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1 killed in first violence since truce in Gaza
Mursi’s declaration polarises Egypt
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3rd Indian-origin man charged with attacking Lt Gen Brar
Savita Halappanavar
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1 killed in first violence since truce in Gaza Gaza City, November 23 The shooting did not appear to pose an immediate threat to the Egypt-brokered ceasefire, which called for an end to Gaza rocket fire on Israel and Israeli airstrikes on Gaza. The truce came after eight days of cross-border fighting, the bloodiest between Israel and Hamas in four years. Gaza Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas, has urged militant factions to respect the ceasefire. It appeared unlikely Hamas would retaliate for the today's shooting because that could jeopardise the militant group's potential gains from the ceasefire deal, such as an easing of restrictions on movement in and out of the Palestinian territory. Hamas officials were not immediately available for comment. Nafez Azzam, a spokesman for Gaza's Islamic Jihad, said the shooting was a violation of the truce and that Egypt was informed. Today, hundreds of Palestinians approached Israel's border fence in several locations in southern Gaza, according to an Associated Press Television News cameraman. In the past, Israel's military has barred Palestinians from getting close to the fence, and soldiers opened fire routinely to enforce a no-go zone meant to prevent infiltrations into Israel. Since the ceasefire, growing numbers of Gazans have entered the no-go zone. In one incident captured by Associated Press video, several dozen Palestinians, most of them young men, approached the fence, coming close to a group of Israeli soldiers standing on the other side. Some Palestinians briefly talked to the soldiers, while others appeared to be taunting them with chants of "God is Great" and "Morsi, Morsi," in praise of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, whose mediation led to the truce. At one point, a soldier shouted in Hebrew, "Go there, before I shoot you," and pointed away from the fence, toward Gaza. The soldier then dropped to one knee, assuming a firing position. Eventually, a burst of automatic fire was heard, but it was not clear whether any of the casualties were from this incident. Gaza health official Ashraf al-Kidra said a 20-year-old man was killed and 19 persons were wounded. — AP
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Mursi’s declaration polarises Egypt Cairo, November 23 Mursi's detractors dubbed him the 'new pharaoh', a day after he issued a declaration granting himself what many said were more powers than the ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak. Thousands of his supporters and opponents today took to streets to stage rival rallies across Egypt, leading to sporadic violence and burning down of offices belonging to the ruling Muslim Brotherhood. Mursi's new powers are supposed to be temporary, to last for the transition period, and the decree will expire when a new constitution is approved by the middle of February. Morsi decreed immunity for the panel drafting a new constitution from any possible court decisions to dissolve it. He granted the same protection to the upper chamber of parliament, which is largely toothless. Both bodies are dominated by Morsi's Islamist allies. — PTI
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Lanka’s top judge appears before impeachment panel Colombo, November 23 The 11-member Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) put off the further proceedings after 54-year-old Bandaranayake appeared before it, officials said. Bandaranayake and her team of lawyers presented before the PSC which comprises 11 government MPs and four opposition MPs. The PSC refused to accede to a request from the Supreme Court to delay the hearing until it made a key constitutional interpretation on the validity of the impeachment against Bandaranayake, officials said. Bandaranayake became the island's first ever woman Supreme Court judge in 1996 before being appointed chief justice in 2011. She is facing 14 charges of personal and financial misconduct. The opposition has accused the government of pursuing the top judge in a brazen act of political witch hunt. The impeachment was the culmination of a month long dispute between the judiciary and the executive arm of the government. The judiciary cited political interference violating its independence as the reason for friction. The government's move was criticised by the US, Commonwealth and international rights watch groups as an action undermining the independence of judiciary. — PTI
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3rd Indian-origin man charged with attacking Lt Gen Brar London, November 23 36-year-old Dilbag Singh, who was charged with wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm to Brar, appeared in custody at Westminster Magistrates’ Court. The police said Singh has no permanent address. Two other suspects — 33-year-old Barjinder Singh Sangha of Wolverhamption and 34-year-old Mandeep Singh Sandhu of Great Barr, Birmingham — were slapped with the same charge last month. They were remanded in custody to appear at Southwark Crown Court on December 7 for a Plea and Case Management Hearing, police said. Sangha has also been charged with common assault of Brar's wife Meena. The police yesterday announced two more arrests in the case, saying a 36-year-old man was held in west London on Wednesday while a 55-year-old woman was also taken into custody. The woman, arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, has been granted bail on condition of having to return on a future date pending further inquiries. 78-year-old Brar, who led Operation Bluestar in 1984 to flush out pro-Khalistan militants from the Golden Temple in Amritsar, was on a private visit here when he was attacked by four men, suspected to be Khalistan sympathisers, on September 30. The incident took place when he was returning to his hotel with his wife. Brar suffered a wound on his neck and cheek but his wife was not injured. A decorated soldier, Brar saw action in the 1971 War with Pakistan, and was among the first to enter Dhaka when the Indian army forced Pakistani army into surrender. — PTI case
file Two other suspects — Barjinder Singh Sangha of Wolverhamption and Mandeep Singh Sandhu of Great Barr, Birmingham — were slapped with the charge of wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm last month
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Savita’s abortion requests missing from medical file
London, November 23 "They have all the other information including requests for tea and toast and for an extra blanket, all of that is in the notes, but the important information about requesting the termination is not," Praveen, whose 31-year-old wife Savita died on October 28 at Galway University Hospital, said. The detailed medical records from the hospital, which were made available to Praveen, do not include doctors' notes for Monday, October 22 - the day the couple first requested a termination. While doctors' notes are available for Tuesday, October 23, they make no reference to the requested termination which was reiterated on that date. Praveen described how the missing information had destroyed his faith in the Irish Republic's Health and Safety Executive (HSE). "It's time to get the facts and the truth for Savita," he was quoted as saying by Belfast Telegraph. "I don't have any faith in the HSE. I saw (the files) earlier this week. It was a blow and that was the reason why we never wanted the HSE inquiry," said Praveen, who has been demanding a full public probe. It has also emerged that a number of clinical notes were added to the file after Savita's death.However, none of these refer to the termination request. Tony O'Brien, head of the HSE, has asked the patient safety watchdog, the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA), to begin a separate investigation. Meanwhile, Irish President Michael D Higgins, who earlier said the probe into Savita's death must meet the needs of her family as also the State, defended his intervention in the row. — PTI
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