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FARAH, Afghanistan, March 4 (Xinhua) -- At least eight Afghan civilians were killed and 20 others wounded after a vehicle touched off a roadside bomb in the country's western province of Farah on Friday, a local official said Saturday.
"The gruesome incident took place in Bala Buluk district late Friday when the victims were fleeing their houses following a ground engagement between security forces and Taliban militants," provincial government spokesman Mohammad Nasir Mehri told Xinhua.
The initial information found the blast was caused by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), which was planted by militants along the dusty road, he said, adding the local authorities had conducted a thorough investigation into the incident.
"Further information will be shared after the ongoing probe by provincial authorities and military officials," Mehri noted.
Many of the injured remained in critical condition and among the victims were several women and children.
The province with Farah city as its capital, 695 km west of Kabul, has been the scene of heavy clashes over the past couple of months as Taliban militants have been trying to seize control of the restive province.
The Afghan civilians continue to bear the brunt of conflicts as more than 3,490 civilians were killed and over 7,920 others injured in conflict-related incidents across the country last year, according to figures released by the UN mission in the country.
BRUSSELS, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union (EU), released data on Thursday which showed that more than 10 million lower secondary school pupils in the bloc studied two or more foreign languages in 2015.
This means that more than 58.8 percent of lower secondary school pupils studied two or more foreign languages that year. Pupils often enter lower secondary education at the age of 11 or 12, according to Eurotat.
English was by far the most popular language at the lower secondary level in a vast majority of EU member states, studied by nearly 17 million pupils, or 97.3 percent. For example, all pupils attend English classes in Denmark, Malta and Sweden, said Eurostat.
This was followed by French, which was studied by five million pupils. German and Spanish ranked third and the fourth by three million and two million respectively.
In 2015, the most recent year for which there are records, all or nearly all lower secondary school pupils learnt at least two foreign languages in Luxembourg, Finland, Italy, Estonia, and Romania, while fewer than 10 percent of pupils studied two or more languages in Hungary and Austria, data showed.
Rescue workers from Syria's White Helmets group - the subject of an Oscar-nominated documentary - will not attend this weekend's Academy Awards ceremony because of intensified regime bombing and a rejected passport.
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US Customs and Border Protection spokesman Michael Friel said that "individuals need valid documents to travel to the United States," declining to comment further.
Earlier Mens Air Jordan For Sale , Saleh told AFP he wasn't going because of a heavy workload "due to intensified regime strikes on the provinces of Damascus, Daraa and Homs."
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Khatib, who shot much of the footage, had obtained a US visa but cited the same reasons earlier for not traveling.
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"I'm also working on producing another film about the White Helmets that has to be ready in two weeks. I will not go."
The two rescuers had feared they could be barred from attending the ceremony because of US President Donald Trump's late January executive order imposing a 90-day entry ban for citizens of seven Muslim majority countries, including Syria.
The ban has since been lifted by a US federal court, and on February 18 the pair received their visas.
More than 310 Air Jordan Shoes For Sale ,000 people have died since Syria's conflict erupted in March 2011, and more than half of the country's citizens have been forced to flee their homes.
PARIS, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- Radamel Falcao netted a hat-trick on Saturday to help Monaco win 4-0 away over Bordeaux and temporarily top Ligue 1 before Sunday's clash between defending champions Paris Saint-Germain and leaders Nice.
The Colombian striker bundled in Valere Germain's cross to make it 2-0 in the fourth minute after Djibril Sidibe opened the scoring on just two minutes.
Falcao's second goal was also set up by Germain, who picked him out from the right on 50 minutes.
And 14 minutes later, Falcao, who's thriving after two complicated seasons on loan at English Premierships' Manchester United and Chelsea, slotted in a penalty after midfielder Bernardo Silva was fouled.
Five goals in two game, Falcao has tallied 10 in 13 league matches so far, even though four of those appearances have been as a substitute.
Leonardo Jardim took Falcao off with 20 minutes left, two minutes after the home side was down to 10 men after midfielder Adam Ounas was sent off for a crude foul on fullback Djibril Sidibe.
With the victory, the Principality side moved to the top of t.
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