Russia’s most wanted terrorist, Doku Umarov, has claimed he was the mastermind behind January’s bombing at Domodedovo Airport, which took the lives of 36 people and injured more than 180.

Umarov made the claims in a video message posted on an extremist website. In an earlier video message Umarov warned of more terrorist acts to follow, saying that Russia is in for a year “of blood and tears.” Umarov backs the idea of independent Muslim state in the North Caucasus that would include Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia and some neighboring regions.

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With the announcement of final voting results, President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan said Monday that his government would accept the choice of the long-embattled region of southern Sudan to separate from the north, setting the stage for the creation of the world’s newest country this summer.

According to the final count, announced in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, 98.83 percent of the more than 3.8 million registered voters in southern Sudan chose to separate from the north. In many parts of the country the vote was over 99 percent.

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Cambodia’s military told the Press and Quick Reaction Unit (PRU) of the Office of the Council of Ministers on Sunday that Thai army resumed heavy shelling on Cambodia’s troops around 6:40 p.m.

“A wing of our Preah Vihear Temple has collapsed as a direct result of the Thai artillery bombardment,” said a Cambodian military commander based near the 900-year-old Temple.

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About 22,000 Pakistani villagers have fled a military operation in a tribal region near the Afghan border, with Islamist militants and soldiers killed and wounded in the fighting, officials said yesterday.

The offensive, involving aerial bombing, artillery and ground troops, began on 27 January in Mohmand district, said Roshan Khan Mehsud, a regional government representative.

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The military confrontation between Cambodian and Thai troops over the border area near Preah Vihear temple continues on Saturday and troops on both sides are still on high alert, said a close military source standby at the area.

“We’re still on high alert to defend our territorial integrity, ” a senior officer, who asked not to be named, said on Saturday.

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Authorities in Mauritania claimed Wednesday that the sub-Saharan country’s security forces have foiled a planned terror attack on its capital Nouakchott by killing three al-Qaeda militants in a gunfight in the outskirts of the city.

Officials said the militant’s vehicle blew up after its occupants engaged in a gun-battle with the security forces early on Wednesday morning. The three militants were killed in the explosion, which also left several troops injured.

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A massive rally arranged by the Yemeni opposition in Taiz governorate demanded on Tuesday President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down.

The opposition parties, JMP, launched its rallies and protests to denounce what they called the government failed polices , its intentions to amend the constitution and reneging on previous agreements reached with them.

In a speech delivered before thousands of participants , head of JMP in Taiz, Abdul-Aziz al-Rumaima called Saleh’s government to leave , pointing out that it exploits its public money to its own interests and ignores Yemeni suffers.

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