Friday, April 15, 2011
Libyan rebels said a rocket attack on a residential district of Misrata killed 23 civilians on Thursday and warned of an impending government “massacre” if Nato does not intensify its attacks there.
A rebel spokesperson said troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi appeared to be deliberately targeting civilians in the western Libyan town. Most of the dead were reported to be women and children, along with three Egyptian migrant workers waiting to be evacuated.
“A massacre… will take place here if Nato does not intervene strongly,” a rebel spokesperson, who identified himself as Abdelsalam, told Reuters by telephone from Misrata.
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Thursday, April 14, 2011
Somali politicians on Sunday announced the creation of a new state in the battle-scarred nation, a move condemned by Somalia’s fragile government, which said it could further fracture the already chaotic Horn of Africa country.
The creation of Azania was celebrated Sunday in a colorful ceremony in Kenya’s capital. Its creation brings the total number of new states to more than 10.
Kenya supports the new administration as it creates a buffer zone near its border with Somalia.
Azania President Mohamed Abdi Gandhi said his first duty is to retake his territory from al-Qaida-linked militant group al-Shabaab.
“Our aim of establishing this administration is to first liberate these regions,” he said. “We are not breaking away from Somalia.”
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Occupation sources are continuing to report very little information about the battle in Tsuntin district of Province of Dagestan.
According to the invaders, gang formations of the minion police were attacked by a detachment of the Mujahideen early Monday morning in the in Tsuntin district near the village of Kidero.
Initially, the invaders said that during the battle 2 minions were killed and 2 others were seriously injured. Later it was reported that 3 minions were killed and 6 others received serious injuries. They were belonged to the gangs of “MIA” and “special forces”.
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Monday, April 11, 2011
Defiant Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo has been captured at his Abidjan residence, after an assault by French and U.N. forces, and fighters of his rival, Alassane Ouattara.
A spokesman for the Ouattara forces, Seydou Ouattara, told VOA French to Africa service that Gbagbo was captured after an assault on the residence Monday and taken to Ouattara’s headquarters at the Golf Hotel.
French armored vehicles had been seen advancing on the residence ahead of Gbagbo’s capture. The French embassy in Ivory Coast and Ouattara representatives in New York say it was Ouattara’s men who detained the incumbent president.
The News:
http://www.voanews.c … tacks-119588724.html
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Although neither Israel nor the Palestinians confirmed the cease-fire, a significantly smaller number of rockets were fired from Gaza on Sunday and Palestinians reported no Israeli air strikes.
A Palestinian official close to United Nations and Egyptian-mediated negotiations told Reuters on Sunday that Israel and militant groups in Gaza had agreed a truce, as cross-border violence abated.
The latest upsurge in fighting began four days ago when militants from the Hamas group, which rules the Gaza Strip, fired an anti-tank rocket at an Israeli school bus, critically wounding a teenager.
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