal” death of ICRC worker Khalil Rasjed Dale Islamabad (CNN) — In a three-minute video posted to the internet, Warren Weinstein begs the U.S.
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