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Azerbaijan Returns Captured Armenian Soldiers In Exchange For Mine Maps.

Armenia and Azerbaijan have previously swapped prisoners for minefield maps.

Armenia and Azerbaijan have previously swapped prisoners for minefield maps.

Azerbaijan has freed 10 Armenian soldiers captured during deadly border clashes last month.
In return, Armenia handed over maps detailing the location of minefields in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, Azerbaijan's State Security Service said on December 4, adding that Russia mediated the exchange. Renewed border clashes erupted between Azerbaijan and Armenia in mid-November before Russia brokered a cease-fire, ending the worst fighting since last year's Nagorno-Karabakh war. Azerbaijan said seven of its soldiers were killed in the November 16 fighting. Armenia said six of its soldiers were killed and more than 30 servicemen were captured. The violence renewed international calls for the two neighbors to engage in a process of delimitating and demarcating their Soviet-era border. Following the clashes, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian met for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin last week. In last year's six-week war, Baku gained control of parts of Nagorno-Karabakh as well as adjacent territories that had been under the control of ethnic Armenian forces since the end of a separatist war in 1994. Some 2,000 Russian troops were deployed to monitor the cease-fire. Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding districts are one of the most heavily mined areas of the former Soviet Union. Since the end of last year's war, Azerbaijan says more than two dozen of its security forces and civilians have been killed and more than 100 people wounded by land mines in the area. Armenia and Azerbaijan have previously swapped prisoners for minefield maps. Azerbaijan's government hopes obtaining mine maps will help save lives and accelerate construction, so that people displaced from villages and towns during a bloody conflict in the early 1990s can return to their lands. Nagorno-Karabakh is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan.

View from the air of collapsed Baltimore bridge and cargo ship.

View from the air of collapsed Baltimore bridge and cargo ship.

An aerial tour gives a closeup view of the damage to the bridge and the ship. Workers describe loading the ship before the collapse, and a contractor who worked with the missing men shares insights about them. NBC News' Tom Llamas reports. » Subsc...

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High court hears arguments over sale of abortion pills.

High court hears arguments over sale of abortion pills.

As hundreds rallied outside, the Supreme Court seemed skeptical of arguments that the drug should not be made available to women by mail. NBC News' Laura Jarrett reports. » Subscribe to NBC News: NBC News Digital is a collection of innovative and ...

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VOA’s Iacopo Luzi Reports From Baltimore on Bridge Collapse - VOA News.

VOA’s Iacopo Luzi Reports From Baltimore on Bridge Collapse - VOA News.

VOA’s Iacopo Luzi reports from Baltimore, where six workers missing after a Baltimore bridge collapse Tuesday are presumed dead and the search for them has been suspended until Wednesday morning. MORE: » Subscribe to VOA News: » Watch more VOA New...

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What we know about the Baltimore bridge collapse - DW News.

What we know about the Baltimore bridge collapse - DW News.

The US State of Maryland has declared a state of emergency after a cargo ship crashed into a bridge in Baltimore, causing it to collapse. Officials say several vehicles were on the bridge at the time – including one as large as a tractor-trailer. ...

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Sean Hannity: This is sad and pathetic

Sean Hannity: This is sad and pathetic

Fox News host Sean Hannity discusses the Biden administration's response to the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse and the weaponization of justice on 'Hannity.' Subscribe to Fox News! Watch more Fox News Video: Watch Fox News Channel Live: FOX New...

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Known associate of Sean 'Diddy' Combs arrested in raids, law enforcement source says.

Known associate of Sean 'Diddy' Combs arrested in raids, law enforcement source says.

A source familiar with the raids tells NBC News the Homeland Security investigation is focused on sex trafficking. NBC News has not been able to reach the associate, Brendan Paul. A lawyer for Combs says the music mogul is innocent and will clear ...

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