Joint forces kill 13 gunmen in Baghdad fight
Iraq: US and Iraqi forces killed at least 13 gunmen in battles overnight in Baghdad's Sadr City.
A US military statement described a "complex" battle in the eastern Baghdad slum, a stronghold of fighters loyal to Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.
Zimbabwe: Police have banned political rallies and the opposition has accused the authorities of waging a violent crackdown, as Zimbabwe's political crisis deepens nearly two weeks after a presidential election that produced no official winner.
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