Last year, during protests against the attack on Gaza, a mixed group of demonstrators clashed with police. But when the alleged culprits were arrested in dawn raids, nearly all those taken were young Muslims
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WikiLeaks has released a classified US military video depicting the indiscriminate slaying of over a dozen people in the Iraqi suburb of New Baghdad -- including two Reuters news staff. Reuters has been trying to obtain the video through the Freedom of Information Act, without success since the time of the attack.
The video, shot from an Apache helicopter gun-site, clearly shows the unprovoked slaying of a wounded Reuters employee and his rescuers. Two young children involved in the rescue were also seriously wounded.
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and no, that is not some euphimism.
Pakistani doctor suspended for putting cow in ambulance
A Pakistani doctor has been suspended for using an ambulance to carry home a cow he had bought at a local market, health authorities say.
The doctor had taken the ambulance from a rural health centre near the eastern city of Gujrat, in Punjab province.
He was intercepted by police while driving home from the cattle market.
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A Lebanese man sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for sorcery has been given a temporary reprieve, his lawyer says.
Ali Sabat's execution was scheduled for Friday but his lawyer, May el-Khansa, told the BBC she had been assured by a Lebanese minister it would not happen.
Mr Sabat, who is in his 40s, was the host of a satellite TV programme in which he predicted the future.
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From the article:
He was arrested by religious police while on pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia in 2008 and convicted of sorcery.
I bet he didn't see that coming!
Well the article says:
The two Gulfstream planes, reportedly equipped with the IDF's finest intelligence means, flew through Turkey, Bulgaria, and Romania before entering Hungary's airspace, the media outlets said. The aircraft were said to leave Hungary after completing their mission, without ever landing in the country.
and at some point some Syrian national was assassinated in Budapest, Hungary. The news does not make it clear how close the two events were, but the implications are clear.
The government's strategy to prevent violent extremism has stigmatised and alienated Muslims it wants to work with, a committee of MPs has warned.
The communities and local government committee said the Prevent programme was backfiring and it was difficult to know what good it was doing.
Millions have been spent on projects aimed at countering al-Qaeda's threat.
The Department for Communities said it was disappointed the report had not recognised important reforms.
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Dr Starkey told the BBC that it was very difficult to measure whether any of Prevent's spending was doing any good at all and that many local authorities needed more help in running its programmes.
I was just watching Newsnight and there was a segment of people arrested and charged over their conduct for the protests outside the Israeli embassy during the Israeli offensive over Gaza.
Newsnight found a series of issues and problems:
France's top administrative body has advised the government that any total ban on face-covering Islamic veils could be unconstitutional.
The State Council also said a ban could be justified in some public places.
Prime Minster Francois Fillon had asked the council for a legal opinion before drawing up a law on the subject.
However, an MP from President Nicolas Sarkozy's party was quoted as saying that those drafting the legislation might ignore Tuesday's ruling.
In the ruling, the council said any law could be in violation of the French constitution as well as the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
Two explosions have rocked the Moscow Metro this morning, claiming dozens of dead and injured.
The first explosion happened in a carriage at the central Lubyanka underground station at 07:56, informs RIA Novosti news agency.
The second blast happened at the Park Kultury Metro station also in a carriage of a train at 08:39.
According to the latest information by the news agencies, the overall death toll has risen to 38.
Israeli tanks advanced briefly into the Gaza Strip following clashes with Palestinians in which two Israeli soldiers died, reports say.
Witnesses in Gaza said tanks and bulldozers moved towards the southern town of Khan Younis before withdrawing.
They also said there had been firing from the Israeli navy along the Gaza coastline.
It is the first time Israeli soldiers have died in Gaza since Israel's 22-day offensive there more than a year ago.
Reports say at least two Palestinians have also been killed.
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