Frontiers blur as Israelis and Syrians dispute Golan land
The Kibbutz Snir frontier sits amid murky lines from 1923 to 1967 with Israel and Syria claiming rights. Israeli historian Dvorah Ortenberg recalls wartime uprooting while residents fear displacement as peace talks ponder land swaps and a return to older borders.
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Algerian insurgents seek amnesty as AIS surrenders
Forty five members of the Islamic Salvation Army surrendered in Jijel seeking benefits of a partial amnesty offered by President Bouteflika to rebels not tied to rape murder or bombings. The surrender ups the total to over one thousand militants turning themselves in amid ongoing violence after Ramadan.
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IRA reportedly to start destroying weapons this month
The Sunday Telegraph said IRA commanders would destroy a small number of rifles and machine guns as a symbolic gesture this month, with remaining arsenal to be sealed underground in the Republic of Ireland under supervision by a Belfast disarmament commission. The report cites no source and drew no comment from the British government or Sinn Fein.
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