Middle EastIsrael-Gaza crisis: ‘Bomb blast’ on bus in Tel Aviv
At least 21 people have been injured in an explosion on a bus in Israel’s commercial capital, Tel Aviv, in what one Israeli official described as a “terrorist attack”. After the incident, near a military headquarters, huge blasts were heard in Gaza – an apparent Israeli strike on the football stadium.  Bangladesh war: The article that changed historyOn 13 June 1971, an article in the UK’s Sunday Times exposed the brutality of Pakistan’s suppression of the Bangladeshi uprising. It forced the reporter’s family into hiding and changed history. UN Security Council: Libya operations should be finishedOn Thursday the council unanimously approved a resolution ending the mandate for foreign military action at 23:59 Libyan time on 31 October. UK Foreign Minister William Hague said the vote was a “milestone towards a peaceful, democratic future for Libya”. Gaddafi and son burial in Libyan desert [VIDEO]Their bodies were buried at dawn in an unknown location, following NTC concerns that any public grave could become a shrine or a target. Saudi Crown Prince Sultan diesThe announcement did not say where outside the kingdom Sultan died or elaborate on his illness but Saudi official circles in Riyadh said he passed away at a hospital in New York. According to a leaked U.S. diplomatic cable from January 2010, Sultan had been receiving treatment for colon cancer since 2009. Reports indicate Gadhafi is dead
Revolutionary fighters attacked the house where Gadhafi was hiding, Information Minister Mahmoud Shammam told CNN. Gadhafi was shot while trying to flee, he said. Where is Gaddafi?Some figures from the National Transitional Council told news agencies Mutassim Gaddafi had been seized in the family’s embattled hometown of Sirte. Women in Saudi Arabia to vote and run in electionsThe move was welcomed by activists who have called for greater rights for women in the kingdom, which enforces a strict version of Sunni Islamic law. US ‘wasted $30bn on Afghanistan and Iraq’ over decadeThe US government has wasted $30bn (£18bn) in contracts in Afghanistan and Iraq over the last decade, according to a bi-partisan spending commission. Qaddafi’s Daughter Gave BirthAisha Qaddafi, in her mid-30s, is a lawyer who helped in the defense of toppled Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in the trial that led to his hanging.
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