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Tuesday 7th December |
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Gunmen storm US mission in Saudi http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4071387.stm At least eight people are reported to have been killed in an attack on the US consulate in the Saudi city of Jeddah. Militants used explosives to break through the fortified entrance and shot their way into the compound. 14 killed in new Kashmir unrest http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story... Fourteen people killed in Kashmir in an upsurge in violence in the troubled region. Kashmiri rebel group Hizbul Mujahideen claimed responsibility for the attack on the security personnel and said 12 soldiers were killed. Bomb wrecks Thai ‘Peace Offering’ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4071229.stm Thailand's troubled south has been hit by fresh violence, just hours after army planes dropped 100m origami birds as a peace offering. A bomb exploded in Narathiwat province on Monday morning, injuring at least one soldier. |
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A big plume of smoke hung over the heavily fortified consulate. |
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German Police raid Islamic Group http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4069451.stm German police have raided more than 30 sites believed to be connected to a banned Islamic organisation, al-Aqsa. The raids happened a day after the country's top administrative court upheld a 2002 ban on the group ‘Honour killing’ cases to reopen http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,2763,136761... More than 100 deaths and disappearances of Asian women are being reinvestigated to ensure they were not victims of "honour" killings. Experts fear the 117 cases may have been killed or driven to take their own lives after being persecuted for bringing perceived dishonour on their families. Fears rise over sequel to Dutch murder film http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,2763... A dutch politician who was forced into hiding after her film about Islam precipitated the murder last month of its director, Theo van Gogh, is to make a sequel. Ayaan Hirsi Ali, 35, a Somali-born feminist who settled in Holland after escaping an arranged marriage in 1992, has vowed not to soften her style for the new production. |
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The charity is accused of having links with Hamas. |
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Israel and Egypt exchange prisoners. http://195.224.230.11/english/?id=12044 http://195.224.230.11/english/?id=12055 A major thorn in the side of Israeli-Egyptian relations was removed Sunday after Cairo freed an Israeli Druze jailed seven years ago for spying and the Jewish state released six Egyptian students. However opposition parties criticised the government for dishonouring Egypt by releasing the Israeli spy. Israel shocked by image of soldiers forcing violinist to play at roadblock
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/... Insurgents in Iraq mounted a third straight day of serious attacks yesterday, killing 17 people when they opened fire on buses delivering workers to an ordnance disposal site. At least 70 Iraqis have been killed since Friday in attacks across central and northern Iraq. First woman on Saudi bank board http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4063723.stm A woman has been elected to the board of directors of a major Saudi bank, making her the first female in the kingdom to occupy such a position. |
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The handover of Azzam Azzam has been seen as a controversial gratuitous move by some parties. |
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Africa: |
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‘Dozens dead’ in Somalia clashes http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4073063.stm At least 50 people have been killed in five days of fighting in central Somalia, according to reports. Another 130 people are said to have been injured in the clashes in the Galgudud and Mudug provinces near the Somali border with Ethiopia. Libya may review Aids sentences http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4071069.stm Libya says it may review death sentences imposed on five Bulgarian nurses convicted of starting an Aids epidemic, which killed 40 children. Foreign Minister Abdelraham Shalgam said that if victims were compensated, the verdicts could be "re-examined". |
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People have been forced to flee as homes are destroyed. |
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