Monday, July 11, 2011
Libyan revolutionaries have reportedly planned to launch a major assault on the strategic town of Gharyan near the capital Tripoli as fighting rages in the country between the opposition and Gaddafi forces.
Anti-regime forces reported that the planned attack is aimed at closing off supply routes south of Tripoli, British media reported.
Gharyan is located just 80 kilometers south of Tripoli.
Reports say forces loyal to Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi have organized militia groups in strategic towns surrounding Tripoli.
On Sunday, Gaddafi’s forces launched a counterattack against revolutionary forces southwest of Tripoli near the town of Gualish.
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Sunday, July 10, 2011
FARC guerrillas attacked a local market in southwest Colombia Saturday killing at least three people and injuring 70 others in the southwestern town of Toribio, its mayor told French press agency AFP.
“It was a brutal attack by the FARC against the people of Toribio,” mayor Carlso Banguero said. “It appears they used a car bomb loaded with 220 pounds (100 kilos) of explosives and set it off in the center of town at the market,” he added.
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Friday, July 8, 2011
South Sudan has become the world’s newest nation, the climax of a process made possible by the 2005 peace deal that ended a long and bloody civil war.
Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon are among international dignitaries attending celebrations in the capital, Juba.
Sudan earlier became the first state to officially recognise its new neighbour.
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Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir and dignitaries from around the world will be attending the celebrations in the southern capital, Juba.
Sudan has announced its official recognition of its new neighbour - the first country to do so.
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Thursday, July 7, 2011
An armed group of the Joint Meeting Parties (JMPs) has assaulted a security committee in Taiz province killing two soldiers, a security source said on Wednesday.
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