Sunni group claims mosque attack in Zahedan
A Sunni insurgent group Jundallah claimed responsibility for a double bombing at a Shiite mosque in Zahedan, injuring and killing worshippers during a Prophet Muhammad birthday ceremony. Iranian officials put deaths at 27 with 270 wounded, including Revolutionary Guard members.
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Tehran
Iran
Revolutionary Guard
Jundallah
Abdulmalik Rigi
Muhammad
Hussein
Zahedan
Hossein Ali Shahriari
ISNA
Iraq
Ali Abdollahi
Fars
Guard
Marzieh Vahid Dastagerdi
United States
Britain
Hossein Salami
U.S
U.K
Alaeddin Boroujerdi
America
Obama
Sistan-Baluchistan
al-Qaida
Abdulhamid Rigi
Pakistan
al-Hajj
Mohammed Dhahir Baluch
Mohammad
Mujahid Rigi
Sons of the Faith
Assembly
Pishin
Typhoon Conson pummels Sanya presses toward China coast
Typhoon Conson, after hitting the Philippines with 39 dead and 84 missing, restrengthened to a typhoon with up to 78 mph winds and struck Sanya on Hainan island. Evacuations topped 60,000 in Hainan and Guangdong as ferries and flights were canceled. Authorities ordered boats to dock and warned of heavy rain and strong winds.
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Beijing
Philippines
China
Conson
Sanya
Hainan
National Meteorological Center
Xinhua
Mandarin Oriental
Guangdong
Guangxi
Vietnam
Nguyen Tan Dung
Benigno Aquino III
Weather Bureau
Manila
Scandinavian approach to terror is disruption over arrests
In Norway and across Scandinavia authorities focus on disrupting plots and warning suspects rather than arrests. The recent Norway al Qaida case illustrates a swift, assertive action style, with a high bar for convictions, long trials, and cooperation with the United States on intelligence.
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Oslo
Norway
Scandinavia
al-Qaida
Sweden
Denmark
U.S
Magnus Ranstorp
Swedish National Defense College
Scandinavian Countries
Brynjar Lia
Norwegian Defense Research Establishment
Mattias Lindholm
SAPO
FBI
CIA
Janne Kristiansen
Police Security Service
Guyana president sues over racism accusation
President Bharrat Jagdeo filed a libel suit against Kaieteur News and columnist Freddie Kissoon for a June 28 column alleging racism and hiring goons to disrupt an academic conference. A judge granted a preliminary injunction barring reprinting. The paper vows to fight on constitutional grounds citing press freedom.
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Georgetown. Guyana
Guyana
Bharrat Jagdeo
Kaieteur News
Freddie Kissoon
Adam Harris
Jaydeo
Kissoon
Clooney testifies in Milan co opting trial to media crowd
Actor George Clooney testified in a Milan fraud case, saying photos linking him to defendants were doctored. He rejected a claimed romance with Vanja Goffi, noted he seldom travels publicly, and handed back questions with Italian phrases while critics and fans filled the courthouse.
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George Clooney
Milan
Clooney
Como
Scusa
Vincenzo Cannalire
Vanja Goffi
Francesco Galdelli
Goffi
Italy