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Shebab attacks Somali army base
AFP, MOGADISHU: Shebab militants yesterday launched a major suicide raid against a military intelligence base in Somali capital Mogadishu, setting off a car bomb before storming inside, security officials said.
"There is an attack against a base belonging to the security forces. The violent elements used a car bomb to get inside the compound. There was a heavy exchange of gunfire," said Adan Mohamed, a Somali security official.
Activist jailed for criticising Emir
AFP, KUWAIT CITY: A Kuwaiti court sentenced a female rights activist to three years in jail yesterday after convicting her in absentia of publicly criticising the oil-rich Gulf state’s ruler.
The lower court convicted Rana Jassem al-Saadun of repeating parts of a speech made by prominent opposition leader Mussallam al-Barrak for which he is serving a two-year jail term, according to the ruling. In the speech, delivered at a public rally in October 2012, Barrak warned Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah against amending the electoral law to help the government control parliament.
Mumbai liquor death toll hits 92
AP/UNB, Mumbai: Eight more people died in Mumbai from drinking tainted liquor, raising the death toll to 92 in the worst such incident in India in more than a decade, police said yesterday.
The eight men died late Saturday, three days after drinking the cheap liquor in Malvani, in Mumbai’s Malad suburb. Around two dozen others were being treated in hospitals, including 10 in critical condition. Eight officers and constables of the Malwani police station have been suspended on charges of connivance and negligence.

 

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Shebab attacks Somali army base AFP, MOGADISHU: Shebab militants yesterday launched a major suicide raid against a military intelligence base in Somali capital Mogadishu, setting off a car bomb before storming inside, security officials said. There is an attack against a base belonging to the security forces. The violent elements used a car bomb to get inside the compound. There was a heavy exchange of gunfire, said Adan Mohamed, a Somali security official. Activist jailed for criticising Emir AFP, KUWAIT CITY: A Kuwaiti court sentenced a female rights activist to three years in jail yesterday after convicting her in absentia of publicly criticising the oil-rich Gulf states ruler. The lower court convicted Rana Jassem al-Saadun of repeating parts of a speech made by prominent opposition leader Mussallam al-Barrak for which he is serving a two-year jail term, according to the ruling. In the speech, delivered at a public rally in October 2012, Barrak warned Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah against amending the electoral law to help the government control parliament. Mumbai liquor death toll hits 92 AP/UNB, Mumbai: Eight more people died in Mumbai from drinking tainted liquor, raising the death toll to 92 in the worst such incident in India in more than a decade, police said yesterday. The eight men died late Saturday, three days after drinking the cheap liquor in Malvani, in Mumbais Malad suburb. Around two dozen others were being treated in hospitals, including 10 in critical condition. Eight officers and constables of the Malwani police station have been suspended on charges of connivance and negligence.