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Russian forces kill 49 militants in North Caucasus: The
anti-terrorism agency said nine local leaders were among those killed
and 30 militants had been detained. It said 90 militant bases had been
destroyed along with 26 weapons caches. http://is.gd/Ta95Pp
Damascus police station bomb kills 13 : Video - A bomb has exploded outside a police station in a Christian quarter of Damascus' Old City http://is.gd/YPddiE
Assad tells Syria envoy arms flows to rebels must stop: State
news agency SANA said the president said Syria supported "any sincere
effort to find a political solution to the crisis, based on respect for
Syrian sovereignty and rejecting foreign intervention." http://is.gd/eFuIH3
The Poplar preacher leading an armed gang of jihadis in Syria: An
influential British-based preacher is leading an armed gang of more
than a hundred Islamist fighters in Syria, it can be disclosed. http://is.gd/xvGnaL
7 killed as gunmen, soldiers fight in Lebanon in spillover from Syria: At
least seven people were killed and dozens wounded in gunbattles in the
Lebanese capital Beirut and coastal Tripoli on Monday in further unrest
linked to the conflict in neighbouring Syria, security and hospital
sources said. http://is.gd/qsUJsl
Fighting rages in north Lebanon, more killed: Fighting
raged Monday in the northern city of Tripoli between the rival
neighborhoods of Jabal Mohsen and Bab al-Tabbaneh, raising the number of
fatalities of the clashes that erupted over the weekend to five,
security sources said. http://is.gd/2m104f
Jordanian Soldier Killed in Syrian Border Clash: "Islamic
extremists" attacked Jordanian soldiers on the border with Syria
Sunday night, killing a corporal, hours after the government announced
that it had foiled a major terrorist plot against foreign diplomats and
tourists here, officials said Monday. http://is.gd/D1WoFG
Jordan 'foils major al-Qaeda plot'? Jordanian intelligence has arrested 11 men alleged to have planned bomb and mortar attacks on Western targets. http://is.gd/9J78r0
U.S. Kills 4 in Yemeni : The
drone strike, the second in four days, took place in the early evening
in the Hami and Al-Damashqa area 17 kilometres (11 miles) east of
Maarib city, the same source said. http://is.gd/v23fB0
Dead man talking: Al Qaida Yemen number 2 denies own death: Accuses army of fabricating his death to cover up killing of civilians by US aircraft http://is.gd/B7ywB3
Israeli Attack Kills 2 Palestinian Civilians, Five Injured, as Israeli Shelling Targeting Gaza Continues: On
Monday midday local sources said that Israeli unmanned plane fired a
missile at a group of people in Abed Al Hameed Street, in the town of
Beit Hannon, northern Gaza Strip, killing two men and injuring a third. http://www.imemc.org/article/64436
Blow to Fatah in West Bank local elections: Fatah
won two-fifths of the seats contested on Saturday. But lists led by
party rebels gained control of four of the 11 major towns and cities. In
a fifth, independents and leftists won. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20025819
Qatar emir's visit supports Hamas over PA: Israel: A
planned visit by the Qatari emir to Gaza shows he is backing the
strip's Islamist Hamas rulers over the Western-backed Palestinian
Authority of president Mahmud Abbas, an Israeli official said Monday. http://is.gd/R7SIsj
Spaniards Aboard Intercepted Gaza Aid Boat Blast Israel: Their
detention in the Israeli port of Ashdod was "very rough," Ricardo
Sixto, a leftist member of the European Parliament, told reporters at
Madrid's Barajas International Airport. http://is.gd/NPvqyn
Reflections on Noam Chomsky's visit to Gaza: When the news of his visit spread among the intellectual segment of the Gaza youth, everybody was thrilled. http://is.gd/RfBnPd
Israel and US launch joint military drill: The three-week joint military operation involves 3,500 US troops and 1,000 Israeli soldiers. http://is.gd/ENPR5C
Robert Dreyfuss : The Iran Talks Bombshell: Op-Ed: Don't
take too seriously the furious denials coming from Washington and
Tehran about this weekend's bombshell New York Times story reporting
that the United States and Iran have agreed "in principle" to have
direct, one-on-one talks after the election. http://www.thenation.com/blog/170728/c-bombshell#
Romney won't say if he's open to 1-on-1 Iran talks: Republican Mitt Romney on Sunday refused to say if he would be open to one-on-one talks with Iran if elected president. http://is.gd/aJqWEH
Obama and Romney: War No Matter Who Wins Election: Once
again emphasizing there is no fundamental difference between Obama and
Romney when it comes to attacking Iran, the American Jewish Committee
has published the answers to a questionnaire sent to the candidates. http://is.gd/LUZib7
26 killed, 200 hurt in Bani Walid clashes: Militias,
many of whom are from Misrata, have been shelling the hilltop town of
70,000 people for several days. Libya's state news agency said 26
pro-government militiamen were killed and more than 200 hurt as clashes
in Bani Walid entered their fifth day on Sunday. http://is.gd/ovzpWn
Bani Walid civilians bombed with gas - RT source: Pro-government
militias intercept food, fuel and medicine and use grad rockets and
gas weapons against Bani Walid, a man whose family remains in the town
told RT. He claims the daily shelling of the town is Misrata militias'
attempt to eliminate it. http://rt.com/news/bani-walid-gas-bomb-904/
UN chief calls for peaceful solution to Bani Walid: Ban
said he is alarmed by the fighting in and around of Bani Walid, and in
particular the reports indicating growing civilian casualties due to
indiscriminate shelling. http://is.gd/wLifQV
Bani Walid protesters storm Libyan parliament grounds: Demonstrators
have broken into the grounds of Libya's parliament, wounding two
security guards, in a protest against the continuing fighting in Bani
Walid http://is.gd/OOZtzl
Protesters storm Libyan TV station over Gaddafi's son's capture: The
demonstrators were protesting against the station for having announced
the capture of Khamis, one of Muammar Gaddafi's sons, in Bani Walid.
They say that this had been used to justify attacks launched by ex-rebel
fighters conscripted by the army against the city http://is.gd/aUSi7V
Deadly attack on Guinea-Bissau army barracks: At least six rebels killed in firefight after gunmen raided an army barracks outside the capital, military sources say. http://is.gd/p8IBA0
Gunmen kill at least 31 in Nigerian city: Gunmen
killed eight people in Nigeria's troubled city of Potiskum Saturday,
raising the death toll to 31 for three days of violence in the
northeastern town, police and residents said. http://is.gd/0MKDnZ
CIA chiefs face arrest over horrific evidence of bloody 'video-game' sorties by drone pilots: A
damning dossier assembled from exhaustive research into the strikes'
targets sets out in heartbreaking detail the deaths of teachers,
students and Pakistani policemen. http://is.gd/Heky1E
British men go on trial over terror plot 'deadlier than London bombings': The
suspects are among a group of men and one woman arrested in September
2011 in the central English city of Birmingham. All three are charged
with preparing for terrorism by plotting a bombing campaign, recruiting
others and fundraising. Khalid and Naseer also are accused of
travelling to Pakistan for terrorism training. http://is.gd/8oACKq
5 Colombian soldiers killed by FARC rebels: The
Friday night attack with explosives by rebels in the southern Putumayo
region killed five soldiers and injured 10 more, said army general
German Giraldo. The attack took place in a FARC stronghold near the
border with Ecuador. http://is.gd/yRTvY5
Cuba's Castro appears in public: Cuban
revolutionary leader Fidel Castro has reappeared in public, meeting at
a Havana hotel with a Venezuelan politician, refuting persistent
rumours that the former leader was on his death bed. http://is.gd/obY0ZB
Russell Means dies at 72; American Indian rights activist: One
of the leaders of the famed 1973 occupation of Wounded Knee, he helped
thrust the plight of Native Americans into the national spotlight. http://is.gd/OpAjiD
US civil rights groups ask international election monitors for assistance: NAACP and others say voter restrictions and ID laws ahead of 2012 US election require planned observer mission to expand http://is.gd/DfMHx4
Romney's ties with voting machines makers raise alarms: Producers
and investors of voting machines that have previously shown
susceptibility to fraud in Ohio have been found to donate hundreds of
thousands of dollars to the Romney campaign, raising concern about a
dangerous bias in a major swing state. https://rt.com/usa/news/voting-machines-romney-found-975/
Romney fundraiser planned Thursday in Hong Kong: Supporters
of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney plan a campaign
fundraiser for him Thursday in Hong Kong, where U.S. business interests
intersect with China's growing influence as a world financial
superpower. http://is.gd/GDzNm9
GERMANY TO REPATRIATE & AUDIT 150 TONES OF GOLD RESERVES FROM NY FED!!!: The
German Constitutional Court has ruled that the Bundesbank must conduct
an audit on German Central Bank gold holdings, and in anticipation,
has begun the repatriation of German gold from the NY Fed. The
Bundesbank will request the NY Fed ship 50 tones of German gold back to
the motherland http://is.gd/UQa4ub
Spain : One In Five Lives in Poverty, New Figures Show : The
national statistics institute INE said 21.1 per cent of the 47-million
population lives below the poverty line, meaning they live on less
than 7,355 euros (9,610 dollars) annually. http://is.gd/40FtTd
Greece Austerity Diet Risks 1930s-Style Depression: Euro Credit: Greece
is spiraling into the kind of decline the U.S. and Germany endured
during the Great Depression, showing the scale of the challenge
involved in attempting to regain competitiveness through austerity. http://is.gd/gIaJd0
Malaria returns to crisis-torn Greece: Malaria has returned to Greece as financial cuts contribute to the re-emergence of a once extinct disease. http://is.gd/qzQUCe
3 bankrupt banks bring US 2012 total to 46: Regulators
on Friday closed two small banks in Florida and one in Missouri,
bringing to 46 the number of U.S. bank failures this year. http://is.gd/pYeZpx
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