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CBS News - World

Cuba to release 51 people from prison in surprise move amid Trump pressure -- Cuba's government says it will release 51 people from prisons, in an unexpected move that comes as the Trump administration puts immense pressure on the country.

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U.S. military plane crashes in Iraq as status of crew is unknown, officials said -- An aerial refueling tanker crashed in Western Iraq, U.S. officials said.

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Iran shares first statement attributed to its new supreme leader -- Iranian state media say the country's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, in his first public statement, has called for the Strait of Hormuz to remain shut.

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How do other countries view the U.S. and Israel's war with Iran? -- CBS News journalists offer international perspectives from leaders and citizens in a number of countries as the Iran war nears the two-week mark.

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Paralympian Oksana Masters "on top of the world" after winning 22nd medal -- Oksana Masters said she was shocked to win her 22nd Paralympic Medal in Milan.

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Giant underground pipe mysteriously rises over 30 feet in Japan -- The pipe, with a diameter of 11.5 feet, towered as high as 42 feet at one point, according to the Osaka construction department.

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Strike in Strait of Hormuz may be message to U.S., analyst says -- The strike appears to have come without warning, and shows that Iran and its proxies can target ships even without mining the Strait of Hormuz.

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U.S. imposes sanctions over North Korean scheme to fund weapons program -- The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday sanctioned six individuals and two companies accused of aiding North Korea in running a global scheme using remote IT workers to fund their weapons program.

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19 convicted over deadly Moscow concert hall attack claimed by ISIS -- The rampage at a Moscow concert hall killed 149 people and wounded over 600 in one of the deadliest attacks in the capital in years.

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Images show Kim Jong Un and daughter firing guns at shooting range -- North Korea has shown leader Kim Jong Un and his teen daughter firing pistols at a munitions factory as he pushes to modernize the country's conventional forces.

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Will Iran war-linked leap in gas prices boost EV sales? -- Whether the Iran war-linked leap in the price of gas will give a shot in the arm to EV sales will depend on a variety of factors, experts say, so the answer isn't clear-cut.

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Iran war disrupts global oil trade as Trump administration prepares to escort ships -- Iran's relentless attacks on Gulf states and infrastructure appear to be overshadowing interventions by the U.S. and its allies aimed at easing energy prices.

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Iran won't surrender "in a million years," analyst says -- The U.S. and Israel had a "flawed assumption" that the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would lead to the collapse of the regime, said an expert on the region.

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3 brothers arrested in connection with U.S. embassy explosion in Norway -- The men were Norwegian citizens of Iraqi origin who were not previously known to police, police prosecutor Christian Hatlo said. -- Mar 11

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550-pound WWII bomb defused after thousands evacuated -- The discovery caused officials to evacuate 18,000 people on Wednesday, the largest such operation ever in the city, emergency services said. -- Mar 11

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