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Court Cases

Pope's former butler sentenced to 18 months


	Pope Benedict XVI's former butler has been sentenced to one year and six months in jail for stealing and leaking confidential papal documents. The prosecution had asked for a three year sentence.

Pope's ex-butler gets 18 months in jail

Politics

Somalia gets new prime minister


	Somalia's president has named economist Abdi Farah Shirdon as the new prime minister. Shirdon has said he will have a zero-tolerance policy on corruption and shun political infighting.

Israel

Israel military shoots down unidentified drone


	Israeli soldiers have begun searching for a drone shot down in Israeli air space early on Saturday. The Israeli military has said it doesn't know where the unmanned aircraft came from.

Democracy

Guinea completes transition to civilian government


	Guinea's President Alpha Conde has reshuffled his cabinet and removed its last military figures. But the country is still waiting for parliamentary elections to take place.

South Asia

Peace activists march against US drone war in Pakistan


	Rising political star Imran Khan and hundreds of peace activists have begun their trek to Pakistan's tribal regions to protest the US drone war in the area. The Pakistani Taliban has condemned the march.

Disillusioned Pakistanis loathe Obama less than Romney

France

French police shoot dead terrorism suspect in Strasbourg


	French police have shot dead a suspect during an anti-terrorism operation in the northeastern city of Strasbourg. The operation was part of a broader investigation into a bomb attack on a Jewish grocery store in Paris.


Business

China

Foxconn says factory is i-ok after strike reports


	Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn, which assembles Apple products, has rejected claims of strikes at a plant in China, saying there was no impact on production. This followed reports of thousands dropping tools.


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Court Cases

Pope's former butler sentenced to 18 months


	Pope Benedict XVI's former butler has been sentenced to one year and six months in jail for stealing and leaking confidential papal documents. The prosecution had asked for a three year sentence.


World

Palestinian Territories

Fishermen from Gaza risk their lives at work


	The fishermen from Gaza have a dangerous job. Israeli soldiers, often armed to the gills, obstruct their work. Last week, a 22-year-old fisherman was shot dead.

	Israel rejects revision of peace treaty with Egypt
	France opens murder investigation into Arafat's death
	Egypt reopens its border with Gaza

Elections

An election in Bosnia shadowed by the past


	Elections in Srebrenica are about more than just paving roads and establishing local authorities. The 1995 massacre of 8000 Muslim men and boys there offers a key backdrop to elections up to the present.

	Writer Karahasan values distance from himself
	Bosnia remembers Srebrenica victims

Elections

New elections for Jordan


	Jordan's King Abdullah II has dissolved parliament, paving the way for new elections. Despite calling for reforms, the opposition Muslim Brotherhood is boycotting the vote.

	A borderline war
	Egypt's rocky road to democracy
	Diplomatic balancing act for President Morsi


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