Tuesday, November 23, 2010
North Korea fired dozens of coastal artillery shells, some of which fell on the South’s Yeonpyeong Island near the tense western inter-Korean border, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday.
“The North fired dozens of artillery rounds from its Gaemeori western coastal artillery base at 14:34 p.m. In response to the military provocations, we fired back dozens of rounds with K9 self-propelled howitzers,” JCS spokesman Col. Lee Bung-woo told reporters.
In the artillery firing, one marine solider was killed while a dozen others suffered injuries, as of press time. The military was trying to evacuate civilians on the island near the border. Several civilians were reported to have suffered injuries.
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Monday, November 22, 2010
Tuvalu recognizes the Republic of Kosovo as an independent and sovereign state, informs the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kosovo.
The Permanent Mission of Tuvalu to the United Nations sent the diplomatic recognition letter to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kosovo emphasizing that the Government of Tuvalu officially recognizes the Republic of Kosovo as an independent and sovereign state.
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Officials and witnesses say at least 13 people were killed in heavy clashes between armed groups fighting for control of villages in central Somalia.
The fighting erupted when a government-allied militia attacked Wardhumale village Saturday. The clashes continued Sunday.
Wardhumale resident Abdi Fatah Ali said Sunday he saw ten bodies in the village.
A man in neighboring Elgod village, Abdulkadir, said he saw three bodies.
The residents said the Islamist militia al-Shabaab abandoned Wardhumale village, leaving the government-allied Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama militia in charge.
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http://www.msnbc.msn … s/world_news-africa/
Friday, November 19, 2010
Israel has fired mortar shells at three targets in the Gaza Strip, in what it claimed to be a response to rocket strikes from the territory.
The Israeli Air Force said it had hit targets in the Gaza Strip on Friday.
At least five people were injured, according to Palestinian medical sources.
“Four people with moderate injuries arrived at Shuhada al-Aqsa hospital after an air raid that targeted a home in Deir al-Balah,” said Adham Abu Selmiya, a spokesman for the Hamas-run medical services in Gaza.
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The Madagascar government on Friday ordered civilians to evacuate areas in and around a military camp in the Antananarivo suburbs where a group of mutinous troops are holed up.
“We ask families living in the Ivato camp and residents of the surrounding area to temporarily leave the area for a safer place,” the Defence Ministry said in a statement broadcast on national radio and television.
Around 20 officers who declared a coup Wednesday but failed to win support from the rest of the military are believed to be inside the camp around 15 kilometres (nine miles) from the city centre near the international airport.
A curious crowd was seen near the army barracks where the troops were holed up just before the defence ministry issued the statement Friday.
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