Saturday, June 4, 2011

Hurt Yemeni leader flies to Saudi Arabia for care

Hurt Yemeni leader flies to Saudi Arabia for care


Hurt Yemeni leader flies to Saudi Arabia for care

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Embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh flew to Saudi Arabia for medical care after he was wounded in a rocket attack on his palace, a senior government official said Sunday. Saleh's abrupt departure threatened to deepen the crisis in his impoverished nation shaken by months of protests against his 33-year rule.


New Al Qaeda video urges individual jihad

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Al Qaeda has released a two-part 100-minute video apparently produced after the death of Osama bin Laden that calls for individual acts of jihad on "enemy soil," a US-based monitoring service said.


German E Coli outbreak 'stabilising', say doctors

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Germany E Coli: As authorities continued to hunt the elusive source of the killer bug, the latest death was of an 80-year-old woman in the northern German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on Friday.


Tiananmen anniversary brings new China detentions

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Chinese security forces rounded up more government critics ahead of Saturday's anniversary of the crushing of the 1989 pro-democracy movement centered on Beijing's Tiananmen Square, adding to an already harsh crackdown on dissent, activists said.


Ilyas Kashmiri killed in US drone strike in Pakistan: Reports

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One of Pakistan's most wanted militant commanders, Ilyas Kashmiri, has been killed in an American drone strike in the tribal territory of South Waziristan, residents and a militant member in the area said on Saturday. Officials said they were also aware of the reports but could not confirm his death.


Yemeni President wounded as tribesmen attack palace

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Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh was wounded when opposition tribesmen determined to topple him hammered his palace with rockets on Friday in a major escalation of nearly two weeks of fighting with government forces. Seven guards were killed and eight senior figures from Saleh's regime were wounded.


At least 20 injured in grenade attack at Karachi hotel

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At least 20 people were injured today after unidentified miscreants lobbed hand grenades at a hotel in this southern port city, police said. At least four men came to the hotel on the busy Napier road and threw grenades causing explosions and damage to the building, leaving around 20 people injured who were rushed to different hospitals for treatment, they said.


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