Two apparently synchronized bombs have exploded in the southern city of Aden, killing two people and wounding 12 others.

The first bomb went off outside a sports club in the port city, wounding four people and sending police and rescue units rushing to the scene.

The second bomb exploded once they had arrived, injuring 10 more, including three soldiers. A security official told the Associated Press that the two people killed were civilians who died of their wounds at a hospital.

Qassim al-Rimi, the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the organisation’s Yemen offshoot, announced on Monday via an Internet recording the formation of an “Aden-Abyan Army” that would free the country of “crusaders and their apostate agents,” according to the AFP news agency.

The recording was posted on the Al-Malaham website.

The News:
http://english.aljaz … 101121103332192.html

Several dozen Russian official media outlets reported on October 9 that a video of Last Appeal by 4 representatives of guerrillas, fighting in the Far East of the present-day Russia for freedom and independence of their country - the Amur Republic with its capital in Vladivostok - had been posted on the Youtube.

According to informal polls, the majority of the population of in Russian Far East wants to join Japan as its mainland province or to have their own independent state.

Russian media outlets suggest that the guerrillas in the Russian Far East use military experience of the Mujahideen of the Caucasus Emirate, and perhaps, at least some of them have secretly converted to Islam.

The News:
http://www.kavkazcen … 10/10/10/12604.shtml

Somaliland President Ahmed Sillanyo accused the Eritrean government of training and arming Ogaden National Liberation (ONLF) militias then smuggling them to Somaliland so that they would clandestinely cross the border to Ethiopia and wage war there.

President Ahmed Sillanyo condemned the Eritrean government for organizing and sponsoring the landing of ONLF militants on Somaliland soil.

He said the Eritrean government’s action is an act of terrorism, a gross interference in Somaliland’s affair, and a threat to neighboring countries.

The News:
http://www.somalilan … /sl/2010/453/4.shtml

Afghan taliban militias revenged this morning the attack made yesterday in Farah zone, in Afghanistan, in which four italian soldiers have lost life. In a statement diffused on own web-site, and signed by spokesman of west regions, Qari Muhammad Yusuf Ahmadi, “our armed attack against a logistical convoy of occupant forces in Gulistan, in Farah, 10 military vehicles have been destroyed”.

Taliban spokesman never mentions the nationality of our soldiers but explains that “extensive damages have been caused to enemy, we have killed and wounded many soldiers but at moment we don’t know exact number”.

Statement speaks about launches of rockets followed by first explosion, and it does add that have been executed other two attacks against Nato troupes on the same area in the morning and in the evening of yesterday.

The News:
http://www.ilgiornal … 72-page=0-comments=1

Four italian soldiers died and a fifth was wounded during an anbush after 9:45 (7:45 in Italy) against a convoy of sixties italian vehicles that was going toward Gulistan valley, in Farah Province, to transport material necessary to build an advanced base. Victims are all alpini. The umpteenth attack against italian contingent has reopened the debate on participation at Isaf mission and on possible exit strategy.

Defence Ministry, Ignazio La Russa, has explained in a press conference as the same convoy was already attacked - without consequences - on Friday, he said also names of victims of Afghanistan attack. Caporal Gianmarco Manca, 32 years old, of Alghero (Sassari); Caporal Marco Pedone, 23 years old of Gagliano del Capo (Lecce); Caporal Sebastiano Ville, born in Lentini (Siracusa) on 1983M Caporal Francesco Vannozzi, born in Pisa on 1984. Wounded soldier is Luca Cornacchia, 31 years old, native in Pescina (L’Aquila). Soldiers belonged at seventh regiment of alpini in Belluno, assigned Julia brigade.

The News:
http://www.corriere. … d-00144f02aabc.shtml

Israel’s air force struck “two terror targets” in northern Gaza overnight in response to recent rocket fire into the Jewish state from the Palestinian territory, Israel Defense Forces said Thursday.

There was no word on casualties and no immediate response from Palestinian officials.

The Israeli military said more than 160 rockets and mortars have been fired at Israel this year, and more than 440 rockets were fired from Gaza into Israel since the end of Operation Cast Lead — Israel’s three-week offensive in Gaza that began in late December 2008.

The News:
http://edition.cnn.c … a.strikes/index.html

The Real IRA have claimed responsibility for last night’s car bomb attack on the Ulster Bank on Culmore Road.
In a call to the ‘Derry Journal,’ a spokesperson for the organisation, using a recognised codeword, said it was behind the attack.

The bomb exploded shortly after midnight, causing substantial damage to the bank and a number of nearby buildings in the Da Vinci’s retail complex , including shops and a nearby hotel.

Hotel guest and residents of a several homes in the area were evacuated for a short time. No one was injured in the blast.

The News:
http://www.derryjour … rry-blast.6565898.jp