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Battling ISIS in Hatra, Iraq and more: April 26 in photos
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Iraqi paramilitary troops fire towards Islamic State militants during a battle with Islamic State militants on the outskirts of the ancient city of Hatra near Mosul, Iraq;The robes of Pope Francis are blown over his head by a gust of wind as he holds his homily during the weekly audience in St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City, Vatican; and, Demonstrators march marking the 31st anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster in Minsk, Belarus.
Turkey says detains 1,000 'secret imams' in police purge
By Ece Toksabay ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish authorities said they had arrested more than a thousand "secret Imams" who had infiltrated police forces on behalf of a U.S.-based cleric accused by President Tayyip Erdogan of trying to topple him last July. The nationwide sweep was one of the largest operations in months against suspected supporters of the cleric, Fethullah Gulen, a former ally of Erdogan. Gulen denies any part in the coup led by military officers.
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