France unifies alert levels with four color system
France rolled out a four color terrorism alert scheme to replace the two tier plan. The new colors yellow red orange and scarlet expand flexibility for national risk warnings, aligning with the US five color approach adopted after September 11 2001. France had remained on reinforced alert since the attacks.
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Shootout on U S border may indicate turf war
Mexican federal agents killed two suspected drug runners in a Ciudad Miguel Aleman shootout near the Texas border, part of a wave of violence tied to the Gulf cartel. One person was injured as drug-related clashes spread from Matamoros to Nuevo Laredo, across from U S cities.
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Red Cross worker killed in Afghanistan prompts ICRC suspension
Ricardo Munguia, a water engineer with the International Committee of the Red Cross, was fatally shot in Uruzgan province while traveling with Afghan colleagues. Annick Bouvier, ICRC spokeswoman, said unidentified gunmen stopped their vehicles and killed him in cold blood, triggering a suspension of ICRC operations across Afghanistan.
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Israel on high alert over Iraqi threat amid Gaza turmoil
Israel keeps high alert for possible Iraqi strikes despite Blair and Bush saying Saddam's external attack capability is reduced. Palestinians rally in West Bank urging missiles or chemical attacks. In 1991 Iraq fired 39 Scud missiles at Israel, causing damage and injuries. Israeli raids kill and wound Palestinians in Tulkarem and shoot at a Gaza town, with arrests in the West Bank offices of the International Solidarity Movement.
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