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Libya: '600 killed in Bani Walid fighting in one day' - source: Video - Amid
conflicting reports that the Libyan city of Bani Walid was captured by
army forces, RT has learned that 600 people were allegedly killed in
Wednesday's fighting, and over 1,000 have been hospitalized. Locals are
appealing for international aid. http://rt.com/news/bani-walid-siege-source-211/
Loyalists hold out in last stand at Bani Walid: The
last of Muammar Gaddafi's loyalists were supposed to have been purged
from this Libyan desert town, after an eight-day offensive by the army.
Instead, there was mayhem here on Thursday, as it became clear the
Gaddafi loyalists are far from beaten. http://is.gd/guwWAD
32 killed as clashes occur in a bazar in Afghanistan: Special
police forces killed 25 guerrila members. The geurrila killed 5
agents, reported the spokesperson of the provincial governorship,
Abdullah Bayash, quoted by the "Aip" press agency. http://is.gd/H0ePKa
17 "militants" killed in gov't building attack in S. Afghanistan: "A
group of militants, numbered dozens of armed men, launched an attack
against district compound in Registan at around 2 a.m. local time
Thursday, sparking a three-hour gunbattle that left 17 militants dead,"
administrative chief of the district, Abdul Khaliq Ayoubi, told Xinhua. http://www.china.org.cn/world/2012-10/25/content_26906039.htm
Royal Marine and Female Occupation Force Soldier Killed in Afghanistan [VIDEO]: Unconfirmed
reports suggest that the two could have been killed in a "green on
blue" attack, in which Afghan troops turn rogue and kill their western
counterparts, said the BBC's defence correspondent in Afghanistan,
Caroline Wyatt. http://is.gd/QmcRkh
2 US Occupation Force Soliders Killed in Insider Attack : An
Afghan police officer on Thursday turned his weapon against Isaf
forces in southern Uruzgan province, killing two US soldiers, officials
said. http://is.gd/dVw0AD
Court told UK spies 'assisting' CIA to murder Pakistanis: The
High Court has been told that the UK intelligence officials could be
"encouraging or assisting murder" and the commission of war crimes by
providing assistance for then CIA drone strikes in Pakistani tribal
areas. http://is.gd/Pqa1e9
Remote U.S. base at core of secret operations: Djibouti - Around
the clock, about 16 times a day, drones take off or land at a U.S.
military base here, the combat hub for the Obama administration's
counterterrorism wars in the Horn of Africa and the Middle East. http://is.gd/DGLZZs
Myanmar official says 56 killed, almost 2,000 houses torched in latest ethnic violence: The
25 men and 31 women were reported dead in four Rakhine state townships
in violence between the Buddhist Rakhine and Muslim Rohingya
communities that re-erupted Sunday, local government spokesman Win
Myaing said. http://is.gd/haF547
11 killed in Iraq attacks: Shootings and
bombings in Baghdad and north of the capital killed 11 people on
Wednesday, including six government employees in a minibus on their way
home, in the run-up to the Eid holiday. http://is.gd/2ObUzo
Iraq looks to reinstate disbanded army officers: Efforts
by Iraq's premier to court disbanded army officers from Sunni areas of
the country can help boost security and support for the Shiite leader
ahead of upcoming elections, analysts and observers say. http://is.gd/JXofde
Dozens killed in 'Douma massacre': The
state-run SANA News Agency said that an "armed terrorist group has
committed an ugly massacre that claimed the lives of 25 people who were
killed by knives near Hawa Mosquein Sli Bin Taleb Street in Douma."
The opposition accused the Syrian government of being behind the
"massacre" http://is.gd/xsSpbX
Damascus agrees to 4-day Eid ceasefire across Syria, starting Friday: Syrian
army command agreed to suspend military operations, but insisted on
the right to retaliate against any rebel attacks. The Free Syrian Army
commander responded that the rebels would commit to the truce, on the
condition that prisoners be released on Friday. http://rt.com/news/syria-ceasefire-eid-holiday-239/
Islamic militant group in Syria rejects truce: The
current international peace plan seeking to stop Syria's civil war
suffered a major setback Wednesday when an al-Qaida-inspired militant
group rejected a cease-fire proposed by the international envoy. http://is.gd/aUDKDV
Orthodox priest kidnapped in Damascus found dead: This
was confirmed to Fides by Fr. Haddad's greek-orthodox confrere, who
asked for anonymity. "His body was horribly tortured and his eyes
gouged out," he told Fides. "It is a purely terrorist act. Fr. Haddad
is a martyr of our church. " http://is.gd/OJguv0
US deploys troops to Turkey: General: The U.S.
Armed Forces recently sent soldiers to Turkey amid the incidents in
Syria and the soldiers deployed in Turkey have been sharing
intelligence, U.S. Army Europe Commander Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling has
said http://is.gd/584KHT
2 Yemeni senior security officers assassinated south of the capital: A Yemeni security official says militants have assassinated two senior officers in drive-by shooting south of the capital. http://is.gd/g9NUHs
Gaza man dies of wounds from Israeli airstrike: A
24-year-old Palestinian died Thursday from injuries sustained in an
Israeli air strike a day earlier, Gaza's health ministry said. http://is.gd/LgkjaR
Israel and Gaza militants agree fragile truce: A
fragile truce took effect between Israel and Gaza-based Palestinian
militants early on 25 October, bringing a tentative end to a period of
escalating violence between the two sides. http://is.gd/AvJAwB
Report: Netanyahu and Lieberman to merge right-wing parties ahead of Israeli elections: This
move should puncture the notion that Lieberman's ethnocentric,
right-wing politics that push for the "transfer" of Palestinian
citizens of Israel is somehow an outlier in Israeli politics. http://is.gd/AULPXs
US extends $4bn Israel loan program: The loan
guarantees are independent of $10 billion in annual US military
assistance to Israel and joint US-Israel missile defense projects. http://is.gd/XfOy1F
UN independent expert calls for boycott of businesses profiting from Israeli settlements: A
United Nations independent expert today called on the world body's
General Assembly, as well as civil society, to take action against
Israeli and international businesses that are profiting from Israeli
settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory. http://is.gd/5dQNgD
Sudan arms factory blast: Khartoum to report Israel to UN: Belal
warns that Sudan has a right to strike back against Israel. "Sudan
reserves the right to strike back at Israel," he told Reuters. http://is.gd/V3lHCL
Sudan reporter: Local communications severed prior to arms factory blast: The
telecommunications network in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum were
disconnected for about an hour before an explosion rocked an arms
factory there a local journalist told Haaretz on Thursday. http://is.gd/pPMYEL
Iran slams Israeli airstrike on Sudan: Iran
has denounced an Israeli airstrike on an arms factory in the Sudanese
capital, Khartoum, saying the aggressive act runs counter to
international regulations and violates the national sovereignty and
territorial integrity of the African country http://en.trend.az/regions/iran/2080748.html
Mali Tuaregs killed by 'uniformed' men: Several
Tuareg civilians have been killed by uniformed men in Diabali in
central Mali, the site of a mass shooting by Malian troops in
September, regional media and Tuareg officials said http://is.gd/mV0m9D
Government to argue speedy trial doesn't apply to Bradley, veterans to rally in support: As
Army Private First Class Bradley Manning nears 900 days in jail
without trial, his lawyer moves to dismiss all charges for lack of a
speedy trial. http://is.gd/9TFL0c
Pentagon prisons revealed: WikiLeaks publishes terror detainee manuals: Whistleblowing
website WikiLeaks is releasing over 100 classified documents detailing
US Department of Defense procedures for running Guantanamo Bay, Abu
Ghraib, Camp Bucca and other infamous prisons where terror suspects are
detained. http://is.gd/t3Ebr2
Teen: NYPD Paid Me To Bait Innocent Muslims : Video - Shamiur
Rahman, said police told him to embrace a strategy called "create and
capture." He said it involved creating a conversation about jihad or
terrorism, then capturing the response to send to the NYPD. For his
work, he earned as much as $1,000 a month and goodwill from the police
after a string of minor marijuana arrests. http://is.gd/URoVFR
Entire Indian tribe threatens to commit mass suicide after Brazil court rules they must leave sacred burial land: 'We
ask, one time for all, for the government to decree our extinction as a
tribe, and to send tractors to dig a big hole and there to throw our
dead bodies. http://is.gd/24Pene
CIA drones spur radical movements in Pakistan and Yemen: Far
from quelling Islamist insurgencies in places such as Pakistan and
Yemen, however, the US spy agency's move to escalate its aerial campaign
is likely to further radicalise civilian populations, driving
otherwise peaceful people into the arms of militant groups, say
observers. http://is.gd/aF07Mw
16 arrested in anti-drone protest: The
protesters were a part of the Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones
and End the Wars. They blocked the base's gates at its main entrance
off Molloy Road, and at entrances at Thompson and Town Line roads. http://is.gd/N0CyHo
War Criminal:
Colin Powell endorses Barack Obama for president: "I
voted for him in 2008 and I plan to stick with him in 2012 and I'll be
voting for he and for Vice President Joe Biden next month." http://is.gd/0ICjQG
Donald Trump Offers $5 Million For Obama's College Transcripts, Passport: Donald
Trump's big "announcement" dropped Wednesday, when the real estate
mogul offered $5 million for President Barack Obama to reveal his
college transcripts and passport application. http://is.gd/1ag1Sq
US Election: Barack Obama ridicules Donald Trump on Jay Leno show : Video - Mr
Obama yesterday joined in the chorus of mockery of Mr Trump, who also
subscribes to the "birther" conspiracy theory that the President was
born in Africa and not Hawaii. http://is.gd/KhUTFM
Texas attorney general threatens to arrest international election monitors: Abbott
has written to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe
warning that its monitors have no right to monitor the vote even
though they have observed previous US elections. http://is.gd/eisBay
First Commercial Tar Sands Project in U.S. Approved: A
Utah water quality board approved the first commercial tar sands
project in the U.S. Wednesday, opening a largely undeveloped area in
Utah's eastern desert to production next year. http://is.gd/29rHyo
Texas Keystone Pipeline Critics Resist Use of Eminent Domain: Several
appeals have been filed by Texas landowners trying to resist the
efforts of pipeline company TransCanada to use a local law to force
reluctant landowners to permit construction of a southern extension of
the line from Cushing, Oklahoma to Nederland, Texas. http://is.gd/lXoTn4
China Surpasses US as Top Foreign Investment Venue: THE
US State Department is circulating a confidential letter urging
European Union (EU) members and other "friendly" countries to help block
Palestinian attempts to secure non-member Observer State status at the
United Nations (UN) General Assembly. http://www.cnbc.com/id/49546296
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