Ahmadinejad warns Israel
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday
warned Israel against launching a fresh assault on the Gaza Strip,
saying such action would bring it “closer to certain death.”
Ahmadinejad’s comments come a day after Israel’s Deputy Prime
Minister Silvan Shalom warned of a new offensive by the Israeli
military on the Hamas-ruled coastal territory unless militant rocket
attacks are halted.
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Thai protestors defiant
Tens of thousands of protestors defied orders to
leave the Thai capital’s main shopping district on Sunday despite
threats of mass arrests, upping the ante on the fourth week of a
bold street rally to press for fresh elections.
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'African Renaissance' statue unveiled
Senegal inaugurated its giant "African
Renaissance" monument on Saturday, brushing aside complaints that
the $28 million personal project of President Abdoulaye Wade was a
waste of money and un-Islamic.
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