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Al Jazeera English - News - Palestinians Die In Israeli Raids : "Six Palestinians have been killed and 11 others wounded in the Gaza Strip in three Israeli raids on the Hamas-run territory, medics and witnesses said. Three men, two of them from the Islamic Jihad group, and a third from the armed wing of Hamas, were killed around the southern town of Khan Yunis on Thursday."

Al Jazeera English - Focus - Daughter Of Tragedy : "What ever else the mind-numbing killing of Benazir Bhutto in Thursday’s suicide attack will mean for Pakistan’s future, there is little doubt that politics in this south Asian country will never be the same again. Bhutto's death was like a chronicle foretold. She had escaped a bigger suicide attack upon her return from exile in Karachi two months ago - a manifestation of the threat to her life, which extremists had pledged to carry out before her arrival. These threats emerged after much publicised talks of a power-sharing deal with General Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's president, which would enable her to return home and participate in the elections in exchange for allowing the beleaguered general to get himself re-elected as president."

Scoop: Ethiopia/Eritrea: Restraint Urged After Shooting : "The United Nations peacekeeping mission monitoring the ceasefire between Ethiopia and Eritrea today called on both sides to show maximum restraint after a shooting incident in the border area where the two countries fought a two-year war that ended in 2000"

allAfrica.com: Somalia: Insurgent Splinter Group Frees Two Soldiers (Page 1 of 1) : "A group of Somali militants fighting against the country's Ethiopian-backed transitional government released two soldiers today, saying that they do not want to kill Somalis. A spokesman for the group, Jabhada Islamiga Somaliyeed (JIS), refused to give his name to Mogadishu-based media but stated that the two soldiers were kidnapped at Bakara market two days earlier. The unidentified spokesman said the soldiers were released after the group spoke with their relatives and agreed that the soldiers will not return to the Somali army."

Escalating Somali conflict 'second Iraq' for world: Eritrea - Yahoo! News : "'Just as the Eritrean government had predicted before hand, the situation in Somalia has become a second Iraq to the TPLF (Ethiopian regime) and its masters,' said the statement posted Monday on the information ministry website. 'Now, after it has become clear to all that the war in Somalia has no end, the US administration, the UN and the international community, as a whole, are being forced to admit that their approach towards the Somali issue was indeed wrong,' it added."

BBC NEWS | Africa | Ethiopia activists found guilty : "An Ethiopian court has convicted two anti-poverty activists of inciting violence after the elections in 2005. Daniel Bekele, who works for ActionAid International, and local charity worker Netsanet Demissie could face up to 10 years in prison. The men were acquitted of more serious charges of violating the constitution. They were the last of more than 130 defendants charged in relation to the protests complaining of fraud in polls won by the prime minister's party."

Jazz great Oscar Peterson dies at 82 - Yahoo! News : "TORONTO - Oscar Peterson, whose flying fingers, hard-driving swing and melodic improvisations made him one of the world's most famous and influential jazz pianists in a career that spanned seven decades, has died. He was 82."