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PAKisTAN<br />
Afghan officials say that the<br />
assassination of former Afghan<br />
president and chief peace negotiator<br />
Burhanuddin Rabbani<br />
was masterminded by Pakistan's<br />
intelligence agency. An<br />
investigative team appointed<br />
by Afghan President Harmid<br />
Karzai says it has evidence and<br />
a confession from a man who<br />
was involved in the killing.<br />
Pakistan has angrily denied the<br />
accusations, with its foreign<br />
ministry releasing a statement<br />
saying that the idea was "irresponsible"<br />
and that Kabul<br />
should instead be considering<br />
why Afghans in favour of peace<br />
with Pakistan "are systematically<br />
being removed from the<br />
scene and killed".<br />
sYriA<br />
Syrian dissidents have announced<br />
the formation of a<br />
Libyan-style council to unite<br />
the anti-government opposition.<br />
The Syrian National<br />
Council hopes that it will be<br />
able to present a united face to<br />
the international community<br />
and offer ordinary Syrians an<br />
alternative to President Bashar<br />
Assad. They believe that the<br />
complexities of the Syrian situation<br />
have thus far deterred the<br />
international community from<br />
taking action. It's also thought<br />
that this may mobilise the Syrian<br />
public, many of whom have<br />
been reluctant to support<br />
the scattered dissident effort<br />
out of fears that if Assad was<br />
dislodged, a power vacuum<br />
would result.<br />
NorwAY<br />
Three scientists who worked<br />
on the immune system have<br />
been awarded this year's<br />
Nobel prize for medicine.<br />
Bruce Beutler, Jules Hoffman<br />
and Ralph Steinman<br />
were rewarded for their work<br />
in revolutionising scientists'<br />
understanding of the immune<br />
system. But there's a truly<br />
tragic twist: the Nobel Foundation<br />
announced the prize<br />
on Monday without being<br />
aware that Ralph Steinman<br />
died of pancreatic cancer on<br />
briefs<br />
A mosque in northern Israel was set on fire on Monday (Reuters)<br />
Friday – and the rules of the Nobel<br />
prizes state that only people<br />
still alive can receive the gong. A<br />
decision is expected within the<br />
next 24 hours about whether<br />
Steinman can be awarded the<br />
prize posthumously.<br />
irAQ<br />
The police headquarters in Al-<br />
Baghdadi, western Iraq, was taken<br />
over by armed insurgents yesterday,<br />
resulting in a two-hour<br />
siege. The insurgents were disguised<br />
as police officers, and set<br />
off two explosions before seizing<br />
the compound together with 15<br />
hostages, including the top police<br />
officer and the mayor. Security<br />
forces managed to storm the<br />
building two hours later, but the<br />
police chief and four others were<br />
tuesday - 4 october 2011
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