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where large numbers of Kurdish refugees are fleeing towards Iran. This exodus follows yesterday's capture of northern Iraq's biggest city by the Kurdish faction allied with Saddam Hussein.

that's designed to keep legal immigrants from taking advantage of public assistance programs. Some experts think the efforts will merely shift the burden of helping immigrants to state and local governments.

In apparent defiance of Alexander Lebed, Yeltsin's national security advisor, the Russian military commander in Chechnya has vowed to clear the rebels from the Chechen capital of Grozny.

is in Okinawa to conclude a deal with the island's governor on the status of U.S. bases there. The agreement will allow the U.S. bases to remain despite last week's overwhelming referendum result that called for an end to the American presence there.

Kentucky State Police say a complaint of a man possessing a gun at the Cabinet for Health and Family Services Building in Frankfort appears to be…

In Europe, more than 23,600 people were victims of human trafficking during a recent three-year period, according to a new European Union report. The comprehensive study, which gathered data from more than 30 nations, found that trafficking increased by 18 percent between 2008 and 2010.

An internal report from 2017 warned that a novel respiratory illness was the "most likely and significant threat" in a pandemic and noted likely shortages of masks, beds and ventilators.

State officials say too many people are getting disability benefits in Kentucky, citing a new state report that shows disability enrollment has far…

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As wildfires ripped across Maui last August, a broad communications breakdown left authorities in the dark and residents without emergency alerts, according to a report released Wednesday.