Gaza border: Israeli soldiers killed one Palestinian

In the vicinity of the Gaza Strip by the Israeli army soldiers have at least one Palestinian killed. A military spokesman said a group tried to overcome the barrier to Israel. Then troops had opened fire. Gaza City - The violence on the border with the Gaza Strip has escalated again. Israeli soldiers killed on the night of Thursday, two Palestinians.

A military spokesman said the soldiers had opened fire on a group of Palestinians who had tried to overcome the barrier to Israel. Palestinian doctors said that two men were fatally wounded. The Israeli military said one dead and one injured. The identity of the victims were not disclosed.

Republican majority: New parliament chief says the Obama campaign

Washington - The ceremonial opening with a declaration of war: Republican John Boehner was elected on Wednesday as the new President of the U.S. House of Representatives. He replaced Democrat Nancy Pelosi, the slip after the election defeat of their party in November now in the role of minority leader.

The 61-year-old from Ohio, Boehner received 241 votes. His Republicans have in the new parliament with 242 seats. Boehner has his election, the third most powerful man in the country: If Barack Obama and his deputy, Joe Biden, something happened, he would move into the White House. Boehner told a pre-release Speech According to the household expenses had gotten out of hand.

Mali: French's embassy bombing

Explosion outside the French Embassy in Mali: A man lit a bomb, injuring two people. He was arrested. The backgrounds are unclear. Bamako - In a bomb attack on the French Embassy in Mali were injured on Wednesday evening, two people. As the news agency learned from security sources, a man threw an explosive device in front of the diplomatic mission in the capital Bamako.

The explosion is attributed to two people were injured. They were taken to hospital. The man, who had thrown the bomb, had been arrested and was currently being interrogated, it was said. The security measures around the embassy in the West African country have been strengthened considerably.

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Newspaper report: U.S. citizen to have been arrested in Iran

In Iran is a U.S. citizen was fixed. A state newspaper reported the woman had had with Soviet espionage - among other things, was a "microphone in the teeth" have been installed. There is no official confirmation it has not yet. Tehran - few details are known about the case so far: The Iranian government newspaper Iran reported on Thursday, a U.S.

citizen had been arrested in the Islamic Republic. According to the report is a 55-year-old woman who tried to cross illegally the border with Iran. The authorities had discovered that the woman had a "microphone in the teeth" and carried with them other spying devices have. Officially the arrest was not immediately confirmed.

Bagnasco: astonished to intolerance "Europe speaks against persecution"

GENOA - "Together with the Holy Father Benedict XVI in front of astonished us so much violence and religious intolerance, sorrow and wonder why?". These are the words of the Archbishop of Genoa and president of CEI, Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, delivered this morning during the homily for the Mass of the Epiphany in the cathedral of San Lorenzo.

It is not a "rhetorical question and does not hide any desire for revenge," said the cardinal, but "it is sincere and comes from the blood of many Christians, their sufferings" and "gives question to the thrill that comes up from many parts of the earth because ?. The head of the bishops therefore calls for action by the EU: "The international community, starting with Europe, makes you feel a strong voice and a clear word that the right to freedom of religion is observed everywhere without exception." For the faithful, Bagnasco calls instead of being "missionaries of the Gospel" because "it is not being arrogant but bright." "The example of our brothers in faith, and that might give their lives to Jesus and the Church will shake the torpor of the easy things, always lukewarm to the door, the ease of following the sluggish current of the world." Finally, the cardinal urged Christians to pray for their persecutors, because it opened my eyes to the light.

Chat - Why Tunisia ablaze she?

Live debate with Isabelle Mandraud, a journalist with Le Monde.

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The Syrian Bride is not just a film Samar's dream: war defeats

SARA 'for love, with a capital A, it always ends with the passionate, the better it is contrasted. Or will it be because the story of the blonde and the moustachioed Nabih Samar, separated by a Syrian Druze border war, follows the script of Syrian Bride, The winning entry of Israel Eran Riklis. The fact is that yesterday thousands of virtual guests, most from the East but also from the West, attended on Facebook at the wedding between the two, blessed with the International Red Cross.