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thousands of meteors per minute fell through Earths atmosphere so many that it looked like it was raining.stargazers may be able to view them this year.

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The fireballs produced by the Leonids persist longer than the average meteor streak because they originate from larger particles.In the most significant victory over the extremists.

BAGHDAD -- Iraq said Saturday that its war on the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is over after more than three years of combat operations drove the extremists from all of the territory they once held.Iraq now faces the daunting challenge of reconstruction.

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced Iraqi forces were in full control of the countrys border with Syria during remarks at a conference in Baghdad.Over the following weeks Iraqi forces continued to clear patches of the countrys vast western deserts.