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HPAKANT, Myanmar, July 2 (UPI) -- A mob burned down a mosque in northern Myanmar, the second attack in a little more than one week. Several hundred villagers wielding sticks, knives and other weapons raided and burned the structure around 3:30 p.m. Friday, according to the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar state-newspaper. Local authorities and security forces said they tried to disperse the mob but that the mob was unresponsive and entirely beyond control. No arrests were made and an investigation has been launched....

JERUSALEM — Israel's Mossad secret service agency killed a Palestinian wanted for airplane hijackings by feeding him poisoned Belgian chocolate over six months in the late 1970s, according to a new book, the author said Saturday. The book, "Striking Back," is apparently the first time that details of the killing have come to light. In the book, Jerusalem's Time magazine correspondent Aaron Klein describes how Israel tracked down Wadia Haddad, an operative of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, in Baghdad. Haddad had gone into hiding in the Iraqi capital after Israel began killing Palestinian militants around the...

The Arizona Republic reports that authorities say vandals torched and toppled four 197-foot radio towers that are part of a seven-tower cluster in Black Canyon City, Arizona causing damage in the “millions of dollars.” Off the air because of the incident is Entravision’s KMIA-AM Phoenix, which broadcasts ESPN Deportes. Station manager Tom Duran said it could take "several weeks” for the station to get back on the air. Duran continued, "It's disheartening to know that somebody would do damage like this to a federally licensed facility.”