Three women share Nobel Peace Prize
Three women have been jointly awarded the 2011
Nobel Peace Prize for their non-violent struggles for women’s
rights. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee - an
activist from Liberia,
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Battle on for control of Kadhafi birthplace
SIRTE, Libya, Oct 8, 2011 (AFP) - Fighters loyal
to Libya’s interim government are battling for full control of
Sirte, Moamer Kadhafi’s birthplace where the ousted despot’s
diehards are holed up inside a conference centre.
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Indonesian police arrest five over mosque bombing
JAKARTA, Oct 8, 2011 (AFP) - Indonesia’s
counter-terrorism police on Saturday arrested five people in
connection with a suicide bombing of a mosque in April, a spokesman
said. Heru Komarudin, a 31-year-old man, was arrested by Detachment
88, an elite counter-terrorism police unit, at a market in central
Jakarta in the early hours of the morning,
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