OTTAWA -- A helicopter pilot was killed in a crash Wednesday night, the third death in recent days involving wildfire-fighting operations in Canada, local media reported Thursday.

Police confirmed to the media that the pilot, a 41-year-old man who was helping fight fires in northern Alberta, died from injuries he sustained in the crash, despite life-saving efforts by forestry workers who arrived at the site first. (Canada-Wildfire-Casualty)

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TEHRAN -- Iran has summoned the Swedish ambassador to protest against the desecration of the Quran in Sweden, the official news agency IRNA reported on Thursday.

Swedish Ambassador in Tehran Mattias Lentz was summoned by Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani, who conveyed the Islamic republic's "strong protest" over the sacrilege of the Quran in Sweden, the report said. (Iran-Sweden-Protest)

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TEHRAN -- Two Iranian policemen were killed on Thursday in armed clashes with drug traffickers in the southwestern province of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported.

The clashes occurred on an intercity road when the police chased two suspected sedans that refused to pull over as instructed by the police, according to the Mehr report, citing Ali Varastegi, a deputy police chief of the province. (Iran-Drug Trafficking-Clashes)

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BEIRUT -- The Lebanese and Israeli militaries came close to a direct confrontation on Thursday in the southern Lebanese border village of Kfarchouba, where the two countries are carrying out construction work, the National News Agency (NNA) reported.

The tension was sparked by the village's administration opening a motorway with a bulldozer parallel to the Israeli bulldozing activity in an area near the Blue Line, a demarcation line between Lebanon and Israel, as well as Lebanon and the Golan Heights, a local source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. (Lebanon-Israel-Border Tension) Enditem

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