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36 dead, toll rising in jihadist attack on Red Sea resorts At least 36 have died and over 114 are reported injured in a series of attacks on resorts popular with Israelis in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. All of the reported injuries so far resulted from a large blast at the Hilton Hotel in the Taba resort, only a few hundred metres across the Israel-Egypt border on the Red Sea. The Taba attack was followed closely by additional explosions -- about which little has yet been reported -- at the nearby towns of Ras Hasatan and Nuweiba. Egyptian authorities at first...

CAIRO, Egypt -- A claim of responsibility for the downing of two Russian planes appeared on a Web site known for militant Muslim comment Friday. The statement, which accused Russians of killing Muslims in Chechnya, was signed "the Islambouli Brigades." A group with a similar name has claimed at least one previous attack, but the legitimacy of the group and the authenticity of such statements could not be verified. Russian officials have said terrorism was the most likely cause of Tuesday's plane crashes, which killed 89 people. "We in the Islambouli Brigades announce that our holy warriors managed to hijack...