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Gaza rocket kills Israeli after soldiers shoot dead Jihad man

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (AP) — A rocket fired from Gaza killed a young Israeli woman Thursday, hours after Israeli forces raided the home of a 67-year-old British citizen in West Bank and killed a fighter — incidents that further shook a five-month truce already threatened this week by a suicide bombing.

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President urges Security Council to ease arms embargo

NAIROBI (AFP) — Transitional Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed has appealed to the UN Security Council to modify a 13-year-old arms embargo on his country to allow a proposed regional peacekeeping force to be deployed to the lawless Horn of Africa nation. On the eve of the council’s planned debate …

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Sunni leaders urge community to cast ballots

BAGHDAD — In mosques, conferences and on the street, some Sunni Arab leaders are rallying members of their once dominant community to join forces and strongly contest upcoming balloting in a bid to find their place in the new Iraq. Despite recent efforts to unite ranks, however, the Sunni community …

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