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16 min ago | www.israelnationalnews.com | Hesed

32 Arab Children Killed Working in Smuggling Tunnels

No fewer than 32 children have been killed over the past three years while working in Gaza arms smuggling tunnels, according to a new report released in the Palestinian Authority.

The report, prepared by an organization called the Palestinian National Society for Democracy and Law, was released on Saturday. It deals with the child abuse perpetrated on child laborers in the tunnels used to smuggle weapons, arms and other items from Egypt into Gaza.

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1 hr ago | Myphl17.com

Germany celebrates day Berlin Wall collapsed, paving the way for reunification

With prayers, music and pomp, Germany on Monday remembered the 20th anniversary of the day the Berlin Wall fell, sending East Germans flooding west and setting in motion events that soon led to the country's reunification.

1 comment

Related Topix: Europe, Germany, Angela Merkel, Horst Koehler, East Berlin, PA

5 hrs ago | MiamiHerald.com - Miami & Ft. Lauderd...

US military: 2 American pilots die in Iraq

The U.S. military says two American pilots have died in a helicopter crash in Iraq.

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Related Topix: Iraq

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Enfield Independent

Brown to mark fall of Berlin wall

Gordon Brown is to join other world leaders in Germany for the celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

1 comment

Related Topix: Europe, Germany, Nicolas Sarkozy, Angela Merkel

680News

Interior minister in El Salvador reports 91 dead in flooding following 3 days of rain

Three days of heavy rains in El Salvador touched off floods and slides that have killed at least 91 people, the government said Sunday.

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Related Topix: El Salvador

The State

Turkey to admit Sudan leader despite Darfur charge

Turkey said Sunday that Sudan's internationally indicted leader, President Omar al-Bashir, will not attend a conference of Muslim nations in Istanbul.

6 comments

Related Topix: Turkey, Middle East, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Abdullah Gul, Hamid Karzai

The Cyprus Weekly

British soldier killed in Afghanistan...

Britain's Defence Ministry says a British soldier has been killed in southern Afghanistan.

4 comments

Related Topix: NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

Tulsa World

G20 ministers: Let stimulus roll

Finance officials from rich and developing countries pledged Saturday to maintain emergency support for their economies until recovery is assured, but they failed to reach a clear agreement to bear the cost of fighting climate change.

4 comments

Related Topix: Fife County, Scotland, United Kingdom,

Sat Nov 07, 2009

WLFI-TV West Lafayette

Ida hurricane watch for Mexico's coast

Officials readied storm shelters along Mexico's Caribbean coast Saturday and told fishermen and tour operators to pull in their boats amid warnings that Tropical Storm Ida could become a hurricane as it neared the resort city of Cancun.

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Natural Disasters, North America, Mexico, San Antonio, TX, San Antonio Metro

Newsday.com

Peres calls on Palestinian leader not to quit

Shimon Peres spoke to a crowd of thousands at the square where Rabin was gunned down by a Jewish extremist who opposed his peace policies on Nov.

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Related Topix: Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Shimon Peres

snafu-ed.blogspot.com | Iria

Adulterer Stoned to Death in Somalia

A Somalian man has been stoned to death after being convicted of adultery. His pregnant girlfriend has been spared. However, that mercy will only last until she gives birth.

71 comments

Related Topix: Snafu, Pop/Rock

Boston Globe

Pakistan's fashionistas defy Taliban

Some women strode the catwalk in vicious spiked bracelets and body armor. Others had their heads covered, burqa-style, but with shoulders -- and tattoos -- exposed.

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Related Topix: Pakistan,

Reuters Video

Mexico mum reunited with stolen baby

Nov. 7 - A Mexican mother has been reunited with her one-year-old daughter after the baby girl was allegedly sold to another woman by a baby-selling ring in Mexico City.

1 comment

Related Topix: Mexico, Video

Hampshire Chronicle

Firework link to fatal fire probed

A mother who died in a house fire after apparently pushing her teenage son to safety through a window may have been killed after a firework was posted through her letterbox, investigators said.

3 comments

Related Topix: Fire, United Kingdom, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly County, England,

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Salisbury Journal

PM's Afghanistan policy criticised

Three former defence chiefs have launched a scathing attack on Gordon Brown's Afghanistan policy.

13 comments

Related Topix: Asia, Afghanistan

WLOX

In Europe, an orderly approach to swine flu shots

In Britain, there are no long lines of people seeking swine flu vaccine. Doctor's offices aren't swamped with desperate calls.

4 comments

Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Influenza, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Europe, United Kingdom

News9 Oklahoma City

2 coalition service members missing in Afghanistan

Two American soldiers disappeared in western Afghanistan after a routine resupply mission, and more than 25 NATO and Afghan security forces members were wounded during the search mission for them, the alliance said Friday.

3 comments

Related Topix: Asia, Afghanistan, US Military, US Navy

The Cyprus Weekly

Brown warning to Karzai...

Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Afghanistan's government on Friday to take action against corruption, saying he would not risk more British lives there unless it reforms.

6 comments

Related Topix: Asia, Afghanistan

Boston.com

Gunmen again target army officer in Pakistan

Gunmen on a motorcycle wounded a senior army officer and soldier in the Pakistani capital Friday, the third such attack in about two weeks as militants retaliate against a new military offensive along the Afghan border.

8 comments

Related Topix: Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, US Military, US Army

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Reuters

Witness: Afghan Firefight

Editor's note: Reuters journalist Deborah Gembara was embedded with the 1-501rst Infantry Battallion in Kushamond, Afghanistan.

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Related Topix: Asia, Afghanistan, Anchorage Metro, Anchorage, AK

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