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    LEBANON: TWO KILLED AS RIVAL CHRISTIAN FACTIONS IN NORTH LEBANON CLASH September 17, 2008

    (SomaliNet) Security sources said on Wednesday that clashes between rival Christian factions in north Lebanon left at least two people dead and three others wounded. According to the sources, the fighting broke out hours after Lebanese leaders held talks to discuss differences and ease sectarian

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    MIDDLE EAST: 11 PEOPLE KILLED IN GAZA CLASH September 17, 2008

    (SomaliNet) A Hamas security source said, eleven people were killed in a clash with Hamas police in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday. According to reports, fighting broke out between Hamas security forces and members of the Doghmosh clan, as Hamas forces responded to the killing of a policeman on Monday

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    CHINA: THIRD CHILD DIES, OVER 6,000 INFANTS SICK FROM TOXIC MILK September 17, 2008

    (SomaliNet) Chinese authorities said on Wednesday that a third child has died and 6,244 infants have fallen sick from ingesting toxic milk. China’s Health Minister Chen Zhu told a televised news conference that the number of infants diagnosed with "acute kidney failure" had risen to 158. Acc

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    INDIA: POLICE SHOOTS DEAD MAN BEHIND DELHI BLASTS THAT KILLED 23 September 19, 2008

    (SomaliNet)Indian police said they shot dead on Friday the man behind last week's serial blasts that killed 23 people. According to police, Bashir alias Atif, had planned the Indian Mujahideen's attack in Delhi as well attacks on the western cities of Ahmedabad and Jaipur, where a total of more

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    SRI LANKA: SRI LANKAN SOLDIERS, SAILORS KILL 63 TAMIL TIGER REBELS September 19, 2008

    (SomaliNet) In rebels in a second day of fierce combat in the north of the Indian Ocean island nation, Sri Lankan soldiers and sailors killed at least 63 Tamil Tiger, the military said on Friday. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said they had repulsed an army advance, killed 25 troops

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    YEMEN: TWO COLOMBIAN OIL EXPERTS AMONG 4 KIDNAPPED IN EAST OF YEMEN September 20, 2008

    (SomaliNet) Local Yemeni sources said two Colombian oil experts, along with two Yemenis, were kidnapped in the Shabwa province, east of Yemen. However, the demands of the kidnappers were not known. Media sources said the hostages were identified as Hector Marin, Rafael Abala, Basheer Al Sulwi,

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    YEMEN: 19 AL QAIDA SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO US EMBASSY ATTACK September 20, 2008

    (SomaliNet) Al Arabiya television reported on Thursday that nineteen people suspected of being connected to Al Qaida and Wednesday’s attack on the US embassy in Sana’a have been arrested by Yemeni authorities. Official sources said on Wednesday that at least 16 people were killed and several

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    AFGHANISTAN DISTRICT GOVERNOR KILLED IN FIREFIGHT -AUSTRALIA MILITARY September 20, 2008

    (SomaliNet) Australia's military said on Friday that an Afghanistan district governor was killed in a firefight involving Australian special forces soldiers. The Australian Defence Force (ADF) said in a statement that Chora District Governor and tribal leader Rozi Khan Barekzai were among a numb

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    PAKISTAN: EXPLOSION KILLS 4 STUDENTS AT ISLAMIC SCHOOL September 20, 2008

    (SomaliNet) Police said at least four students were killed in an explosion at an Islamic school near Pakistan's city of Quetta on Friday. "The madrasa people say that someone threw explosives into the madrasa," said police official Wazir Khan Nasir. Police are investigating the incident.-Agen

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    GEORGIA: GEORGIAN POLICE OFFICER SHOT DEAD September 22, 2008

    (SomaliNet) In the third similar incident since the Georgia-Russia war in August, Georgian police officer was shot dead and two others were wounded on Sunday near the de facto border with breakaway Abkhazia. Agencies say the Georgian Interior Ministry blamed Abkhaz separatists, who it said had o

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