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Egypt's military-backed interim government hasdeclared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group,the government blamed the group for Tuesday'sbomb attack on the police headquarters in the city ofMansoura north of Cairo that killed at least 13 people. From Cairo here's R S.
The Egyptian government declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization in thestatement today, the statement added that the Egyptian cabinet will take punitive measuresagainst any person who promotes the organization in any way. The Muslim Brotherhood hadalready been declared a banned organization by a judicial verdict after the BrotherhoodsMohammed Morsi who won elections to become president of Egypt was ousted from power. In aswift action to the latest move, the Muslim Brotherhood's political arm condemned thedecision. It twitted that it is a worthless decision from an illegal government.
According to Turkish media the MP and former Interior Minister Idris Naim Sahin has resignedfrom the ruling AK party in the wake of a corruption investigation for this has already led tothe resignations of the three top ministers in Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan'sgovernment. R Aslan reports from Istanbul.
None of those who have resigned so far are directly implicated. But all of them have fell theimpact of the investigations that are now underway. Economy M BBC News with Jerry Smit
The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki--moon has warned warring parties in South Sudanthat they will be held to account for crimes against humanity. He once again called on PresidentSalva Kiir and opposition leaders to hold talks. Lada Taffy reports.
The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki--moon has said the world is watching all sides inSouth Sudan. He demanded an immediate anti-attack on civilians and peacekeepers and saidthere were reports of ethnically targeted killings were specially worrisome. The United Nationshas been straining to provide basic needs to some 45,000 people seeking protection at itsbasis. Mr.Ban said he will recommend at the Security Council approve more troops in assetsfor the UN's mission in South Sudan. Meanwhile the US military is preparing its forces foranother possible evacuation of US and other citizens.
A judge in Chili has sentenced 8 former members of a military death squad to up to 15 years injail for the killing of 14 political prisoners decades ago. Martie K reports.
For the victims' family,this has been a long wait for justice.On the 19th of October 1973, the 14men were picked up from a local prison in the northern Chilean city of Antofagasta. They wereblind folded driven away and shot dead. The judge * said the 8 former arming officers hadplayed a role in their killing, they were all members of a military death squad known as theCaravan of the Death which carried out dozens of executions of political prisoners during themilitary government of Augusto Pinochet.
A court in Argentina has ruled that the former President Fernando de la Rua did not bribesenators to pass controversial labor reform in the year 2000. The judge said no evidencewas found to prove the bribery had taken place in the Argentine Senate. Seven other peoplewho were accused of taking or facilitating bribes including his former labor minister were foundinnocent.
The designer of the Kalashnikov assault rifle, Mikhail Kalashnikov has died,he was 94.Kalashnikov was born into poverty in a remote Altai Mountains of Russia. Jonathan Marcusreports.
Mikhail Kalashnikov was a young sergeant in a Soviet army when he began to develop his newrifle. He created a ragged simpler reliable weapon but could withstand the riggers of theservice in the field that some of its technology may have been borrowed from German weaponsfrom late World War II. His 1947 design became the standard equipment of the Soviet andWarsaw pact armies. Versions were manufactured in several other countries including China.The Kalashnikov rifle with its distinctive curved magazine became a revolutionary icon in thehands of militants and insurgents around the globe.
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A prominent Syrian campaign group says it believes more than 300 people including 87children have been killed over the past weeks in a bombing campaign in the northern city ofAleppo. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights which opposes the governmentsays Syrian warplanes have been targeting areas held by rebels.
Suicide bombers have attacked a local television station in Iraq, killing at least 5 journalists.Police say the four militants tried to take over of the headquarters of Salaheddin station inTikrit. The Security forces say they were able to retake control of the building after killing themilitants.
Two members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot who've been released from jail say they willcarry on their political protests. Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova were jailed forhooliganism after a protest performance at Russia's main cathedral in February last year.Bridget Kendall has more.
Today's release of the two Pussy Riot protesters was not unexpected. As mothers of youngchildren both were eligible under a recent Russian prison amnesty. But once freed to speak outagain, they were as defiant as ever, denouncing that the decision to let them out as apublicity hoax and declaring they would continue their fight for human rights in Russia.Nadezhda Tolokonnikova compared the whole country to a penal colony. Maria Alyokhinapromised new protests.
The authorities in Honduras say they are extraditing 18 Mexicans who posed as TV journalistsand tried to smuggle more than 18 million dollars into the country. They were arrested last yearwhen they tried to enter Honduras posing as reporters from Mexico's Televisa station. Policeseized TV equipment and found the cash in traces of cocaine hidden in their vehicles. They werelaid to sentence by a tribunal in Honduras to up to 18 years in jail.
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