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A commander with Hamas has been killed during a gun battle with Fatah rivals in northern Gaza. The fighting broke out in Beit Hanoun which was shaken by explosions from mortars and rocket-propelled grenades on Sunday morning.
Ismail Haniya, the Hamas-appointed Palestinian prime minister, has said a unity government will be announced in the next few days and a cofidence vote sought in parliament next Saturday.
A senior Taliban commander has threatened to kill a kidnapped Italian journalist unless three of his men are freed and a date set for Italian troops to withdraw from Afghanistan.
Twenty miners have been confirmed dead and nine others missing after a coal mine flood late on Saturday night in northeast China, state press reported.
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Ayman al-Zawahri, the number two leader in al-Qaeda, has accused Hamas of "submission" for agreeing to form a Palestinian national unity government.
A commander with Hamas has been killed during a gun battle with Fatah rivals in northern Gaza. The fighting broke out in Beit Hanoun which was shaken by explosions from mortars and rocket-propelled grenades on Sunday morning.
Clocks in the US went forward on Saturday three weeks earlier than usual, following a government drive to increase energy savings.
