[All Africa] The Mozambican defence and security forces have stormed and occupied the major base of the Renamo rebels in Morrumbala district, in the central province of Zambezia, according to a report on the independent television station, STV.
This illegal base of the Renamo militia was set up late last year in Sabe locality and given the title of a "general staff headquarters". It is from this base, that Renamo has launched attacks in Morrumbala and neighbouring districts.
STV reported that eight people died in the festivities, but this figure has not been confirmed, either by Renamo or by the police
The police spokesperson in Zambezia, Jacinto Felix, told news hounds "the defence and security forces stormed the Renamo headquarters in Morrumbala, and currently a team is on the ground assessing the damage caused".
But he claimed that nobody had been killed or injured in the attack which lasted for about two hours. The Renamo gunnies all fled from Sabe.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] South Korean newspapers sounded the alarm on Saturday over what one termed the "nuclear maniac" Kim Jong-Un, saying the North Korean leader’s fifth and biggest nuclear test is a game-changer demanding a tougher response.
One newspaper urged Seoul to persuade its ally Washington to redeploy tactical nuclear weapons withdrawn from South Korea in the early 1990s.
The Joongang Ilbo also urged China to cut off oil supplies to its ally and neighbor.
"High time for switching gear in nuclear deterrence against North," read its front-page headline.
Kim had "crossed the river of no return," it said in an editorial headlined "The North’s fifth nuclear test that expedites its own demise."
The banner headline of the top-selling Chosun Ilbo read "South Korea left unguarded before nuclear maniac."
Splashed below was a cartoon of Kim mounted on a galloping horse, his face distorted with anger and his hands clasping nuclear missiles.
In an editorial entitled "Counter-measures against the North’s nuclear program must change completely," Chosun said the North had been successful in its "nuclear gambling" but cracks had begun to appear inside its system.
"We must set up and actively pursue a strategy to isolate Kim Jong-Un and his clique from within and topple them," the conservative paper said.
The leftist Hankyoreh daily also said it "strongly condemns" the latest nuclear test.
But it said the repeated tests reflect a failure in the existing approach to the mounting crisis.
"There won’t be any solution in expressing anger to the North and keeping putting pressure on it. We must go beyond Cold War-style confrontation," it said.
"We must stop pinning our hopes on the unrealistic theory that the North is coming close to implosion. Instead, a new, comprehensive strategy is needed."
Meanwhile, ...back at the pound, the little lost dog had finished eating the rat terrier... the UN Security Council has agreed to start work at once on a new series of sanctions on North Korea after its fifth nuclear test drew global condemnation.
During a closed-door meeting on Friday, the council strongly condemned the test and agreed to begin drafting a new resolution under article 41 of the UN charter, which provides for sanctions.
"The members of the Security Council will begin to work immediately on appropriate measures under article 41 in a Security Council resolution," New Zealand’s Ambassador Gerard van Bohemen, who holds the council’s rotating presidency, told news hounds after the urgent talks.
South Korea, the United States, Japan, Russia and China all condemned the blast at the Punggye-ri nuclear site, the North’s most powerful yet at 10 kilotons.
In Seoul, dozens of protesters burned an effigy of the North’s leader Kim Jong-Un and North Korean flags and called for "strong retaliation", including pre-emptive attacks on the North’s nuclear complex.
"Eliminate Kim Jong-Un!" and "Destroy North Korea’s nuclear weapons!" the elderly activists shouted.
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Maybe, you know, its past time to assemble your own.
#2
Afraid this is going to be yet another case of appeasement causing far more death and destruction than would have been caused by taking decisive action earlier, as far back as 1994. But then, that was Clinton's watch wasn't it?
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[DAWN] The court on Saturday denied bail to the father of a British woman believed to have been the victim of an "honour killing."
Samia Shahid, a dual national, was murdered in July during a visit to her family village in Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... province.
"There was a hearing into the bail application by Samia Shahid's father, but the court rejected it," defence lawyer Mian Arif told AFP.
Arif said that the next hearing would take place next week in Jhelum, while the accused would file another bail petition to the high court.
The victims's second husband, Mukhtar Kazam, claims she was murdered for bringing "dishonour" to her family.
Kazam has said his wife had angered her parents by converting to his sect, before their wedding.
Police have accused her ex-husband Muhammad Shakeel and father Muhammad Shahid of being involved in her killing.
Shahid's ex-husband has also been charged with raping her.
Police have also accused Samia's mother and sister of abetting the crime; however, the two have fled to the UK, according to police.
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[DAWN] PESHAWAR: A transgender was shot and injured on Saturday in the limits of the Pishtakhara cop shoppe of the bustling provincial capital.
Police identified the victim as Deedar, resident of Bara Shakhain. The injured transgender was shifted to Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH).
Doctors at the hospital said her life is not in danger.
"She was shot in the arm, we provided initial treatment in the emergency department and later shifted her to the surgical ward," said a senior doctor at the emergency department of KTH.
A large crowd of transgenders gathered at KTH following the incident.
Deedar told DawnNews that she was visiting the house of her alleged attacker, Shahid, for her money which was loaned to him when she was attacked.
She added that she had lent Shahid more than Rs100,000 two months ago, which he had promised to return in a month.
The transgender alleged that Shahid not only refused to return the loan, but also subjected her to torture.
"Today, when I reached his home for my money, Shahid not only misbehaved but also dragged me out and shot at me," said Deedar.
The president of Shemale Association of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... , Farzana, demanded protection for her community and added that they felt insecure.
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[Ynet] Iranian state TV says the country has begun building its second nuclear power plant with Russian help, the first such project since last year's landmark nuclear deal with world powers.
The project launched Saturday will eventually include two power plants expected to go online in 10 years. Construction on the second plant is set to begin in 2018.
The project will cost around $10 billion and produce 1,057 megawatts of electricity.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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[DAWN] The court on Saturday denied bail to the father of a British woman believed to have been the victim of an "honour killing."
