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Deadly Israel raid on Gaza deals blow to truce effortsGaza City, Palestinian Territories (AFP) June 23, 2012 The armed wing of Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, threatened on Saturday to end a three-day-old Egyptian-brokered truce following a flurry of Israeli air strikes. "The air raids by the Zionist enemy are new crimes. We will not stay silent in the face of the crimes," a statement from the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades said. Palestinian medics said two people, including a six-year-old boy, were killed and some 24 wounded in several strikes on the coastal strip overnight and on Saturday. A stri ... read more |
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 Outside View: Game book Take A few steps back, allow a few months to pass, and Syria becomes Libya. ... more | .. |
  Hotel inside S.Africa's Kruger Park irks conservationists South Africa's world-renowned Kruger National Park is to get its first luxury hotel, but not everyone is impressed by the decision aimed at attracting the growing black middle class. ... more | .. |
 More DR Congo soldiers desert ranks: mutineers More than 100 soldiers including two senior officers have quit the army in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to join a mutinous armed force known as M23, the mutineers said Saturday. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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 Once-violent Mogadishu now growing When Ahmed Jama Mohamed returned to Mogadishu, Somalia in 2008 to open a business, he was acting against all odds. ... more | .. |
 Nigerian leader sacks security adviser, defence minister Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan fired his national security adviser and defence minister on Friday, his spokesman said, as fears mounted over spiralling unrest in the country's north. ... more | .. |
  Kenya seizes 600 kg of Nigeria-bound ivory Kenyan security dogs at Nairobi airport Friday outsmarted traffickers and sniffed through a layer of pepper to uncover a 600-kilo cargo of ivory bound for Nigeria, a statement said. ... more | .. |
  Oil key to any Iraqi Kurdistan independence bid Iraqi Kurdistan's efforts to ramp up its oil production and export capabilities increase the viability of independence as an option for the region, which is in a months-long standoff with Baghdad. ... more |
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 World's melting glaciers making large contribution to sea rise H1N1 discovered in marine mammals TD Alvin Marks Starts Of US Hurricane Season Sea level: One-third of its rise comes from melting mountain glaciers Corals turn to algae for stored food when times get tough Tropical air circulation drives fall warming on Antarctic Peninsula | .. |
 East Med tensions simmer over gas riches The natural gas bonanza in the eastern Mediterranean just keeps getting bigger and so do the geopolitical headaches. ... more | .. |
 OPEC Could Collapse As Shale Gas Pops Peak Oil Myth The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, which in its heyday could trigger global economic crises by turning off the oil taps, faces an uncertain future as the shale oil revolution transforms the energy business. ... more | .. |
  Zimbabwe lawmakers get tested for HIV Dozens of Zimbabwean lawmakers on Thursday underwent HIV tests at parliament, with many pledging to undergo circumcision the following day, at the start of a new anti-AIDS campaign. ... more | .. |
 'I was shot for defying Kagame', says Rwanda's ex-army boss Rwanda's former army chief told a South African court Thursday that he was shot two years ago for defying President Paul Kagame, as he testified in the trial of six men accused of attempting to kill him. ... more |
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 Somali Islamists pounded by African troops The Islamist militants of al-Shabaab, like their al-Qaida allies in nearby Yemen, are being driven out of towns they've held for years by Western-backed regional forces who are closing on the southern port city of Kismayu, al-Shabaab's last big stronghold and its financial hub. ... more | .. |
 Israeli civilian, two gunmen killed in Egypt border ambush Militants from Sinai who sneaked across the Egyptian border on Monday killed an Israeli civilian, triggering a firefight with Israel's army which left two gunmen dead, the military said. ... more | .. |
 Six lions speared to death outside Nairobi: official Six lions were speared to death overnight on the outskirts of the Kenyan capital after they strayed from the city's national park and killed four goats, the Kenya Wildlife Service said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Rwanda's ex-army boss testifies of betrayal in murder bid Former Rwandan army chief Faustin Nyamwasa took the stand Wednesday in the trial of six men accused of trying to kill him, detailing how his trusted driver had turned against him. ... more |
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 Nine-Year-Old Mars Rover Passes 40-Year-Old Record NASA Completes First Part of Webb Telescope's 'Eye Surgery' Operation NASA Probe Counts Space Rock Impacts on Mars Ariane Flight VA214's launch vehicle marks a preparation milestone Eutelsat 3D launch a success Stanford professor and former NASA official explains how NASA might revive the Kepler space telescope | .. |
Record ivory heist at Zambia wildlife HQ Thieves stole three tonnes of ivory tusks from a strong room at the Zambia Wildlife Authority (ZAWA), the biggest heist of its kind in the country, an official said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Israel says raid kills Gazan behind Egypt border attack Israeli air strikes on Wednesday killed a Gaza teenager and a militant who the army said was a "global jihad" operative behind a deadly ambush on Israel's border with Egypt. ... more | .. |
 Yemen: Retreating al-Qaida takes revenge The assassination of one of Yemen's top military commanders, presumably by al-Qaida in retaliation for a government offensive, suggests the organization is far from crushed despite growing U.S. involvement in the conflict. ... more | .. |
  UN urges answers on US drone attacks, targeted killings A UN expert on Tuesday urged Washington to clarify its rules on hunting Taliban and other suspects amid a "dramatic increase" in the use of drone attacks. ... more |
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Sinai raid jolts Israel-Egypt peace treaty In a rare move, Israel deployed Merkava tanks to the border with Egypt after an Israel and two marauders were killed in an attack from the Sinai Peninsula, heightening concerns about the two neighbors' landmark 1979 peace treaty. ... more | .. |
  Outside View: Egypt's political process Car manufacturers know, if a new model sells well, stay with it. Simply introduce enhancements annually - but, having made it popular, don't abandon it for one untested. ... more | .. |
 US concerned Egypt's military clinging to power The United States said Monday Egypt's military appeared to be clinging to power after ruling generals declared sweeping new powers just after a pivotal presidential vote. ... more | .. |
  Cape Town juggles buffer between humans and deadly sharks Undetected on the mountain slope, Tino Simmerie sweeps his binoculars over the South African bay where bathers happily splash about in turquoise waters. ... more |
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 Second Generation Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System Intercepts Ballistic Missile Target Northrop Grumman Proves Concept for New B-2 Satellite Communication System Making frequency-hopping radios practical F-35A Completes High Angle Of Attack Testing Carrier-based unmanned jet launch set to open new markets Gunmen kill two NATO drivers in Pakistan: officials | .. |
 Egypt army issues new constitutional document: state TV Egypt's ruling military council has issued an amended constitutional declaration, Egypt's state television reported on Sunday, as polls in the country's key presidential run-off closed. ... more | .. |
 Lions on the loose in Kenyan capital's urban jungle When Danish author Karen Blixen penned her autobiography "Out of Africa", she wrote of the fierce leopards and lions that prowled the coffee estate she farmed at the foot of Kenya's Ngong hills. ... more | .. |
 Herbivores select on floral architecture in a South African bird-pollinated plant Floral displays, such as the color, shape, size, and arrangement of flowers, are typically thought to have evolved primarily in response to selection by pollinators—for animal-pollinated species, be ... more | .. |
  US, others commit to restoring damaged forests The United States, Rwanda and a coalition of Brazilian groups on Monday vowed to restore at least 18 million hectares (45 million acres) of damaged forests. ... more |
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 Islamists in northern Mali fire on two aircraft Islamist militants who have taken control of Timbuktu in northwest Mali fired on two aircraft flying over the famed desert trading town, residents and a journalist said Friday. ... more | .. |
 Egypt army aims to keep centre ground in politics A controversial court decision on the eve of Egypt's second round presidential vote gives the nation's army the means to keep its key political role and challenge the Muslim Brotherhood, analysts say. ... more | .. |
 Work begins on China-backed hydroelectric dam in Cameroon Cameroon's President Paul Biya on Friday launched the official start of work on a Chinese-backed hydroelectric dam expected to become operational by 2017. ... more | .. |
 NATO chief urges ICC team release in Libya NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Thursday expressed "strong regret" at the detention of an International Criminal Court delegation in Libya and urged their swift release. ... more |
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