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Scores of militants, police and civilians have been killed in clashes in the Tunisian city of Ben Guerdan near Libya's border, raising concerns about the presence of Islamic State in the region. Gavino Garay reports.
Burmese queue to enter Thailand at an immigration checkpoint in the border town of Mae Sot, many fleeing the newest round of fighting to test the junta's hold on power. The number of people passing Thai immigration from Myanmar had increased to around 4,000 per day in recent days, an immigration official told AFP, up from the usual number of around 1,900. IMAGES
Relatives of Israeli soldier Amit Hod Ziv, killed on the northern border with Lebanon, pay tribute before his burial in Rosh Haayin near Tel Aviv. IMAGES
At least 183 people have been killed since July in clashes in Ethiopia's Amhara region, the United Nations says. Tension in the northern region ratcheted up this year after the end of a devastating war in the neighbouring region of Tigray that also drew in fighters from Amhara. SOUNDBITE
Smoke billows following overnight violent clashes between two main armed groups in the Libyan capital Tripoli and its suburbs, forcing the city's only civilian airport to suspend flights and evacuate aircraft parked on the runway to another city. IMAGES