The World Today
Woman who fired on police post killed
April 5, 2009
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JERUSALEM - A woman opened fire on a police station in southern Israel yesterday before officers shot back and killed her in an apparent Palestinian militant attack. The shooting took place near the desert town of Beersheba, a police spokesman said. The woman fired at a paramilitary police post but did not hit anyone before she was shot, he said. Authorities have not identified the woman. Police said the shooting appeared to be a militant attack. (AP)
Iraq
Police say relatives killed two gay men
BAGHDAD - The bodies of two gay men have been found in Baghdad's Shi'ite slum of Sadr City after a leading cleric repeatedly condemned homosexuality, an Iraqi police official said yesterday. The killings occurred after Shi'ite cleric Sattar al-Battat repeatedly condemned homosexuality during recent Friday prayers, saying Islam prohibits homosexuality. The two men were believed killed Thursday by relatives who were shamed by their behavior, said the official. (AP)Pakistan
62 illegal migrants suffocate in truck
QUETTA - At least 62 people suffocated in the back of a truck packed with illegal migrants, and dozens were rescued unconscious after police acting on a tip opened the vehicle yesterday near the Afghan border. A senior police official in Quetta said the shipping container the truck was carrying entered Pakistan from Afghanistan and was headed for Iran. He said most of the victims were Afghans. More than 100 people were packed inside the 40-foot-long metal container, he said. (AP)
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