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Australian engineer detained for 5 years in Iraq reunites with family in Ireland

Australian engineer Robert Pether was reunited with his family in Ireland five years after his arrest in Iraq for alleged embezzlement related to a contractual dispute. Despite being denied exit until recently and facing abusive interrogations, a lack of evidence led to a travel ban lift by Iraqi courts. His family expressed relief at the end of an extraordinarily difficult period.

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Likely unexploded ordnance kills teenager in northern Israel

JERUSALEM, Oct 12 (Reuters) - A 14-year-old Israeli boy was killed and 24people were injured when what was most likely an unexplodedordnance went off during a school hiking trip near the border with Lebanon, Israel's ambulance service said on Monday.The area is littered with explosive devices from Israel's conflict with the Lebanese militia group Hezbollah.Rockets and missiles aimed at Israel from southern Lebanon sometimes fail to explode on impact, which can create risks for civilians years in the future.

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