 Rabab Youssef managed to pull her son alive from the rubble in the Lebanese village of Qana. She could do nothing for her daughter.“I was calling out to her: ‘Where are you Zeinab?’ I heard no reply. I found the hand of a child raised up,” she said, drawing a deep breath and holding back tears. “I felt her and I knew she was dead. I said: ‘My child, I can’t help you.’”Rabab’s 6-year old daughter was one of dozens of children killed in their sleep by an Israeli air strike on Sunday on a building where more than 60 civilians were sheltering. An Israeli inquiry into the attack said the building was targeted because it was believed to be a “hiding place for terrorists”. The airforce would not have bombed if it had known civilians were there, the inquiry released on Thursday said.Lebanon says at least 54 civilians died in the building. ...
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 Terror raid shooting 'accidental' |
The shooting of a man arrested during an anti-terror raid in east London was an "accident", the Independent Police Complaints Commission has said. The firearms officer involved committed "no criminal or disciplinary offence" when Mohammed Abdul Kahar, 23, was shot at home in Forest Gate, on 2 June. The gun went off after contact between the pair on a "narrow staircase". Meanwhile, Mr Kahar has been arrested by police on suspicion of making pornographic pictures of children. He remains in custody at a London police station. After the June raid on the Forest Gate house, police hunting for a suspected chemical device later released Mr Kahar and his brother Abul Koyair without charge. ...
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| Fourteen Marine Deaths Still Mourned in Ohio Suburb |
Their deaths shook a nation that had grown used to the slowly mounting U.S. military casualties in Iraq. A year ago this week, 14 members of the suburban-Cleveland based 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines died in attacks a day apart. The blue-collar suburb's loss drew worldwide mourning. Some say it was a pivotal moment that changed public opinion of the war; others say it strengthened the resolve of military families."What we saw a year ago were people opposed to the war but afraid to do so publicly. People would whisper to us, 'I'm opposed to this war, too,'" said Paul Schroeder of Cleveland, whose son, Lance Cpl. Edward "Augie" Schroeder II, was killed Aug. 3, 2005, in a roadside bombing. "That fear of speaking out faded."...
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| Swedish nuclear reactors stopped |
Four of Sweden's 10 nuclear reactors have been shut down, following an electricity failure. The Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate, SKI, has been holding an emergency meeting, following the incidents at the Oskarshamn and Forsmark plants. The firm operating Oskarshamn, in southern Sweden, stopped two of its three reactors late on Wednesday, citing safety concerns. Last week, two reactors were also shut down at Forsmark, north of Stockholm. The two reactors in Oskarshamn - about 250km (150 miles) south of Stockholm - were shut down after the operator said their safety could not be guaranteed. ...
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| Jail for Malawi school fraudsters |
A former Malawian education official has been jailed for two years over the biggest corruption scandal under the former government of Bakili Muluzi. Two building contractors who profited from the scandal and a government quantity surveyor were also jailed. The 187m kwacha ($2m) scandal broke in 1999, before Mr Muluzi was elected to a second and final five-year term. Several politicians of the then ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) were awarded school building contracts. Judge Richard Chinangwa convicted and sentenced former Secretary for Education Sam Safuli to two years imprisonment with hard labour for facilitating payment of 100, 000 Malawi kwacha ($750) to contractors Hendrick and Esther Kathumba for an uncompleted school block. ...
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| New poll: Lieberman losing ground to Lamont Millionaire political novice widens lead over three-term Democratic senator |
Millionaire businessman Ned Lamont opened a double-digit lead over veteran Sen. Joe Lieberman less than a week before Connecticut’s Democratic primary, according to a poll released Thursday.Lamont, a political novice, had support from 54 percent of likely Democratic voters in the Quinnipiac University poll, while Lieberman, now in his third term, had support from 41 percent of voters. The sampling error margin was plus or minus 3 percentage points.A similar survey July 20 showed Lamont with a slight advantage for the first time in the campaign. Lieberman ‘stuck in reverse’?“Senator Lieberman’s campaign bus seems to be stuck in reverse,” poll director Douglas Schwartz said. “Despite visits from former President Bill Clinton and other big-name Democrats, Lieberman has not been able to stem the tide to Lamont.”...
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