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Oct 8, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

Civilians in greater peril, Red Cross chief in Afghanistan says

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The departing head of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Afghanistan warned Monday that the country's civilians live in more peril today than when started his job seven years earlier....

Oct 24, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

Rogue French trader loses appeal, faces prison, colossal damages

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Rogue French bank trader Jerome Kerviel lost his court appeal Wednesday and was ordered to spend three years in prison and pay a staggering $6.4 billion in damages. Kerviel, 35, maintains that his bosses at French bank Societe Generale knew what he was...

Oct 20, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

Israeli navy intercepts Gaza-bound protest ship

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JERUSALEM -- Israeli navy commandos early Saturday intercepted a Gaza Strip-bound ship carrying about 30 pro-Palestinian activists as it attempted to break through a maritime blockade of the impoverished seaside territory. Israeli military officials...

Oct 20, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

Palestinians vote in first local elections since 2005

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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinians headed to the polls Saturday in the West Bank’s first local elections in seven years, selecting new leaders for 93 cities and villages. Turnout was light in the morning but picked up as the day progressed,...

Oct 24, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

Sudan accuses Israel of bombing arms factory

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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Sudan accused Israel of launching an air strike Wednesday that caused a large explosion at a munitions factory, killing two people, in a residential area of the capital, Khartoum. Sudan Information Minister Ahmed Belal...

Sep 17, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

Hamas court in Gaza Strip convicts killers of Italian activist

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GAZA STRIP - A Hamas-run military court in Gaza Strip delivered life sentences to two men, Mahmoud Salfiti and Tamer Al-Husana, who were accused of the 2011 kidnapping and murder of Italian activist Vittorio Arrigoni....

Sep 18, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

French court: Kate Middleton topless photos to be turned over to her

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In a victory for Britain's royal family, a French court ordered that published photos of Kate Middleton sunbathing topless be handed over to her and her husband, Prince William, within 24 hours....

Sep 18, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

Female suicide bomber kills up to 12 in Afghanistan

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Up to 12 people were killed when a female suicide bomber rammed a car into a vanload of foreign aviation workers near Kabul's international airport, Afghan police said....

Sep 18, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

Iranian official suggests 'saboteurs' in U.N. nuclear agency

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The Iranian nuclear agency chief said explosive blasts cut off power to an underground nuclear facility in August, publicly making suggesations of sabotage before the country headed into a meeting with world powers over its disputed nuclear program....

Oct 3, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

Rights watchdog accuses Hamas of torture, abuse of Palestinians

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Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are living under a criminal justice system that violates their human rights by using torture, arbitrary arrests and warrantless searches, according to a report by Human Rights Watch....

Aug 27, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

U.N.: Gaza to be unlivable by 2020 unless serious action taken

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Gaza will be drained of safe water to drink and perilously short on schools, homes and hospitals if serious action isn’t taken to help its booming young population, the United Nations said in a new report released Monday. The rising pressures...

Aug 28, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

Israeli court rules U.S. activist Rachel Corrie's death an accident

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Nine years after their daughter was crushed by an Israeli military bulldozer in the Gaza Strip, the parents of American activist Rachel Corrie lost their legal bid to hold Israel responsible for her death and force authorities to reopen their...