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Rocket hits Arab anti-war newspaper in Haifa Haifa: Rocket hits anti-war newspaper One of rockets which landed in Haifa Sunday evening hits historical building of Arab daily al-Ittihad. Newspaper editor blames Israel, 'which fights in service of Americans' Roee Nahmias YNET 7 August 2006 www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3287416,00.html One of the rockets which landed in Haifa Sunday evening hit the old offices of the one of the only dailies in the Arab sector. "When I heard that our historical building was hit, I felt a lot of anger. This is a place we all grew up, which contains real treasures," al-Ittihad Editor, Dr....

MOGADISHU: Militiamen allegedly hired by a Somali businessman stormed a radio and TV station in Mogadishu on Friday night and shut it down after it reported the trader had been mentioned in a book on a group linked to terrorism, station officials said on Saturday. The privately-owned Hornafrik Radio and Television station quoted a book by an Ethiopian author in which it is alleged that Mohamed Daylaf, a wealthy Mogadishu trader, has business relations with a militant Somali Islamic group known as Al-Ittihad al-Islamia. The United States has charged the group has links to al-Qaeda, blamed for the attacks in...