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Ethiopia | Africa - Reuters.com ADDIS ABABA, July 3 (Reuters) - Rebels in Ethiopia's remote eastern Ogaden region on Tuesday said they had killed 43 government soldiers in an ambush on a military convoy. The government declined to comment on the reported clash, which the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) rebels said took place near Shilaabo town on Monday. There was no independent confirmation of the clash. "The bodies of 43 TPLF regime troops were counted on the battlefield after the operation," the ONLF said in a statement, referring to government soldiers. Five ONLF died, it said.

Rights Group: Kurds Torture Detainees - washingtonpost.com : "NEW YORK -- Kurdish security forces in northern Iraq routinely torture detainees with methods including electric shock and hold them in overcrowded facilities without formal charges or access to legal aid, a human rights group said Tuesday."

Al Jazeera English - News - Israel's Vanunu Sentenced To Jail : "An Israeli court has given a six-month jail term to a man who in 2004 completed an 18-year prison term for leaking nuclear secrets, this time for violating a ban on speaking to foreigners."

Asia Times Online :: South Asia news - US to hunt the Taliban inside Pakistan : "KARACHI - Since last September, North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces in Afghanistan have been pressing Islamabad for the right to conduct extensive hot-pursuit operations into Pakistan to target Taliban and al-Qaeda bases. According to Asia Times Online contacts, NATO and its US backers have gotten their wish: coalition forces will start hitting targets wherever they might be. "

Terror attack against civilians is not the work of American bully alone; it is also shared by extremist Muslims who think they are heading to heaven by blowing-up fellow humans. The Muslim extremist terrorists are wrecked havoc before and after 2001 attack of America in America against civilians; and now, they are doing it in Britain and in Yemen against Europeans. These dark hearted people perhaps doing these to avenge what they term is European and American support of Israel against Palestine or because of many other grievances. What I don’t understand is, why attack civilians of those countries? Isn’t Islam forbids attacking civilians? Children and women? This not Jihad but terrorism! These criminals are misguided by the Wahabis of Slave State of Saudi Arabia, Osama, Ayman and many hateful preachers who preaches every Christian, a Jew, a Shiite, a Sufi, or any other person will indeed going to hell! I don’t have a problem with that as long as they allow others to believe in whatever...

Sunni politician calls for U.N. and Arab intervention to solve Iraq crisis - International Herald Tribune Abdul-Nasser al-Janabi said he made a mistake when he decided to run for parliament in 2005. He spoke to The Associated Press in Jordan, where he announced this weekend that he was quitting parliament to support the insurgency. "I feel that I've become a target for the Iraqi government which is now, along with its security forces, targeting each and every Iraqi who opposes them and who tells the truth," al-Janabi said.

Christians forced out of Baghdad district : "The U.S. military is trying to stop further neighborhood purges in the Iraq capital. By Ned Parker Times Staff Writer June 27, 2007 BAGHDAD — The two men knocked on Abu Salam's door on a Friday morning. He was one of the last remaining Christians on his block. 'Peace be upon you,' they said, and Abu Salam, a man in his 50s, repeated the greeting. The pair, one fat and the other thin, spoke politely. Both were cleanshaven and wore slacks and button-down shirts. 'You are now aware the neighborhood of Muwallamin belongs to the Islamic State of Iraq,' the bigger man said. 'We have three conditions you can accept: You can pay a tax, become a Muslim or you can leave your house and we will help you take out your furniture. 'We'll let you make up your mind."