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Japanese man allegedly tried to kill a woman with poisoned shoes
A Japanese man who allegedly tried to kill a woman he was stalking by putting poison in her shoes was arrested Thursday, police and reports said. The woman, a colleague, did not die, but developed gangrene in part of her left foot, they said. It was not known to what…
Property developer tears down additional stretch of Berlin Wall in surprise pre-dawn move
A property developer removed more of the Berlin Wall Wednesday, police said, in a surprise dawn move amid a bitter running protest over the dismantling of the once-detested Cold War division. Four segments were removed from around 5:00 am local time (0400 GMT) from the Wall’s longest surviving stretch, creating…
Israeli anti-government protester lights himself on fire during rally
A protester was in hospital in a serious condition after setting himself alight at a march for social justice in Tel Aviv late Saturday, police said. “He left photocopies in the street of a letter that he had read out before setting himself on fire,” police spokeswoman Luba Samritold AFP, adding that the man…
Gaza rocket hits southern Israel
A rocket fired by Gaza militants on Sunday hit southern Israel in what was the fourth projectile lobbed across the border since a truce took hold two days earlier, Israeli officials said. The rocket landed near Khatzerim, a village just west of the southern desert city of Beersheva, a police…
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