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Suspected Iranian Blew Off His Own Leg In A Botched Terror Attack In Bangkok Robert JohnsonFeburary 14, 2012 One day after bombs targeting Israeli embassy staff went off in India and Georgia, another botched attack played out this morning in Bangkok. Through several reports, the incident appears to have played out something like this: Saeib Morabi, a suspected Iranian, was fleeing an explosion that rocked through his rented home in central Bangkok. While he was on the road looking for transportation, another explosion went off "on a nearby road." When Morabi finally managed to flag down a cab, the driver...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Newly crowned Miss Universe Leila Lopes hopes her victory will allow her to assist her native Angola further escape its history of war and impoverishment and said she plans to focus on combatting HIV around the globe. Speaking in a timid voice early Tuesday shortly after taking the crown in South America's largest city, the 25-year-old Lopes said that "as Miss Angola I've already done a lot to help my people." (snip)

The Spanish soldiers withdraw small island (witnesses) Saturday July 20, 2002 - 18h46 GMT JBEL FOAMED (Morocco), 20 juil (AFP) - the Spanish soldiers deployed on the Leila/Perejil small island started their withdrawal of the Leïla/Perejil small island, confirmed with the AFP several witnesses who were on Jbel Moussa (Moussa hill) overhanging the coast. About fifty Spanish soldiers, with their parcellings, had been evacuated by helicopters with 18H30 GMT, specified these witnesses. The Spaniards deployed on the island since July 17, were 75 approximately, according to information's given by Madrid. This withdrawal intervenes at the time when Washington and...

Moroccan minister of foreign affairs and cooperation, Mohamed Benaissa, who held this Monday a press conference on the case of the Moroccan Mediterranean Islet of Leila read out the following statement: "The Islet of Leila has always been part and parcel of the Moroccan territory. History is indeed full of facts evincing that the Islet is Moroccan territory. After the signing of the Moroccan-Spanish peace treaty of 1860 (which does not mention at all the islet of Leila), there were some Spanish incursions in the islet that were counteracted by Sultan Hassan 1st, as testified in the letters sent by...

Morocco and Spain dug themselves deeper into a territorial conflict over a disputed Mediterranean islet. Spanish defense ministry sources said Madrid had dispatched three naval warships to its two Spanish enclaves on Morocco's coast, Ceuta and Melilla, while four Spanish military helicopters continued patrolling the area. Spain said it was awaiting a Moroccan response to its demand for a troop withdrawal from the disputed island off Morocco's north coast. But Morocco insisted that it kept control over the island, AFP reported. On Thursday, Morocco deployed around a dozen troops to the uninhabited island -- known as Perejil in Spain and...