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RUSSIA- Russian government daily Rossiskaya Gazeta publishes list of individuals and companies

involved in money laundering/terrorism financing SOURCEo 600 foreign companies and individuals in first part based on UN reporto 48 organizations and 1,5000 individuals in second part

- 20 yr old Buynakskiy District, Dagestan resident and son of rebel leader Dzhamaluddin Dzhavatov, Shamil Dzhavatov has gone missing (Kavkaz Uzel)

o Disappeared on his way home from worko Suspects son was kidnapped by police o Police claim he was detained in forest near Kakashura settlement after a gunmen

was killed Had home made explosives disguised in a sports bag and ten liter buckle

– both filled with explosive substances and detonators – total yield was 25 kg of TNT reportedly SOURCE

BELARUS- Journalists detained for taking part in ralleys in Minsk/other cities get administrative

arrests ranging from 3 to 12 days SOURCE

PAKISTAN- Gunfire leads to 19 killed 11 injured in Karachi SOURCE, (The News)

o Violence started after failed assassination attempt on ANP Information Secretary Raheem Swati

The violence erupted in the capital of Sindh province Tuesday between the Urdu-speaking majority and minority Pashtu-speaking people

The Urdu-speaking Muttahida Qaumi Movement and the Pashtu Awami National Party blamed each other for the violence; the former claimed that most of the victims have been its supporters

o Karachi violence has killed 1138 people in 6 months SOURCE 77 people belonged to Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) 26 to Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) 29 people belonged to Awami National Party (ANP). 19 activists of religious parties are also included among the deceased and

three workers of nationalist parties were also made victims of this violence. SAMAA

o Police still do not have any leads on the whereabouts of missing Swiss coupleo 10 militants killed and 8 injured in NW Pak military operations SOURCE

AFGHANISTAN- Karzai says Afghanistan does not want to kill civilians by retaliating against attacks from

Pakistan into Afghanistan- Afghan Parliament criticizes gov’t and Pakistan over missiles being fired into

Afghanistan- US Treasury Dept. complicit in shady bank transfers SOURCE

o The agency chose not to report the transactions and the transfer of money from Kabul Bank to the government of Afghanistan or [Central Bank Governor Abdol] Qadir Fetrat kept it secret; unnamed sources tell Weesa that the US Treasury

Department agents played a direct role in the Kabul Bank crisis, adding that United States is using the Kabul Bank debacle as a political tool to impose its desired conditions [on the government of Afghanistan] for the strategic cooperation pact

- Australian troops capture senior Taliban bomb-maker SOURCE

o Capture took place in Mirabad Valley, Oruzgan Province of Afghanistan, Australian Defense Force confirmed on Wednesday

o Defense Force said the operation was conducted on Saturday, when members of the Australian Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) and Afghan Provincial Response Company conducted a cordon and search operation in a known insurgent area

o The operation resulted in detaining nine individuals, one who was positively identified as a senior district level insurgent commander

- Taliban claim that they shot down an Azerbaijani cargo plane SOURCEo 9 crew members were on board of a cargo aircraft IL-76 4K-AZ 55 of the

Azerbaijani cargo airline Silk Way that crashed at 2:10 a.m. [Baku time] on Tuesday in the Afghan province of Parwan, north of Kabul SOURCE

o The captain of the aircraft, a 42-year of Sergey Kuzmin, was an experienced pilot with 4,576 hours of flight time SOURCE

o The Afghan Airspace Control Service reported that a connection with the cargo plane of Silk Way was lost at 00:10 (at 2:10 Baku time) on July 6 not far from the Bagram airport, and it disappeared from radar SOURCE

o Simultaneously, the dispatcher, managing the flight of the aircraft, informed about a flash approximately 25 km. from the Kabul airport at an altitude of 4 km SOURCE

o It is assumed that the plane might encounter in the air with an unknown object, as no information about any problems or emergency situations have been reported by the flight crew until the connection lost SOURCE

INDONESIA- 7 terror suspects allegedly smuggling weapons into Indo from Philipines via Malasia

arrested in Jakarta and Surabaya City SOURCEo Being interrogated by Detachment 88o 7 weapons were seized along with about 100 rounds of ammunitiono Anonymous police source said that the arrested group had planned to mount an

armed bank robbery to fund their terror activities- Indonesia fears backlash from Umar Patek trial SOURCE

CHINA- 9,000 fugitives surrender to Chinese authorities in past month SOURCE- Bomb reported on Shanghai subway – no bomb found SOURCE

THAILAND- Thailand, along with Egypt, Israel and Philippines placed on new terrorism risk list ;

countries “may have been included on the list because of the backgrounds of arrestees, not because of a country’s government itself”

BANGLADESH

- 8 Jamaat-e-Islami members were detained in the capital during protest against constitutional change SOURCE

o Opposition Chief Whip Zainul Abdin Farooque and two police officials were injured in separate clashes

PHILIPPINES- Guard killed in Palanas town, Masbate Province (435km SE of Manila) prison break

SOURCEo Prisoners were facing rape and murder charges

SOMALIA- EU extends Somalia training mission

o EU/Spain are training Somali defense forces in Ugandao Forces of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia are undergoing

training at Bihanga, Ibanda District

INDIA- Supreme Court judgment directing the Chhattisgarh government to immediately stop

recruiting local tribal people as Special Police Officers for operations against Maoists – seen as a major operational blow for the Centre’s anti-Maoist policy by state gov’t and security officials SOURCE

- 9 policemen injured by a remote-controlled IED detonation near a police station in Sopore in Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir SOURCE, SOURCE

LIBYA- Rebels attack government in mountain area southwest of Tripoli (Al Alam TV)

BULGARIA- 36 arrested in “Operation Shock” targeting persons and vehicles wanted by the Shengen

Information System SOURCE

SUDAN- 400 ex-combatants from both sides of Darfur conflict will take part in disarmament and

reintegration exercise headed by UNAMID

JORDAN- Activists protest in front of Greek embassy over Greek blockade of Gaza ships from

leaving its shores

GEORGIA- NATO delegation in Georgia SOURCE

KYRGYZSTAN- Kyrgyzstan tightens its border controls with Kazakhstan

o Deputy commander of the Kyrgyz State National Security Committee, Zakir Tilenov said control had been tightened in all sectors of this border due to Kazakhstan's admission to the Customs Union; "Some checkpoints have been closed since the April events. We have asked to lift restrictions and ease the crossing of border for citizens. However, on the contrary, Russia and Kazakhstan

are currently beefing up security on the outer border.” “Six checkpoints are currently operating [on the border] with Kazakhstan"

IRAQ- Al Taji Municipal Council bombing suspects are arrested by joint 9th Division and Al-

Karkh Operations Command operation (Al-Iraqiyah)- North Baghdad local council chairman escapes assassination attempt SOURCE- 2 Katusha rockets fall on al-Buteira Military Airport, north of Amara, in Missan province

– no damage or casualties reported SOURCE- Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) claims responsibility for the Diwaniya governor’s house twin

bomb attack on June 21, and a June 13 suicide bombing in Basra SOURCE- 13 terror suspects detained in Diala SOURCE- 4 arrested in Mosul for attacking a police checkpoint that killed a policeman and a passer-

by SOURCE- IED kills 4 year old and injures 2 soldiers injured in Mosul’s al-Qadisiya neighborhood

SOURCE

BAHRAIN- One Bahraini and two former Iranian diplomats sentenced to ten years in jail for spying

for Iran / Iranian Revolutionary Guards SOURCE

YEMEN- Gov’t warplanes strike several “al-Qaida” targets in Abyan – 4 AQ fighter reportedly

killed and 7 injured SOURCE- Oil tanker carrying 1 million barrles is on fire off of the coast of Yemen following a

pirate attack SOURCEo Brillante Virtuoso was carrying crude from Ukraine to Chinao Crew of 26 are uninjured and the ship is drifting

OMAN- 12 protesters jailed – number climbs up to 80 SOURCE

SYRIA- 22 civilians killed by Syrian troops in Hama SOURCE

ITALY- 60 million EUR expropriated assets from 58-year-old Giuseppe Prestanicola, of Soriano

Calabro in the Calabrian mafia or 'Ndrangheta stronghold of Vibo Valentia province SOURCE

IRELAND- Constituency office of Northern Ireland’s justice minister in David Ford attacked

Glengormley, Co Antrim, David Ford attacked – liquid was poured onto a part of the building and lit SOURCE

o No suspects so far

Child killed in Mosul blast

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05/07/2011 17:32Nineveh, July 5 (AKnews) – A bomb killed a 4-year-old child and injured two Iraqi soldiers in the Mosul today, police said.

“The attackers were targeting an army patrol using a thermal bomb in eastern Mosul’s al-Qadisiya neighborhood, but the child happened to be in the area,” said Nineveh police official Brig. Gen. Mohammed al-Jubbouri.

Mosul - 362 km north of Baghdad – is the capital of Nineveh province. It is the site of daily bombings and killings. Mosul is the bloodiest of all Iraq’s cities when population is taken into account, according to Iraqi Body Count. In recent months targeted attacks against government officials and military officers have been stepped up, often making use of silenced weapons and roadside bombs.

Since the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime in 2003 the U.S. military and Iraqi security forces have been unable to crush the insurgency, which has not diminished, as it has in many other Iraqi cities.

Mosul is Iraq’s third largest city and is the main commercial center in the north west of the country.

By ezan Ahmed

Four arrested after deadly gunfight

http://aknews.com/en/aknews/3/250360/05/07/2011 20:06Nineveh, July 5 (AKnews) – Four insurgent were arrested in Mosul today following an attack on a checkpoint that left two dead, said police.

The four are accused of attacking a federal police checkpoint in western Mosul’s al-Harmat area. One policeman and a passer-by were killed in the assault.

Following the attack, police forces near the scene rushed to the aid of those at the checkpoint where they engaged in a gunfight that resulted in the arrest of the insurgents, Brig. Gen. Mohammed al-Jubbouri told AKnews.

Mosul - 362 km north of Baghdad – is the capital of Nineveh province. It is the site of daily bombings and killings. Mosul is the bloodiest of all Iraq’s cities when population is taken into account, according to Iraqi Body Count. In recent months targeted attacks against government officials and military officers have been stepped up, often making use of silenced weapons and roadside bombs.

Since the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime in 2003 the U.S. military and Iraqi security forces have been unable to crush the insurgency, which has not diminished, as it has in many other Iraqi cities.

Mosul is Iraq’s third largest city and is the main commercial center in the north west of the country.

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Million-Barrel Oil Tanker Ablaze Off Yemen

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-06/oil-tanker-is-ablaze-off-yemen-following-pirate-attack-vessel-owner-says.htmlBy Michelle Wiese Bockmann - Jul 6, 2011 1:11 PM AT

An oil tanker carrying 1 million barrels of oil, almost enough to supplyGreece for three days, is

on fire off the Yemeni coast after being attacked by pirates.

The 274-meter (900-foot) Brillante Virtuoso was carrying the crude toChina from Ukraine, said

Andreas Louka, legal adviser to Suez Fortune Investment Ltd., the owner. The crew of 26 are

uninjured and the ship is “safely adrift,” he said by phone from Athens today.

The vessel was attacked by pirates about 20 miles from Aden in southern Yemen while

approaching the port to take onboard unarmed guards, Louka said. It was then scheduled to

continue its journey to China, he said. The fire is in the accommodation block of the ship, which

has a carrying capacity of 149,601 deadweight tons, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

Pirates attacked a record number of ships worldwide in the first quarter, taking 344 sailors

hostage and killing seven, according to the International Maritime Bureau. A total of 142 attacks

were reported, the most for the period since monitoring began in 1991, the London-based IMB

said in April.

Crude oil traded in New York, a global benchmark, rose 35 percent in the past 12 months.

To contact the reporter on this story: Michelle Wiese Bockmann in London

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Alliance Party leader's office attacked

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0706/breaking25.html

July 6, 2011, 10:23

The constituency office of Northern Ireland's justice minister David Ford has been targeted by arsonists.

Scorch damage was caused to the outside of the premises in Glengormley, Co Antrim after liquid was poured on the building and set alight.

“This is a despicable attack on an office which provides an important service to the whole community. This was a cowardly and cynical attack," said Mr Ford, who is also leader of the Alliance Party.

“Those seeking to cause damage and fear will not prevent us from getting on with our role of serving the public.

“This is an attack on democracy. Incidents like this make us all even more determined to protect peace and ensure we have a society free from violence and division.”

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Syrian troops kill 22 in Hama crackdown, rights group sayshttp://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=288793July 6, 2011     share

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Syrian troops killed at least 22 people in a crackdown they launched in the flashpoint central city of Hama on Tuesday, a human rights group said.

"At least 22 people were killed in Hama and more than 80 wounded, some of them seriously," Ammar Qurabi of the National Organization for Human Rights said on Wednesday.

"The wounded are being treated in two hospitals in Hama," he said in a statement, adding that troops had entered the Al-Hurani hospital.

"A large number of Hama residents have fled either to the nearby town of Al-Salamiya or toward Damascus," Qurabi said.

The US State Department on Tuesday urged the Syrian regime to withdraw its forces from Hama, a city of 800,000 people that saw a massive anti-government demonstration by as many as half a million people last Friday. 

"We urge the government of Syria to immediately halt its intimidation and arrest campaign, to pull its security forces back from Hama and other cities, and to allow Syrians to express their opinions freely so that a genuine transition to democracy can take place," State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said.

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One gunmen killed, one detained with explosive devices in Dagestan.

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MOSCOW, July 6 (Itar-Tass) —— One gunmen was killed and another one having two explosive devices with an overall yield of 25 kilograms of TNT was detained in Russia’s North Caucasian republic of Dagestan, a spokesman for the National Anti-Terrorism Committee said on Wednesday.

“At about 01:00 a.m. on Wednesday, Makhachkala resident Shamil Dzhavatov, 20, was detained in a forest near the settlement of Kakashura. He had two home-made explosive devices disguised as a sports bag and ten-litre buckle. Both devices were filled with an explosive substance and had detonators,” the spokesman said. According to bomb experts, the overall yield of these devices is about 25 kilograms of TNT. The devices were rendered harmless.

“According to information from the republican interior agencies, the young man was forced into illegal activities by his father, Zhamaldi Dzhavatov, who was killed in a special operation in 2010. The senior Dzhavatov was a member of a militant group and took part in a number of terrorist crimes, such as assault on civilians and police officers,” the spokesman noted.

Apart from it, another gunmen was killed in a special operation in Dagestan’s settlement of Toturbiykala, the spokesman went on. The man was blocked at a private house. After residents were evacuated from neighbouring houses, police offered the man to surrender. “In response, the man opened sporadic fire and tried to escape. Police killed the man who was later identified as Nariman Aligadzhiyev. He has a handgun on him,” the spokesman said.

According to the spokesman, no casualties were reported among civilians and police.

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No explosive found on Shanghai subway train after passenger's report

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SHANGHAI, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Shanghai's subway authorities said they searched a subway train but found nothing abnormal after a passenger reported finding an explosive on the train on Wednesday.

A train on the city's subway Line 2 was stopped at the Nanjing West Road station after the passenger made the report. City police immediately began searching the train after evacuating its passengers. No abnormalities were found in the search, according to a subway management spokesman.

The operation of other subway trains was not affected by the search, the spokesman said.

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Oman jails 12 more protesters, bringing total to 80http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE76518520110706Wed Jul 6, 2011 9:43am GMT Print | Single PageBy Saleh Al-Shaibany

MUSCAT (Reuters) - An Omani court jailed 12 protesters from the coastal city of Sohar for up to three and a half years, a local paper said Wednesday, bringing the total number of people sentenced for taking part in the unrest to 80.

The usually tranquil Gulf Arab sultanate was hit by months of protests in February, following uprisings that toppled rulers in Egypt and Tunisia. Omanis, however, focussed their demands on higher wages, more jobs and an end to graft rather than a change of government.

Security forces in May broke up a sit-in that had lasted for months in Sohar, an industrial city that was the epicentre of demonstrations in Oman. Police cleared road blocks and arrested hundreds on charges of vandalism, though most were pardoned.

The court sentenced two of the protesters to three and half years in jail for "making explosives and throwing them at security forces" the Times of Oman said. Five others were sentenced to two and half years and the rest to one year.

Last month the public prosecutor said 13 protesters were given prison sentences of up to five years for protesting in Sohar. A further 55 people were jailed for up to a year for demonstrating in the eastern town of Jaalan Bani Bu Ali.

Oman, a small non-OPEC oil producer, is poorer than its hydrocarbon-rich Gulf neighbours, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. The regional Gulf Cooperation Council, wary of unrest in its poorer members Oman and Bahrain, vowed to give each country aid packages of $10 billion (6.2 billion pounds) each.

Sultan Qaboos bin Said, a U.S. ally who has ruled Oman for 40 years, has promised a $2.6 billion spending package and the government has said it will create 50,000 public sector jobs to placate Omanis.

Protests continued despite the promised reforms, with many complaining the changes had not been implemented, especially job creation. Protests have ebbed since May when police cleared out remaining protest camps in capital Muscat and the southern resort town of Salalah.

(Editing by Paul Casciato)

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Warplanes strike al-Qaida hideouts, 4 militants killed in south Yemen

ADEN, Yemen, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Warplanes of the Yemeni air forces carried out several airstrikes against al-Qaida targets in various areas of the southern province of Abyan, leaving four al- Qaida fighters killed and seven others injured on Wednesday morning, local army officer told Xinhua.

The airstrikes targeted hideouts of several al-Qaida leaders, who were gathering and planning to carry out revenge attacks against the army forces in the al-Qaida-seized Zinjibar city, the officer who asked to remain anonymous told Xinhua, adding that four al-Qaida militants were killed and seven others were injured during the air strike in Amoodia area.

Al-Qaida militants pulled out from a number of areas across the Zinjibar city, the provincial capital of Abyan province, in an attempt to attack the army troops of the 25th Mechanized Brigade following the heavy losses among al-Qaida militants during the airstrikes and clashes since Tuesday evening, according to the army officer.

The officer said also that al-Qaida militants organized military training and exercises to hundreds of al-Qaida fighters in Jaar area.

The army troops of the besieged 25th Mechanized Brigade, which was encircled from all sides by al-Qaida since a month ago, were still appealing for military reinforcements and supplies.

The country's Defense Ministry said on Tuesday that units of the army forces supported by air forces killed at least 40 al- Qaida militants during airstrikes and fierce clashes in Zinjibar city.

The worsening internal situation in Yemen created a haven for al-Qaida to plot, plan and mount domestic attacks on military brigades and government buildings in Yemen's southern and eastern main provinces during the past two years.

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10 militants killed in army offensive in NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, July 6 (Xinhua) -- At least 10 militants were killed and eight others injured on Wednesday during the Pakistani army's current operation against militants in the northwestern region of the country, local media reported.

According to reports, the 10 militants were killed when a mortar shell fired by the Pakistani army hit a militants' bunker in Marghan area of the Kurram Agency, a tribal region bordering Afghanistan. The security forces were moving ahead in the Marghan area on Wednesday morning.

The Pakistani army on Sunday launched an operation in Kurram Agency against the militants who reportedly were hiding in the area after fleeing North Waziristan and South Waziristan following the continued fatal U.S. drone strikes.

Pakistani army spokesman Major General Athar Abbas confirmed the launch of the operation besides giving some details on Monday.

He said the main aim of the move was to reopen the Parachinar road which had been closed by the militants for a long time.

"The operation has been launched with the aim of clearing the region of militants who have indulged in kidnapping and suicide attacks on security installations and forces there," Abbas said.

On Tuesday, Pakistani local Urdu media reported that Pakistani army had taken control of several areas which were militants' strongholds.

Security sources told Xinhua that army was advancing in the region to militants' hideouts by using heavy weapons along with infantry, helicopters and air force.

Following the launching of the new offensive in Pakistan's tribal belt, the security has been tightened in other parts of the country especially in big cities including Karachi, Peshawar, Lahore and capital Islamabad.

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Bahrain jails three for spying for Iran: reporthttp://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/bahrain/bahrain-jails-three-for-spying-for-iran-report-1.833932

Bahrain has sentenced one of its citizens and two foreigners to 10 years in prison for spying for Iran's Revolutionary Guards it was reported Wednesday

AFP Published: 12:47 July 6, 2011

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 Dubai: Bahrain has sentenced one of its citizens and two foreigners to 10 years in prison for spying for Iran's Revolutionary Guards, Akhbar Al Khaleejnewspaper reported on Wednesday.

Bahrain's high criminal court sentenced "three defendants to 10 years in prison for spying for the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, one of them a Bahraini and two others" who worked as diplomats in Iran's embassy in Kuwait and were sentenced in absentia, the daily reported.The prosecution said the three "spied from 2002 until April 2010 in the Kingdom of Bahrain and abroad," and gave the Guards economic and military information, including the locations of military, industrial and economic installations, Akhbar Al Khaleej said.Spied on the military

The Bahraini was recruited while visiting relatives in Kuwait, it said, adding the Iranians had also spied on the Kuwaiti military, US forces in Kuwait, and oil installations in the the country.

In early April, Kuwait expelled three Iranian diplomats it accused of working for an Iranian spy ring, reportedly since the 2003 US invasion of Iraq.

Iran in response expelled "several" Kuwaiti diplomats. The row also prompted the Gulf state to recall its ambassador from Tehran.Ambassadors

Iran and Kuwait have, however, reportedly exchanged ambassadors again.

Manama has along with other Gulf states repeatedly accused Iran of interference in Bahrain in connection with anti-government protests.

----13 wanted men detained in Diala 7/6/2011 12:18 PM http://en.aswataliraq.info/Default1.aspx?page=article_page&id=143603&l=1DIALA / Aswat al-Iraq: Northeast Iraq’s Diala Police has detained 13 wanted persons in its center city of Baaquba on Wednesday, Diala’s Police Commander said.

“A Diala police force have implemented a security operation inside Baaquba city and its suburbs, arresting 13 persons, most of them wanted by the Judicial Authorities for terrorist acts,” Major-General, Abdul-Hussein al-Shimmary told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

Baaquba, the center of Diala Province, is 57 km to the northeast of Baghdad.

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http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/07/06/idINIndia-58103520110706Reuters) - Al Qaeda's Iraqi affiliate claimed responsibility for two separate attacks in Iraq which killed at least 30 people in June, a group that monitors insurgent communications said.

The Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) said it was behind a twin bomb attack on June 21 in which at least 25 people were killed at a checkpoint outside the Diwaniya governor's house, the U.S.-based SITE Intelligence Group said.

The umbrella group for al Qaeda-linked insurgents also claimed responsibility for a June 13 suicide bombing at a police unit in Basra in a statement published on jihadist websites on Tuesday, according to SITE.

Five people were killed and 15 wounded in the attack in Iraq's southern oil city.

Al Qaeda has been strategically weakened by the deaths of leaders, and both its numbers and the territory in which it can manoeuvre have shrunk since 2006-07.

But the group still carries out attacks aimed at grabbing attention and rattling the population at a time when Iraqi leaders are debating whether to ask the United States to leave some troops beyond December.

Overall violence in Iraq has sharply declined since the height of sectarian warfare in 2006-7, but bombings and killings remain a daily occurrence more than eight years after the U.S.-led invasion.

U.S. Ambassador to Iraq James Jeffrey said on Saturday al Qaeda's network in northern Iraq was the largest remaining cell of the group in the world.

(Reporting by Serena Chaudhr

---Two Katusha rockets fall on military airport in Amara 7/6/2011 11:33 AM http://en.aswataliraq.info/Default1.aspx?page=article_page&id=143601&l=1

MISSAN / Aswat al-Iraq: Two Katusha rockets fell on al-Buteira Military Airport north of Amara, the center of southern Iraq’s Missan Province on Tuesday night, causing no human or material losses, a Missan security source reported on Wednesday. “The Buteira Military Airport, 10 km to the  northwest of Amara city, had been garget for two Katusha rockets late Tuesday night, that caused no human or material losses,” the security source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. The security source gave no further details, but said that an Iraqi Army force had inspected the areas around the venue of the attack, to discover the area, where the rockets were launched from. The Buteira Military Airport is used by the Iraqi Army’s 38th Brigade of the 10th Division, and had been target for several Katusha rocket raids, launched by unknown armed men. Amara, the center of Missan Province, is 390 km to the south of Baghdad.

---North Baghdad’s local council chairman escapes assassination attempt 7/6/2011 12:12 PM http://en.aswataliraq.info/Default1.aspx?page=article_page&id=143602&l=1BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: The Deputy Chairman of the Local Council of Abu-Muneisir area in north Baghdad’s Abu-Ghuraib township has escaped an assassination attempt, when an explosion blew up from beneath his car on Wednesday, a police source reported.

“An explosive charge blew up from underneath the car of Deputy-Chairman of Abu-Muneisir’s local council in north Baghdad’s Abu-Ghuraib township, Muhsin al-Amiry, causing him some injuries,” the police source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

He said the explosive charge blew up under Amiry’s car, while he was touring the area, causing damage to his car.----

Joint Iraqi forces arrest twin blasts perpetrators

Baghdad Al-Iraqiyah Television in Arabic as of 0645 gmt on 6 July carries the following "breaking news" as a screen caption:

"A joint force of the ninth division and Al-Karkh Operations Command arrests the individuals who carried out the Al-Taji Municipal Council bombings yesterday."

Source: Al-Iraqiyah TV, Baghdad, in Arabic 0645 gmt 6 Jul 11

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---Kyrgyzstan tightens control on border with Kazakhstan

Text of report by privately-owned Kyrgyz news agency 24.kg website

Bishkek, 6 July: "Kyrgyzstan has tightened control on the border with Kazakhstan," the deputy commander of the border troops of the Kyrgyz State National Security Committee, Zakir Tilenov, told a news conference today.

He said control had been tightened in all sectors of this border due to Kazakhstan's admission to the Customs Union. "Some checkpoints have been closed since the April events. We have asked to lift restrictions and ease the crossing of border for citizens. However, on the contrary, Russia and Kazakhstan are currently beefing up security on the outer border. Six checkpoints are currently operating [on the border] with Kazakhstan," Zakir Tilenov said.

Source: 24.kg website, Bishkek, in Russian 0346 gmt 6 Jul 11

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Russia: Son of Dagestani rebel goes missing - website

A 20-year-old resident of Dagestan's Buynakskiy District, Shamil Dzhavatov, has gone missing, the Kavkazskiy Uzel website quoted his mother Madina Dzhavatova as saying on 5 July.

Dzhavatova said that she thinks her son was kidnapped by police officers, who had come to their house to enquire about his activities the morning Shamil disappeared.

She noted that her younger daughter saw Shamil coming back from work, but he never came home. Dzhavatova added that attempts to contact her son on the phone yielded no results and "nobody has seen him ever since".

She also said that she had turned to relevant law enforcement agencies to enquire about his whereabouts but she was told that they had no information to this effect.

"They said that they knew nothing about Shamil's fate and that their visit was linked to the fact that my son was being watched by police as a follower of Wahhabism," Dzhavatova said, noting that her son is a practicing Muslim and abstains from drinking or smoking. She added that Shamil was the only breadwinner for his mother and two younger sisters.

In the meantime, the VDagestan.info rebel website reported on 5 July that Shamil Dzhavatov is the son of Dzhamaluddin Dzhavatov, one of the most "valiant fighters of Allah," who was martyred on 26 June 2010 in "an unequal fight against the infidel forces". The website added that Dzhavatov joined Jihad when he was over forty but soon became "a true horror for the apostates", who organized "executions of several stool pigeons, who had taken part in processes against Karamakhi Muslims in 2000".

Source: Kavkaz-uzel.ru website, Moscow, in Russian 5 Jul 11 1355 gmt; Vdagestan.com, in Russian 5 Jun 11

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NATO delegation visits Tbilisi

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NATO official delegation arrived in Tbilisi this morning to attend the joint Georgia-NATO conference, which will be dedicated to the discussion of the security issues and mechanisms of preventing the main threats of the 21-st century. Along with the participation in the aforementioned conference, the members of the delegation will hold meetings with Georgian authorities and discuss the process of Georgia`s integration into the alliance and the activities, which Georgian should carry out in this process.NATO-Georgian joint conference will be held in Tbilisi on July 7-8. The members of the delegation say it is very significant that the event takes place in Georgia.

----Activists in Jordan protest against Greek ban on Gaza-bound ships

Text of report in English by privately-owned Jordan Times website on 6 July

["Activists Protest Against Greek Ban on Gaza-Bound Ships" - Jordan Times Headline]

By Mohammad Ben Hussein

Amman - Dozens of activists gathered near the Greek embassy in Amman on Tuesday to protest against Greece's refusal to let all Gaza-bound ships sail from its shores.

Protesters held placards in support of Palestinians in Gaza and condemning the sanctions imposed on the strip.

"We understand that Israel and its Zionist arm can take measures to stop the aid convoy from reaching Gaza. But not Greece, the country with an ancient tradition of human rights and freedom," said a statement issued by the professional associations during the gathering.

"Greece is acting like an obedient solider doing the job of Israeli soldiers and blocking ships carrying humanitarian aid," added the statement.

Several ships participating in Freedom Flotilla II have been forced to remain docked in Greece after local authorities warned that they did not have permission to set sail for Gaza "for their safety".

The flotilla, carrying about 350 passengers, was supposed to be taking tens of thousands of dollars of medicines, food, gifts and building materials to Gaza, Reuters reported.

But the chances of any of the ships arriving in Gaza were increasingly remote due to the vigilance of the Greek coastguard and the rigid enforcement of the government's

ban, according to the agency.

The professional associations statement said Greece is taking part in the killing of innocent children and women.

"We at the professional associations condemn this act and we hold Greece responsible for siding with injustice against innocent people," said the statement.

The demonstrators said Greece should be sending more ships to Gaza, not standing united with Israel in its war against Palestinians.

"We are greatly disappointed by actions of Greece. This is a country from which we expect support and sympathy, not collaboration with Israel against helpless civilians," said Wael Saqa, head of the preparation committee organizing Jordanian participation in the convoy.

He called on activists and human rights groups in Greece to pressure their government to allow the boats to sail to Gaza.

Fearing for the safety of the flotilla and wary of regional tensions, Greece imposed the ban but offered to ferry the aid to Gaza in cooperation with the United Nations. But the activists turned the offer down saying that it was "insufficient", according to Reuters.

Activists have accused Israel of damaging two ships docked in Turkey and Greece that were part of the flotilla, but Israel has denied claims it sabotaged ships trying to breach its sea blockade of the Gaza Strip.

A similar attempt by a six-ship convoy to reach the Palestinian territory in May 2010 ended in bloodshed when Israeli troops stormed the lead vessel, killing nine Turkish activists and sparking a diplomatic crisis with Ankara.

Source: Jordan Times website, Amman, in English 6 Jul 11

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Over 400 fighters to lay down arms in Sudan's Darfur region

Text of report in English by UN sponsored Radio Miraya FM website, Juba on 5 July

Tuesday, 05 July 2011: More than 400 ex-combatants from both sides of the long-running Darfur conflict will lay down their arms this week and take part in a disarmament and reintegration exercise run by the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID).

Former soldiers with the Sudanese armed forces and former members of rebel movements will undergo security screening, medical exams and psychological assessments as part of the disarmament exercise, which kicked off in Al-Fashir on Monday [4 July], the capital of Northern Darfur State.

The participants will then attend workshops on reintegrating into civil society, receive jobs training and be given an allowance to help them re-establish themselves in the community, according to a press release issued by the Mission.

The exercise, run jointly by UNAMID and the North Sudan Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) Commission, comes two months after at least 1,100 ex-soldiers undertook a similar initiative in Southern Darfur State.

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---36 Arrested Overnight in Shock Schengen Raid in Bulgariahttp://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=129965 Crime | July 6, 2011, Wednesday

Bulgarian commandos have made thirty-six arrests overnight during a special police operation, code-named "Shock", on the territory of the whole country, police announced Wednesday morning.

"The operation was conducted jointly with our Euro-Atlantic partners. It was ordered by the Interior Ministry Chief Secretary and targets persons and vehicles wanted under the Schengen Information System," Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov explained.

The operation continued on Wednesday morning.

The center-right government elected n the summer of 2009 has vowed to take a harder line on crime and graft than its predecessor.

Over the last two years Bulgarian police arrested dozens of members of powerful crime gangs suspected of money laundering, racketeering, drug trafficking, bribery and tax frauds.

The raids have been part of the efforts of the government to shake off the country's reputation for rampant graft and crime.

People allegedly involved in high-level crime and corruption however have remained untouchable

 

Over 400 fighters to lay down arms in Sudan's Darfur region

Text of report in English by UN sponsored Radio Miraya FM website, Juba on 5 July

Tuesday, 05 July 2011: More than 400 ex-combatants from both sides of the long-running Darfur conflict will lay down their arms this week and take part in a disarmament and reintegration exercise run by the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID).

Former soldiers with the Sudanese armed forces and former members of rebel movements will undergo security screening, medical exams and psychological assessments as part of the disarmament exercise, which kicked off in Al-Fashir on Monday [4 July], the capital of Northern Darfur State.

The participants will then attend workshops on reintegrating into civil society, receive jobs training and be given an allowance to help them re-establish themselves in the community, according to a press release issued by the Mission.

The exercise, run jointly by UNAMID and the North Sudan Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) Commission, comes two months after at least 1,100 ex-soldiers undertook a similar initiative in Southern Darfur State.

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Pakistan paper says police "blank" on whereabouts of kidnapped Swiss couple

Text of report by Mohammad Zafar headlined "Police, levies clueless about whereabouts of Swiss couple" published by Pakistani newspaper Daily Times website on 6 July

Quetta: The entire Balochistan and all its law-enforcement agencies are completely blank on the whereabouts of a missing Swiss couple, kidnapped from Loralai five days ago.

According to the Zhob Division commissioner, law-enforcement agencies, mainly levies [paramilitary] and police, have extended their search operation to the entire swathes of Zhob, Qila Saifullah, Sherani, Qamaruddin Karez, Kakar Kurasan, Musakheil and some other smaller townships.

"Nothing can be said that where the Swiss couple is being kept," the commissioner said, while responding to a query that the captives were either shifted to Pakistan's

tribal belt or Afghanistan.

"Security has been beefed up on main roads and even camel tracks in these areas are being combed, while personnel, in plain clothes, have been asked to collect credible information from citizens and whoever they come across," he elaborated.

No one has made any demand for ransom. In any case, the investigators are complete blank on this issue, and they have no idea as to whether criminal gangs are behind the kidnapping.

Talking to media men, Balochistan Home Secretary Zafar Baloch said that he believed that kidnappers had crossed the Balochistan border. "Otherwise, manhunt would have borne results," he said.

"We do not have an authentic information that the Swiss couple was shifted to lawless Tribal Areas or Afghanistan," he said, and added that help of tribal elders and political parties was also sought to find out clues as to whereabouts of the couple.

The Swiss couple, identified as Olivier David Och, 31, and Daniela Widmer, 28, was abducted on Friday [1 July], and so far no group has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping.

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Libyan rebels attack Al-Qadhafi's brigades southwest of Tripoli - Al-Alam TV

At 0645 gmt, on 6 July, Iranian Al-Alam TV alerted the following urgent screen caption: "Libyan rebels start an attack on Al-Qadhafi's brigades in the mountain area southwest of the capital Tripoli."

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Taliban shoots down Azerbaijani plane

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Representative of the Taliban movement Zabibulla Mojahid told the Afghan media that Taliban has shot down the Azerbaijani cargo plane, the FARS news agency reported.

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Azerbaijani Civil Aviation Administration names possible cause of cargo plane's crash

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Nine crew members were on board of a cargo aircraft IL-76 4K-AZ 55 of the Azerbaijani cargo airline Silk Way that crashed at 2:10 a.m. [Baku time] on Tuesday in the Afghan province of Parwan, north of Kabul, the Azerbaijani Civil Aviation Administration told Trend.

The captain of the aircraft, a 42-year of Sergey Kuzmin, is an experienced pilot with 4,576 hours.

The Afghan Airspace Control Service reported that a connection with the cargo plane of Silk Way was lost at 00:10 (at 2:10 Baku time) on July 6 not far from the Bagram airport, and it disappeared from radar. At the same time, the dispatcher, managing the flight of the aircraft, informed about a flash approximately 25 km. from the Kabul airport at an altitude of 4 km..It is assumed that the plane might encounter in the air with an unknown object, as no information about any problems or emergency situations have been reported by the flight crew until the connection lost.

A total of 18 tons of cargo was on board of the plane en route Baku-Bagram. The plane received cargo at the Baku Heydar Aliyev International Airport and took off at 21:26 (local time).

The plane with a carrying capacity of 40 tons was built in 2005 and passed a full inspection in February 2011. It passed the next inspection in June 2011.A special commission is being created to investigate the incident and it is planned to dispatch experts at the crash site in agreement with the management of the Afghan aviation.

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Eight people were on board of crashed Azerbaijani cargo plane (UPDATE)

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A cargo airplane of the "Azerbaijan Airlines " (AZAL) fell in the Afghan province of Parwan, north of Kabul, a representative of the Afghan National Airlines Areana told Trend.

According to preliminary data , eight crew members were on board, he said.

So far, he said, the exact site of the crash is not yet known. Local police and army units are continuing to carry out the search.

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----Ethnic violence claims 17 lives in southern Pakistanhttp://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/southasia/news/article_1649473.php/Ethnic-violence-claims-17-lives-in-southern-PakistanJul 6, 2011, 6:27 GMT

Islamabad - At least 17 people have been killed in the latest wave of clashes between rival ethnic groups in Pakistan's largest city of Karachi, rescue workers said Wednesday.

The violence erupted in the capital of Sindh province Tuesday between the Urdu-speaking majority and minority Pashtu-speaking people.

Faraz Ali, a spokesman for a private rescue service, said 17 bodies and 37 injured victims had been taken to medical facilities during last 24 hours.

The Urdu-speaking Muttahida Qaumi Movement and the Pashtu Awami National Party blamed each other for the violence. The former claimed that most of the victims have been its supporters.

Dozens of people on both sides have died in recent months as the two groups struggle for influence. In June, 15 people died in clashes that started after the killing of an Urdu activist.

Karachi, with a population of over 18 million, is the financial hub and chief port of Pakistan.

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Australian troops capture senior Taliban bomb-maker in Afghanistan

CANBERRA, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Australian Special Forces and Afghanistan National Police have captured a senior insurgent bomb maker and his associates in an operation in the Mirabad Valley, Oruzgan Province of Afghanistan, Australian Defense Force confirmed on Wednesday.

Defense Force said the operation was conducted on Saturday, when members of the Australian Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) and Afghan Provincial Response Company conducted a cordon and search operation in a known insurgent area.

The operation resulted in detaining nine individuals, one who was positively identified as a senior district level insurgent commander.

SOTG's commanding officer, who cannot be named for security reasons, said the capture would further disrupt the insurgency in southern Afghanistan.

"The man was a significant threat to friendly forces and the local population, a key improvised explosive device facilitator and commander of many insurgent fighters," he said in a statement released on Australian Defense Force website on Wednesday.

"He was well connected to the senior insurgent leadership and led attacks in heavily populated areas of the province."

He said that the Australian and Afghanistan forces have been tracking this individual for several months, and removing insurgent leaders from Oruzgan has significant impact on insurgent operations in the province.

The captured insurgent will be transferred to the U.S.-run detention facility in Parwan Province to await prosecution through the Afghanistan judicial system.

Recent operations by the SOTG and the Afghan Provincial Response Company have resulted in 23 senior insurgent leaders being killed or captured in Oruzgan province since March.

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Australian troops capture senior Taliban bomb-maker in Afghanistan

CANBERRA, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Australian Special Forces and Afghanistan National Police have captured a senior insurgent bomb maker and his associates in an operation in the Mirabad Valley, Oruzgan Province of Afghanistan, Australian Defense Force confirmed on Wednesday.

Defense Force said the operation was conducted on Saturday, when members of the Australian Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) and Afghan Provincial Response Company conducted a cordon and search operation in a known insurgent area.

The operation resulted in detaining nine individuals, one who was positively identified as a senior district level insurgent commander.

SOTG's commanding officer, who cannot be named for security reasons, said the capture would further disrupt the insurgency in southern Afghanistan.

"The man was a significant threat to friendly forces and the local population, a key improvised explosive device facilitator and commander of many insurgent fighters," he said in a statement released on Australian Defense Force website on Wednesday.

"He was well connected to the senior insurgent leadership and led attacks in heavily populated areas of the province."

He said that the Australian and Afghanistan forces have been tracking this individual for several months, and removing insurgent leaders from Oruzgan has significant impact on insurgent operations in the province.

The captured insurgent will be transferred to the U.S.-run detention facility in Parwan Province to await prosecution through the Afghanistan judicial system.

Recent operations by the SOTG and the Afghan Provincial Response Company have resulted in 23 senior insurgent leaders being killed or captured in Oruzgan province since March.

----Pakistani officials accuse third party for attacks on Afghanistan - paper

Text of report entitled "Pakistani officials have said that the missile attacks are carried out by a group that wants the two countries' relations to deteriorate" and published by private Afghan newspaper Arman-e Melli on 5 July

Following the Pakistani military's missile and heavy weaponry attacks on our country's [Afghanistan] territory, the House of Representatives and some other political groups and entities criticized the government of Afghanistan, saying that the Afghan government, especially the president of Afghanistan, has not taken a clear position or stand against the Pakistanis' missile attacks.

In relation to the issue [of missile attacks] yesterday, some members of the House of Representatives suggested giving vote of no confidence in the ministers of defence, interior and foreign affairs, which do not have competence for these positions. However, the Afghan presidential spokesman, Wahid Omar, in an exclusive interview

with Arman-e Melli has rejected the claim of the House of Representatives and said that the [Afghan] government entities have taken the necessary and clear stance against the missile attacks from the Pakistani territory, and not only the [Afghan] government but the whole regime of Afghanistan has reacted against these attacks.

He went on to say that the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs has summoned the ambassador of Pakistan and expressed the worries of the Afghan government in relation to the issue [of missile attacks] and as well the ministries of defence and interior, in addition to condemning these attacks, are prepared to take an action once the issue has been clarified. In response to the question that whether Pakistan takes responsibility for these attacks or not? Mr Omar said: "The Pakistani officials have told the government of Afghanistan that the missile attacks on Afghanistan's territory is carried out by a third party that wants the relations between the two countries to deteriorate and we [Pakistanis] are waiting for an opportunity to identify this third party and in the near future the Afghan minister of interior will meet his Pakistani counterpart [to discuss the issue of missile attacks]. The government of Pakistan is hopeful to [see] this problem resoled and Paki! stan's government is obliged to prevent such attacks".

The Afghan presidential spokesman added that the government of Afghanistan is not wishing for a war and deterioration of relations with Pakistan but, if these attacks continue, the government of Afghanistan will have to resort to a new action.

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---1138 killed in 6 months in Karachi 

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http://www.samaa.tv/newsdetail.aspx?ID=33914KARACHI: Government claims regarding law and order in the largest city of the country were set aside by the rampant firing incidents here, as at least 1138 people were killed during six months.

According to Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), at least 1138 people were killed from January 11 to June 11 this year.

Among the killed, 77 people belonged to Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), 26 to Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and 29 people belonged to Awami National Party (ANP).

According to report, 19 activists of religious parties are also included among the deceased and three workers of nationalist parties were also made victims of this violence. SAMAA 

---Six policemen injured in IED explosion in J&K PTI

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At least six policemen were injured on Wednesday when militants triggered an IED explosion near a police station in Sopore in Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. Militants fired a rifle grenade at around 9.05 a.m., which landed and exploded in the police station premises, the officials said. As the policemen came out, the ultras triggered an IED planted on a scooter parked near the police station. Six policemen were injured in the IED explosion, the officials said, adding that the condition of four of them is stated to be critical. Security forces have cordoned off the area and launched search operations but no arrests have been made so far, the officials said.-----

Supreme Court order deals a big blow to Centre's anti-Maoist operations

 Published: Wednesday, Jul 6, 2011, 10:30 IST By Krishnakumar Padmanabhan | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA

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Tuesday’s Supreme Court judgment directing the Chhattisgarh government to immediately stop recruiting local tribal people as Special Police Officers for operations against Maoists will be a major operational blow for the Centre’s anti-Maoist policy, state government officials and security officers have told DNA.

Officially, though, the Chhattisgarh government put up a brave face, saying it will seek legal opinion before deciding on the next course of action.

“We have not yet gotten a copy of the judgment,” said Baijendra Kumar, principal secretary to the chief minister, Chhattisgarh.

“Once we get a copy, we will study it and consult legal experts before taking appropriate action. We will respect the decision of the Supreme Court.”

But speaking on condition of anonymity, senior paramilitary officers, state government officials and state police officers were unanimous that the apex court’s decision is a major setback to the Union home ministry’s anti-Maoist operations, and that it will be a shot in the arm for the Maoists.

When paramilitary forces were first posted in Maoist-hit areas, they suffered major casualties. Under growing pressure, the Centre and state decided to recruit more locals as SPOs to support

operations.

“It is a dangerous decision,” said a senior intelligence officer who works in the state’s worst-affected districts. “The problem is two-fold: The security forces — even the state police force — depended heavily on the SPOs. Now our operational ability will be crippled and also our numbers on the frontline will be greatly hit. Second, what is the government to do with these SPOs once they are disarmed? They definitely can’t be sent back to their villages.”

Another problem the state will now face is paying these recruits — about 6,500 of them at last count — with the Supreme Court asking the Centre to stop paying these recruits. SPOs are paid between Rs3,500 and Rs5,000 a month, 80% of which the Centre contributes.

“This is a great shot in the arm for the Maoists,” said a New Delhi-based security expert. “They have been doing all they can to get the Salwa Judum, which was a thorn in their flesh, disbanded.”

A major problem facing the Chhattisgarh government now is what it will do with the 6,500 recruits. If the government does not come up with a plan to absorb them into the police force in non-combat roles, they will be forced to go back to their villages.

“If they go back, the Maoists will kill them,” said a senior police officer. “You also have to remember that they do not have great relations with their fellow villagers either.” The SPOs are accused of gross human rights violation, including rape and murder. 

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EU extends training programme of Somali defence forces in Uganda

Text of report by Steven Candia entitled "EU extends Somalia's training mission" published by state-owned, mass-circulation Ugandan daily The New Vision website on 6 July

The Spanish minister for defence, Carme Chacon Piqueras, yesterday arrived jetted into the country and announced the European Union's (EU) decision to extend the training programme of Somali defence forces in Uganda.

"The EU and the government of Spain is satisfied with this mission and has decided to extend it for another one year," she said during a brief press conference in Entebbe.

Forces of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia are undergoing training at Bihanga, Ibanda District.

Piqueras also pledged the EU's and her countries continued support to the programme under the European Union Training Mission (EUTM).

Spain has the operational command of the mission.

Piqueras, who landed at Entebbe International Airport aboard a Spanish Airbus 320

airliner, complete with a team of Spanish journalists, was received by her Ugandan counterpart Dr Crispus Kiyonga.

The Council of the European Union in March last year decided to start a European Union military mission to train Somali defence forces from the Transitional Federal Government. The mission was launched in May and was to last one year, with two training periods, each lasting for six months.

The EU and Spain, she said, were pleased with the mission, thus the extension. The extension, she said, would come with both logistical and financial assistance.

Kiyonga said: "Piqueras was on a visit to check on the Bihanga UPDF [Uganda People's Defence Forces] training camp where the Somali soldiers of the TFG are undergoing training."

The EU undertook the mission with the aim of bolstering the transitional government of Somalia. Somalia's government is battling Islamist militants, thought to have been reinforced recently by Al-Qa'idah.

Under the programme, up to 2,000 soldiers of the TFG were to be trained, but so far 1,000 have been trained.

"With the extension, we should be able to train 2,000 soldiers," Kiyonga said.

Piqueras described the mission as vital toward combating piracy on the Indian Ocean and countering terrorism as posed by the Al-Shabab militia in Somalia, thereby improving regional and international security.

"We are concerned and the public is concerned about the capability of the Al-Shabab and we are going to give tools and instruments to combat terrorism," she said.

Piqueras, who flew in from Djibouti having connected through Seychelles, lauded Uganda for agreeing to host the mission.

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----Guard killed in prison break in the Philippineshttp://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/news/article_1649454.php/Guard-killed-in-prison-break-in-the-PhilippinesJul 6, 2011, 4:44 GMT

Manila - One guard was killed during a jailbreak in the eastern Philippines that led to the escape of three prisoners, a regional police spokeswoman said Wednesday.

The escapees, who were facing rape and murder charges, allegedly attacked guards late Tuesday in the local jail of Palanas town in Masbate province, 435 kilometers south-east of Manila.

Police Inspector Ayn Natuel said one guard was declared dead on arrival at a nearby hospital due to severe head injuries caused by the fugitives. He said another guard and one prisoner were injured.

Natuel said the inmates seized two rifles and one pistol from the guards before fleeing. -- 8 Jamaat men held in capital

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Eight activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami were picked up in the capital in the early hours of the 48-hour countrywide hartal called by BNP-led four-party alliance on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Opposition Chief Whip Zainul Abdin Farooque and two police officials were injured in separate clashes.

BNP and its three allies enforced the shutdown since 6:00am Wednesday in protest against scrapping of the caretaker government system and “hurting” the religious sentiment of the people through the 15th amendment to the constitution.

The opposition chief whip sustained minor injuries during a scuffle with Mohammadpur police at about 6:00am when BNP men led by opposition lawmakers brought out a procession at Manik Miah Avenue and were resisted by the law enforcers.

Kazi Wazed Ali, officer-in-charge (OC) of Mirpur Police Station, said more than 100 activists of Jamaat brought out a procession in Mirpur in the morning.

When the procession reached Senpara Parbata at about 6:15am, a team of police led by Assistant Commissioner (AC) of Pallabi Zone Siraj Amin and OC of Kafrul Police Station Abdul Latif resisted them.

Being resisted, the activists hurled brick chips on the law enforcers, leaving AC Siraj Amin and OC Abdul Latif injured.

Mirpur and Kafrul police, on information, rushed to the spot, charged batons and dispersed the activists.

They also picked up eight Jamaat workers from the spot, OC Wazed Ali said.

The injured police officials were taken to a city hospital.

The hartal has put the nation virtually on a six-day “holiday” as an alliance of 12 parties led by Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish will enforce a 30-hour shutdown from Sunday after two weekly holidays on Friday and Saturday.----Indonesia fears backlash from Bali bomb trialPosted: 06 July 2011 1045 hrshttp://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1139168/1/.html

SYDNEY: Indonesia fears the trial of an alleged mastermind of the Bali bombings would increase terrorist risks and suggested it was not keen on prosecuting Umar Patek, a report said Wednesday.

Patek, one of the most wanted Islamic extremists in Southeast Asia, was arrested in March in Abbottabad in Pakistan -- the same town where Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed just weeks later.

In an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald, the head of Indonesia's anti-terrorism agency Ansyaad Mbai said Patek would become a new figurehead for violent jihadis if returned to the country of his birth.

"Umar Patek was chased by many countries. There was a (million dollar) prize on his head but now that he's arrested it's as if Indonesia must face the problem alone," Ansyaad told the newspaper.

"This man is very dangerous. His presence here would increase the terror threat, not only to Indonesia but to several countries with a presence here.

"He'll be like fresh air for remnants of the terrorism network. (The terrorists) are dangerous, they still exist and they've been waiting for a figurehead such as Umar Patek."

Born in 1970, Patek was the alleged field coordinator for the massive explosions that flattened night clubs on the holiday island of Bali in 2002, killing more than 200 people, almost 90 of them Australians.

It placed mainly Muslim Indonesia on the front lines of the global battle against Islamic militancy.

A suspected member of the Al-Qaeda-linked Southeast Asian terror network Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), he was also blamed for a series of deadly bombings targeting Christians and Westerners in Indonesia dating back to 1999.

Ansyaad told the Herald Indonesia would face difficulties bringing him to justice, saying that the bombings occurred before Indonesia enacted its counter-terrorism laws.

Australia has previously said it would be "in the closest liaison" with Pakistan and Indonesia over "what happens next in this particular case".

But Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd, who is due to visit Jakarta this week, suggested that Patek was Indonesia's responsibility.

"Given Patek is an Indonesian citizen and that some of the most serious crimes he is believed to have committed took place in Indonesia, the Australian government considers any action should in the first instance be taken by Indonesian authorities," his spokeswoman said.

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US places major "non-NATO ally" Thailand on new terrorism risk list - daily

Text of report by Alan Dawson and Thanida Tansubhapol headlined "US puts Thailand on Its New terrorism risk list" published by Thai newspaper Bangkok Post website on 6 July

US President Barack Obama has announced a new US counter-terrorism policy with a shocking twist - putting Thailand and several other "close allies" on a new terrorism risk list.

Less than eight years after former president George W Bush declared Thailand a major non-Nato ally, the Department of Homeland Security has classified Thailand among countries that are known to "promote, produce or protect terrorist organisations or their members".

The document downgrading Thailand and other countries can be downloaded at this link.

Department spokeswoman Gillian Christensen said in a written statement that countries "may have been included on the list because of the backgrounds of arrestees, not because of the country's government itself".

The spokeswoman did not respond to further questions, but appeared to be saying that a country is defined as a possible terrorist risk if it arrests suspected terrorists.

Along with Thailand, three other countries known as special US allies were placed on the risk list last month: Egypt, Israel and the Philippines.

ICE (the new name of the US immigration and customs department) has put 36 countries and the West Bank on its new watch list, and given them a group designator: Specially Designated Countries (SDCs). Citizens from countries on this list that wish to travel to the US will be required to submit to a new "Third Agency Check (TAC)".

Despite the fact that the new policy has reduced several countries from "major allies" to terrorist risks, Ms Christensen said they were still considered "partners in the struggle against terrorism ... partners in our efforts to combat global terrorism."

Foreign Ministry spokesman Thani Thongphakdi said he was surprised by the move as Bangkok and Washington have cooperated closely on counter-terrorism efforts.

The new Department of Homeland Security report, released in May, contradicted a report that Mr Obama issued on 28 June, he said.

Obama's report noted the cooperation between the US and countries in Asia, including Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand, in the fight against terrorism.

"The Foreign Ministry will ask the US [about the terrorism risk list] and will continue to provide information to the US in order to keep them up to date on the situation in Thailand," Mr Thani said.

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----Karachi: 5 bodies recovered from bus; death toll at 19Updated on: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 8:07:50 AM

http://www.samaa.tv/newsdetail.aspx?ID=33909Staff ReportKARACHI: At least five bodies were recovered from a mini-bus in Gulshan-e-Iqbal wed, pushing the overall death toll during the last 24 hours of violence in the metropolis to19.

At least ten people were killed in Orangi Town and Qasba Colony alone, where miscreants torched two houses and same number of vehicles.

According to reports reached here carrying firsthand knowledge, Orangi Town, Qasba Colony, Shershah, Baldia town and Kati Pahari remained echoing with sound of firing all the day long.

Three people were gunned down in Qasba Colony and Kati Pahari areas while in another incident, a passenger bus came under intense firing near Bakra Piri area and as a result, three people died on the spot while five injured.

The bus was loaded with passengers including children, women and elderly people. Injured were rushed to different hospitals for treatment of their wounds.

Earlier, in another incident of firing, four more people had been killed meanwhile, police made the traditional claims saying they would soon knock out the extremist elements from the city.

On the other hand, Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has woken up to the violence in the city, ordering directives to IG Sindh and CCPO Karachi to take notice of the panic and lawlessness in metropolis.

His directives include immediate arrest of extremists and miscreants as well as increase in police and rangers patrolling in and around sensitive areas.

Earlier in the day, two armed gangs encountered at Hussan Square locality whereby eyewitnesses said the outlaws exchanged heavy firing, resultantly, injuring three people, which triggered panic as angry mob pelted stones at busses and vehicles near Old Sabzi Mandi following the incident.

Karachiites said police and rangers have failed ensuring peace and security to the people in the city.

In the latest development, the pillion riding has been banned for an indefinite period in the city.

Sindh Home Department issued the notification regarding the ban, which will be effective from 12am on Wednesday.

The decision has been made keeping in view the rising incidents of crimes and violence in the city. SAMAA 

----- Original Message -----From: Clint Richards <clint.richards@stratfor.com>To: The OS List <os@stratfor.com>Sent: Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:21:41 -0500 (CDT)Subject: [OS] PAKISTAN/CT - Nine killed, 11 injured in fresh violence in Pakistan's Karachi

*Nine killed, 11 injured in fresh violence in Pakistan's Karachi*

/Text of report headlined "Nine people killed in Karachi" published by Pakistani newspaper The News website on 6 July/

Karachi: Violence resurfaced in different areas of Karachi on Tuesday [5 July] with gunmen killing nine people and injuring another 11. The spate of targeted violence was chiefly centred in the 'disputed' territory of Qasba Colony, where seven people, including activists of the ANP, were killed. Moreover, many vehicles were also damaged while armed miscreants created tension in the locality.

Police sources said that violence in the area started soon after a life attempt was made on the ANP Information Secretary Raheem Swati.

On Tuesday morning, Swati was heading towards the Qasba Colony area when near the Qasba Mor, armed men opened fire on him. The suspects later fled. Swati was taken to a private hospital, where his condition was stated to be out of danger.

More ANP activists were attacked near the Qasba Mor. Sources said that ANP activists Hidayatullah and Gul Nawab were heading towards the marble factory area of Orangi in their jeep, when armed men riding a motorcycle

opened fire, injuring them and a passerby. All the three were rushed to hospital where they succumbed to their injuries. The deceased ANP activists, who hailed from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, were residents of the MPR Colony. The passerby who was killed was identified as Mohammed Ijaz, a resident of Federal B Area. Investigators termed the murder of ANP activists as part of target killing and added that the police had seized empty bullet shells from the site as evidence.

A local television channel reporter Zulfiqar Peerzada was also injured during the coverage of the violence. He was taken to a local hospital and was said to be out of danger. Later, tension developed in Qasba and Orangi Town areas where armed men resorted to aerial firing, forced shopkeepers to close their businesses and also damaged vehicles.

Meanwhile, armed men also injured Kamran in the Toori Bangash area of Baldia Town area. He was taken to the Qatar Hospital where he was pronounced dead. A flour truck was also attacked near the Aligarh Bazaar close to Qasba Moore, Peerabad area. Police said that the truck was passing through a street when armed men on a motorcycle came across the truck and forced it to stop. They later opened fire on the driver and cleaner and fled. The injured were shifted to Qatar Hospital where after medico-legal formalities, the condition of both was termed stable.

Violence also shifted to the Orangi Town area where armed men resorted to firing in which two people, Javed Akber and Salahuddin, were injured. They were also taken to a local hospital where during treatment they succumbed to their injuries.

On Tuesday evening, armed men attacked a bus of Route-60 near the Qasba Moore in which several people were injured. They were shifted to the Qatar Hospital where during treatment one passenger, Mohammed Gul, succumbed to his injuries. The deceased was a resident of Peerabad and was going home in the said bus when targeted.

According to Qatar Hospital, three injured were brought from Orangi Town for treatment. They were identified as Mohammed Yaseen, 35, Mohammed Adil, 13, and Mohammed Shahid. They were residents of Sector-B, Orangi Town, and Qasba Moore areas.

Investigators said the violence was politically motivated and resurfaced from time to time. They added that miscreants had established trenches in buildings and houses situated in the area. When the police starts a crackdown against these elements, it faces resistance from supporters of the gunmen. Outlaws usually operate from congested areas where police vans or APCs canit move, said police officials.

Sources said that Capital City Police Officer (CCPO), Karachi, Saud Ahmed, had taken notice of the violence in the area and had sent more police force, including police commandos, to bring the situation under control.

Meanwhile, unidentified armed men resorted to aerial firing in Shershah, Paracha Chowk, Miran Naka and other parts of Lyari and also torched tyres during the fu neral of Shakir Baloch, who was killed last Monday in Saeedabad area.

Moreover, there were reports that during the aerial firing, Mohammed Ismail was killed in Jahanabad area of Pak Colony and his family took his body without carrying out a post-mortem. The police, however, denied any such death.

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----9,000 fugitives surrender to Chinese police over past month08:06, July 06, 2011      http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/7430345.html

More than 9,000 convicts or criminal suspects on the run have turned themselves in to police since China launched an online campaign to hunt down escapees one month ago, the Ministry of Public Security said Tuesday.

The total number of wanted criminals and suspects has dropped 9 percent thanks to the campaign, the ministry said in a statement.

Police authorities across the country should continue to hunt down the fugitives through stricter investigations and closer cooperation between police authorities of different regions and levels, said Liu Jinguo, deputy head of the ministry, in the statement.

Liu urged greater efforts to persuade the fugitives to give themselves up to police.

In some regions, police issued public notices calling for the fugitives to surrender as well as wrote to or visited their family members and encouraged them to cooperate with the authorities, according to the statement.

Further, Liu said more attention should be paid to mobilizing the public, through rewards, to provide information on the whereabouts of fugitives.---Indonesia arrests 7 terror suspectsEnglish.news.cn   2011-07-06 11:51:26     FeedbackPrintRSShttp://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-07/06/c_13968738.htm

JAKARTA, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's national police spokesman said they have arrested seven terror suspects who allegedly smuggled weapons into the country from the Philippines through Malaysia, local media reported on Wednesday.

"They were rounded up in the capital Jakarta and Surabaya city for their alleged involvement in firearms smuggling from the Philippines," National Police Spokesman Boy Rafli Amar said on

Tuesday, adding that they had passed through Tawau in Malaysian Borneo.

"They are now being questioned by the counter-terrorism Detachment 88," he was quoted as saying by the Jakarta Globe.

Seven firearms were seized along with about 100 rounds of ammunition, he added.

An unnamed police source said that the arrested group had planned to mount an armed bank robbery to fund their terror activities.

Police last month arrested 16 terror suspects for a plot to poison police personnel with cyanide at station canteens. According to investigators they planned to inject the poison into mineral water bottles.

In the last few months, dozens of suspects have been held who are allegedly part of a new militant cell behind a series of recent incidents, including book bombs sent to Muslim moderates and counter-terrorism officials.

The cell was linked to an April suicide bomb attack in a prayer room at a police compound in Cirebon in West Java.

Police also foiled a bid to set off a huge bomb near a church on the outskirts of Jakarta at Easter. No one was killed in those incidents.

Indonesia has been rocked by a series of attacks staged by the regional terror network Jemaah Islamiyah in recent years, including the 2002 Bali bombings which killed 202 people.----

Afghans do not want to kill innocent people by responding to Pakistan - Karzai

Text of report entitled "Karzai: We don't want to kill Pakistanis" published in English by Afghan independent Pajhwok news agency website

Kabul, 5 July: President Hamed Karzai said on Tuesday that Afghanistan does not want to kill innocent civilians by retaliating against Pakistani attacks on Afghan territory.

In the past month, Pakistani forces have fired about 700 missiles, rockets and artillery shells into Afghanistan's eastern and southeastern provinces, including Konar, Nangarhar, Khost and Paktia. The attacks have killed about 50 people, injured dozens and caused scores to flee their homes.

The Afghan government has discussed the issue with Pakistani officials. Pakistan says its troops were not involved in the attacks and blamed Afghan insurgents for the shelling.

"Afghanistan wishes for the wellbeing of the people of Pakistan, and there should be no more attacks from Pakistan on Afghan territories," Karzai said in a statement issued from his palace.

The President said he had discussed the matter with his Pakistani counterpart, and that

the issue needed to be resolved through friendly discussions and wisdom.

He said the attacks had left a number of innocent people dead, wounded and displaced. He urged the people of Afghanistan to stay calm over the cross border attacks.

The Wolasi Jerga, the lower house of Afghanistan's parliament, asked the government on Monday to cut off diplomatic relations with Pakistan. They said that Pakistan should officially apologize and compensate Afghanistan for damages and losses caused by the attacks.

The lower house also asked the UN and the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) to put pressure on Pakistan to stop the attacks.

Source: Pajhwok Afghan News website, Kabul, in English 1433 gmt 5 Jul 11

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----Nine killed, 11 injured in fresh violence in Pakistan's Karachi

Text of report headlined "Nine people killed in Karachi" published by Pakistani newspaper The News website on 6 July

Karachi: Violence resurfaced in different areas of Karachi on Tuesday [5 July] with gunmen killing nine people and injuring another 11. The spate of targeted violence was chiefly centred in the 'disputed' territory of Qasba Colony, where seven people, including activists of the ANP, were killed. Moreover, many vehicles were also damaged while armed miscreants created tension in the locality.

Police sources said that violence in the area started soon after a life attempt was made on the ANP Information Secretary Raheem Swati.

On Tuesday morning, Swati was heading towards the Qasba Colony area when near the Qasba Mor, armed men opened fire on him. The suspects later fled. Swati was taken to a private hospital, where his condition was stated to be out of danger.

More ANP activists were attacked near the Qasba Mor. Sources said that ANP activists Hidayatullah and Gul Nawab were heading towards the marble factory area of Orangi in their jeep, when armed men riding a motorcycle opened fire, injuring them and a passerby. All the three were rushed to hospital where they succumbed to their injuries. The deceased ANP activists, who hailed from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, were residents of the MPR Colony. The passerby who was killed was identified as Mohammed Ijaz, a resident of Federal B Area. Investigators termed the murder of ANP activists as part of target killing and added that the police had seized empty bullet shells from the site as evidence.

A local television channel reporter Zulfiqar Peerzada was also injured during the coverage of the violence. He was taken to a local hospital and was said to be out of danger. Later, tension developed in Qasba and Orangi Town areas where armed men resorted to aerial firing, forced shopkeepers to close their businesses and also damaged vehicles.

Meanwhile, armed men also injured Kamran in the Toori Bangash area of Baldia Town area. He was taken to the Qatar Hospital where he was pronounced dead. A flour truck was also attacked near the Aligarh Bazaar close to Qasba Moore, Peerabad area. Police said that the truck was passing through a street when armed men on a motorcycle came across the truck and forced it to stop. They later opened fire on the driver and cleaner and fled. The injured were shifted to Qatar Hospital where after medico-legal formalities, the condition of both was termed stable.

Violence also shifted to the Orangi Town area where armed men resorted to firing in which two people, Javed Akber and Salahuddin, were injured. They were also taken to a local hospital where during treatment they succumbed to their injuries.

On Tuesday evening, armed men attacked a bus of Route-60 near the Qasba Moore in which several people were injured. They were shifted to the Qatar Hospital where during treatment one passenger, Mohammed Gul, succumbed to his injuries. The deceased was a resident of Peerabad and was going home in the said bus when targeted.

According to Qatar Hospital, three injured were brought from Orangi Town for treatment. They were identified as Mohammed Yaseen, 35, Mohammed Adil, 13, and Mohammed Shahid. They were residents of Sector-B, Orangi Town, and Qasba Moore areas.

Investigators said the violence was politically motivated and resurfaced from time to time. They added that miscreants had established trenches in buildings and houses situated in the area. When the police starts a crackdown against these elements, it faces resistance from supporters of the gunmen. Outlaws usually operate from congested areas where police vans or APCs canit move, said police officials.

Sources said that Capital City Police Officer (CCPO), Karachi, Saud Ahmed, had taken notice of the violence in the area and had sent more police force, including police commandos, to bring the situation under control.

Meanwhile, unidentified armed men resorted to aerial firing in Shershah, Paracha Chowk, Miran Naka and other parts of Lyari and also torched tyres during the fu neral of Shakir Baloch, who was killed last Monday in Saeedabad area.

Moreover, there were reports that during the aerial firing, Mohammed Ismail was killed in Jahanabad area of Pak Colony and his family took his body without carrying out a post-mortem. The police, however, denied any such death.

Source: The News website, Islamabad, in English 06 Jul 11

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Detained Belarusian journalists get administrative sentenceshttp://en.rian.ru/world/20110706/165045628.html04:31 06/07/2011

Five Belarusian journalists, detained during unsanctioned rallies in Minsk and other Belarusian cities, were sentenced to administrative arrests ranging from three to 12 days, the Belarusian Association of Journalists said on its website.

The association's press service said two journalists from the western Belarusian city of Grodno, who were sentenced to 10 days of imprisonment, were sentenced during a court session held in a pre-trial detention facility.

"Trials right at the police station are becoming increasingly popular in Grodno," the association said. "As pre-trial detention centers are among the so-called 'secure facilities,' neither relatives, nor journalists are allowed at such trials."

The two journalists have already announced hunger strikes in protest.

According to the association, at least 16 journalists were detained on Sunday, all of them are from non-government media. Most of the detainees were released later that day, though seven had to spend the night in prison.

At least three more journalists are to stand trial in the next few days.

A new wave of protests in Minsk and other cities on Sunday saw police use tear gas to break up a protest in the capital in which demonstrators clapped over an Independence Day speech by President Alexander Lukashenko. Some 380 people were arrested in various cities, including over 200 people in Minsk, the Vesna human rights center said.

The unusual act of dissent during the speech was part of the new wave of protests in the authoritarian former Soviet republic in which demonstrators gather and simply clap.----Russia publishes its money laundering and terrorism financing list06:29 06/07/2011http://en.rian.ru/russia/20110706/165046783.html

Russian government daily Rossiiskaya Gazeta on Wednesday published the list of individuals and companies involved in money laundering and terrorism financing.

The first of the document part, compiled by the Foreign Ministry on the basis of similar UN documents, lists some 600 foreign companies and individuals.

The second one, compiled by Russia's Justice Ministry, focuses on those whose activities are directly related to Russia. A total of 48 organizations and over 1,500 individuals are

mentioned in the second part of the list.

Only organizations and individuals, whose illegal activities were established in court or whose activities on the Russian territory were officially ended, were listed.

"Specialists say, however, that there is a classified part of the list, where terrorism and extremism suspects are mentioned," the newspaper wrote.