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JERUSALEM — Scarred by memories of a pair of attacks on Israeli targets in Africa a decade ago, Israel has dispatched a team of experts to its close ally Kenya to advise authorities on the bloody standoff at a Nairobi shopping mall.




Soldiers arrive at the Westgate Mall on Saturday in Nairobi, Kenya. A gun battle inside the shopping center left several people dead after gunmen attacked one of the city
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Kenyan forces launch assault to end hostage siege

NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyan security forces launched a “major” assault late Sunday on the upscale Nairobi mall where an unknown number of hostages were being held by al-Qaida-linked militants, in an operation officials said would end the two-day standoff that had already killed 68 people.



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Scheme to snag iPhones leads to chaos in US

An overnight campout for the new iPhone turned chaotic Friday morning when two men were arrested for fighting outside an Apple Store and a man's plan to hire homeless people to wait in line for the coveted devices backfired, authorities said.