Israel to build houses in disputed areas
ISRAEL: Israeli Interior Minister Eli Yishai
authorized plans to build thousands of new housing units in disputed
areas of Jerusalem, the ministry confirmed on Thursday. The interior
minister gave the final permit for the construction of 1,600 housing
units in the northeastern neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo.
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Libyan rebels edge closer to Tripoli
LIBYA: On the eastern front near Brega, Libyan
rebels have captured the residential districts of the oil town on
Thursday but Gaddafi’s forces still hold western parts of the town
where the oil facilities are located, Libya TV said.
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‘China’s future aircraft carrier no source of tension’
‘Behaviour rather than aircraft carriers could
trigger tension’:
CHINA: Chinese and American military experts
have said that China’s future aircraft carrier is not a source of
tension for the United States and other nations in the Asia-Pacific
region. About two weeks after China’s Ministry of National Defense
confirmed its program to refurbish an ex-Soviet aircraft carrier,
the still unfinished vessel commenced its maiden sea trial on
Wednesday.
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