Wars in the World

About 500 Berom natives in Dogon-Hauwa village, five kilometres south of Jos, were massacred on Sunday morning by Fulani herdsmen who raided the community through a border village in Bauchi State.

Neighbours joined Dogon-Hauwa villagers to wail as the bodies of elderly women and children littered everywhere among the dead.

Plateau State Governor, Jonah Jang, who raced to the village from his private residence in the same Du district, fought back tears on seeing the havoc.

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Four militants have been killed in a two-day gun battle with security forces in Indian-administered Kashmir, the Indian army says.

At least one army officer was also killed and five soldiers injured in the fighting. Unconfirmed reports said three soldiers may have died.

The army said the militants were members of the Pakistan-based Hizbul Mujahideen (HuM) group.

Kashmir is at the centre of decades of hostility between India and Pakistan.

The region has been the cause of two of their three wars since independence from British rule in 1947.

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Weeks of fighting in parts of Darfur have raised concern over the plight of civilians, as insecurity has prompted humanitarian agencies to suspend activities in some areas.

The clashes have led to displacements in eastern Jebel Marra in South Darfur and North Darfur states, and in western Jebel Marra and the Jebel Moon region in West Darfur state, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in an update on 2 March, stressing that accurate information from the ground was very scarce because of lack of access.

The rebel Sudan Liberation Army, Abdel Wahid Nour faction (SLA-Nour), which refuses to join peace talks with the Sudanese government until a full cessation of hostilities is implemented, has accused government forces of attacking its positions east of Jebel Marra.

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Catalonia’s unofficial polls have shown the Spanish region is strongly in favor of separation. But as calls for a referendum on independence continue, the issue seems far more complicated.

Catalonia’s political struggle for independence is centuries-old. The prosperous province of seven million people already has enough national symbols, its own language, world-renowned architecture and an iconic football team, worshipped by fans worldwide.

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Georgia and Russia have re-opened their only usable land border crossing for traffic and trade for the first time in four years.

The border post, in the Georgian region of Kazbegi, opened to traffic on Monday at 7am (0300GMT) after a brief, pre-dawn ceremony.

The agreement to open the crossing came after a request from Georgia’s landlocked neighbour, Armenia.

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At least 4 people have been killed and more than others have been wounded in south of Galkacyo town in Mudug region after two clan militias’ dispute for the ownership of land in south of the town, witnesses told Shabelle radio on Monday.

Reports say that both clan militias were the member of the residents in the town and exchanged gunfire in south of Galka’o town which is partially controlled by the administration of the semi-autonomous region of Puntland killing 4, most of them civilians.

Residents at Garsorka neighborhood and most of the people in the area where the two militias fought had expressed concern about the new violence between the two sides as each group were arguing ownership of the land in the town.

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The military chief» of basque terrorist organization of Eta, Ibon Gogeascoechea Arronategui, has been arrested in north-west of country, in Lower Normandy. The Spanish Interior Ministry announced in a press.

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Abkhazia is interested in establishing diplomatic relations with Argentina, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia Maxim Gvindzhia who heads the Abkhaz delegation visiting Latin America told ITAR-TASS.

“There are no diplomatic relations between Argentina and Abkhazia for the time being, but we hope to establish them”, he said. “Meanwhile we plan to open three embassies in Latin America: in Nicaragua, Venezuela and Argentina”.

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Somaliland military said it thwarted a Puntland militant attack on members of it’s 12th division stationed in east of Lasanod on Monday morning.

Mr. Saleban Guled, Somaliland Defense minister, said there were no casualties on either side but the militants fled back to Puntland.

The attack came as Somaliland prepares the last leg of voter-registrations in the region.

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There is an italian citizen, agent of secret services, between victims of triple attack happened in Kabul, one of which near hotel Safi Landmark. The explosions, already revenged by talibans, have caused at least 18 died.
Police has confirmed that one of bombers has exploded himself in front of hotel, while others two have been killed.
The italian killed, Pietro Antonio Colazzo, was an agenof of Aise (foreign secret services), and in Kabul was one of the leaders of the Italian intelligence network in Afghanistan: operating in the country almost by one year and half how diplomatic adviser of the embassy. Besides him are dead a french, ten indians, two policemen and at least 4 people, while other 32 people have been wounded.

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Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has called for Jihad (saint war) against Swiss, called «unbeliever» and «apostate» after the approvation of denied to build minarets in the Switzerland country.
It’s against unbeliever and apostate Switzerland to destroy houses of Allah that jihad must to be proclamed with any means, has declared colonel Gheddafi in a speach in Bengasi, in east of Libia, in occasion of Holiday of «Mouloud», that commemorates the birth of the prophet Muhammad.

For the number one Libyan, «jihad against Switzerland, against sionism, against foreign aggression (…), it’s not terrorism».«Any muslim in the world that traits with Switzerland is an infidel and against islam, against Muhammad, against God, against Korano», has added leader of Tripoli in front of thousands of people.

Boycott Switzerland, boycott its products, boycott their planes, their ships, thie embassies, boycott this unbeliever race, apostate, that attacks the houses of Allah», Gheddafi insisted, talking like head of the International Islamic People’s Command, institution he created in 1991.

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«War in Darfur is over». Sudan president has talked like that, Omar Al Bashir, the day after the sign of a pre-agreement of peace between Khartoum and Jem (Justice and Equality Movement) rebels. «Crisis is over, war is over.

Darfour now is in peace» has explained in El-Fasher, historic capital of bloody province, victim by 2003 of a bloody civil war.

Al Bashir, on whose head hangs a warrant of arrest issued by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and and crimes against humanity in Darfur, has assured that «the efforts made in the past for the war will be devoted to development».

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