[ti:Iraq Launches Operation to Recapture Anbar]
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[by:www.21voa.com]
[00:00.00]The Iraqi government said it has launched an operation 
[00:04.05]to seize control of Anbar province from Islamic State militants.
[00:09.26]A government television broadcast announced the move. 
[00:14.26]Islamist fighters seized the western province's capital, 
[00:19.25]Ramadi, earlier this month. 
[00:21.59]Iraqi troops and pro-government militias have been gathering east of the city, 
[00:27.75]preparing for an offensive to reclaim the mostly Sunni province.
[00:32.80]Kenyan officials say al-Shabab militants attacked a group of police officers 
[00:39.82]late Monday near the border with Somalia.
[00:43.08]Officials say one police officer was killed 
[00:47.38]and at least four others were injured. 
[00:50.86]The attacks took place in Garissa County. 
[00:54.86]In the same county last month, 
[00:57.61]Islamist militants killed 148 people, 
[01:01.71]mostly students, at Garrissa University College.
[01:05.76]The spy trial of American newspaper reporter Jason Rezaian began Tuesday in Iran. 
[01:14.07]The first day of the trial was closed to the public and lasted about two hours.
[01:20.75]The state-run IRNA news agency said the trial was being held 
[01:27.14]in a Revolutionary Court, 
[01:29.18]which usually hears cases involving national security.
[01:33.75]Iranian officials have not released details of any charges against Mr. Rezaian. 
[01:40.77]The trial is expected to last two to three days.
[01:44.96]Mr. Rezaian was arrested last July. 
[01:49.16]He was held for months in an Iranian prison 
[01:53.06]without being charged or permitted to visit with a lawyer.
[01:57.14]Recovery operations in Texas and Mexico are expected to continue Tuesday, 
[02:04.23]after severe weather ravaged the region.
[02:07.61]The city of Houston got as much as 25 centimeters of rainfall 
[02:13.06]in some areas Monday and Tuesday.
[02:16.00]At least six people have died in the storms in Texas and Oklahoma.
[02:23.06]Across the border in Mexico, people are cleaning up in Ciudad Acuna 
[02:28.94]after a tornado hit the city, killing at least 13 people.
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