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OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso and French forces have regained control of a luxury hotel and killed at least three al-Qaida extremists while rescuing 126 people today. The minister of security says at least 10 bodies have been found in an adjacent cafe. He says forces are searching nearby hotels to be sure there were not extremists hiding there.
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The polls are closed in Taiwan where the new president is expected to come from the pro-independence opposition at the expense of the China-friendly Nationalist Party. The voting came amid concerns that the island's economy is under threat from China and broad opposition to Beijing's demands for political unification. The outcome of the contest for a majority in the 113-seat legislature remains uncertain thanks to the influence of independents and smaller parties.
HALEIWA, Hawaii (AP) — There's no word yet on the fate of a dozen Marines aboard a pair of helicopters that crashed during a night training exercise off the Hawaiian island of Oahu. Rescuers continue to search choppy waters where debris was sighted.
NEW YORK (AP) — Police say a 15-year-old girl who was hopping from rooftop to rooftop in New York City fell between buildings to her death. Natalya Jimenez was found in an alley off a series of four- and five-story brick buildings in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan. Police say she and two friends jumped at least three rooftops before they turned to go back to a building and she plunged to the street.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Villagers in some parts of central Mexico are escalating the dangerous practice of stealing diesel fuel from illegally tapped pipelines in defiance of police and soldiers. Officials say there's an imminent threat of tragedies like fires that have burned dozens of people at other sites in Mexico. Pipeline thefts rose 52 percent in 2015 to reach a rate of nearly 15 illegal taps per day.
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