Wildfire scorches 8,600 acres in Southern California

A wildfire that has engulfed dozens of homes and displaced thousands of people kept roaring in Southern California late Friday, scorching about 8,600 acres, fire officials said. “We have a lot of resources on the line — our folks are working their hearts out,” Joe Waterman of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection told reporters.

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10 killed in Kashmir fighting

Ten people in the disputed territory of Kashmir have been killed in ongoing gunfights between militants and Indian troops, an Indian defense spokesman said Sunday. “So far we have lost an army officer and three troopers, while six militants have been gunned down by the army in past three days,” Indian defense spokesman, Lt

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