BEIJING - Chinese president and commander-in-chief Hu Jintao urged the building of a powerful navy that is prepared "at any time" for military struggle, state media reported on Thursday.
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Hizbullah paying for Kassam attacks
Dec. 28, 2006
Hizbullah is paying Palestinian splinter groups "thousands of dollars" for each Kassam rocket fired at the western Negev, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
According to Israeli intelligence information, Hizbullah is smuggling cash into the Gaza Strip and paying "a number of unknown local splinter groups" for each attack.
Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) sources said the Islamist organization paid several thousand dollars for each attack, with the amount dependent on the number of Israelis killed or wounded.
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UK Police Force to host Muslim Summit in February
LONDON (UK): Representatives of all 43 mosques in South Yorkshire, Northern England will gather for the first Muslim community conference hosted by the county’s police force in February next year.
About 150 delegates are expected to attend the event, entitled Advancing Community Cohesion, in Sheffield.
Speakers will include Dr Muhammad Abdul Bari, head of Muslim Council of Britain and Abdul Basit, Deputy High Commissioner for Pakistan. Top police officers will also address the meeting at the city’s Mega Centre.
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Keep 'em comin', Oorang! Great stuff.
Quite the collection of articles.