Gunman kills journalist in Haiti amid rising insecurity
Alix Joseph, 38, director of Radio Provinciale in Gonaives, was shot 11 times as he sat in a car with his fiancée outside her home. She escaped unharmed. Colleagues found his body hours later. Radio Provinciale and other stations went off air in protest of the town’s violence linked to armed gangs.
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Man Holds Wife Hostage Kills Officer In Japan Standoff
Aman went on a shooting rampage at his Nagakute home in central Japan, killing a police officer and wounding three others including his son and daughter before police surrounded the 50 year old Hisato Obayashi. The standoff stretched overnight with reports of the suspect’s wife held hostage and possible mob ties.
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Afghan convoy incident leaves seven dead in Kandahar
Coordinated sudden accidents in Kandahar fatally injure seven people on Thursday. Three police officers responding to the first crash die, while a car bomb attack later targets a Kandahar government convoy, injuring four government staff including the information and culture minister and Khalid’s bodyguard. The governor was not in the convoy.
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Israel presses Gaza airstrikes amid Palestinian infighting
Israeli forces pounded Hamas targets in Gaza City and east of the city killing ten people and wounding dozens as a new round of fighting intensified between Hamas and Fatah aligned groups. strikes followed days of rocket fire into Israel and a tense border stance with tanks reported near the Gaza border.
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Hostages' escapee reports contractor sick with hepatitis in jungle
Escaped captive Frank Pinchao says Marc Gonsalves, one of three U S contractors kidnapped by FARC in 2003, is ill with hepatitis deep in the Amazon. Pinchao says he found the group after 17 days in the jungle. confirmation of life since 2003 was first direct.
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Europe
Treasury targets six Mexican firms tied to Zambada cartel
The U S Treasury bans Americans from doing business with six Mexican companies and 12 individuals described as fronts for Ismael Zambada Garcia, a top drug kingpin based in Sinaloa. The action freezes any U S assets and cuts access to the U S financial system, while Mexico will pass details to its Attorney General for further action.
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Zambada
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Rosario Niebla Cardoza
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