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Operation Protective Edge Day 5: death toll touches 135
Indian nursing student stabbed in Singapore
Ukraine jets pound rebels after deadly missile attack
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Afghan prez poll candidates agree to vote audit: Kerry
Iraq headed for chaos unless leaders unite: UN
Female Yahoo executive sued for sexual harassment
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Operation Protective Edge Day 5: death toll touches 135 Gaza/Jerusalem, July 12 But not in Gaza City, one of the world's most densely populated cities. A ceaseless Israeli bombing campaign, with air strikes every five minutes, has turned the frenetic hub of the Gaza Strip into a virtual ghost town, emptying streets, closing shops and keeping hundreds of thousands of people close to home where they feel safest from the bombs. In Israel, hundreds of rockets fired by Gaza militants also send civilians running into bomb shelters and staying close to home. However, there have been no fatalities there, while the death toll in Gaza topped 135 on Saturday from the five-day offensive. Israel rushed an eighth missile interceptor battery into service on Saturday to counter stronger-than-expected rocket fire from Gaza as the military pounded positions in the Palestinian enclave for the fifth day, killing 30 persons, medics said. The Jewish state kept options open for a possible ground offensive into densely populated Gaza despite international pressure to negotiate a ceasefire in the conflict. In Gaza, residents remain torn between fear for their safety and sadness over the loss of a normal Ramadan , usually a time of deep spirituality leavened by great joy and celebration. “The situation is bad and not usual at all," housewife Umm Al-Abed said. "People in Ramadan used to visit each other and go to buy things that are only sold during Ramzan. But now because of the atmosphere of war, they are afraid to go out.” — Agencies Asked if Israel might move from the mostly aerial attacks of the past four days into a ground war in Gaza to stifle the rocket salvoes, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said: “We are weighing all possibilities and preparing for
them. No international pressure will prevent us from acting with all power.”
— Reuters Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who agreed a power-sharing deal with Gaza's dominant Hamas in April after years of feuding, called for international help. “The Palestinian leadership urges the Security Council to quickly issue a clear condemnation of this Israeli aggression and impose a commitment of a mutual ceasefire immediately."
— Reuters British Foreign Secretary William Hague said he was "extremely concerned" about the loss of life in Gaza, where five days of Israeli air strikes have killed more than 120 Palestinians. "Extremely concerned about humanitarian situation and loss of lives in Gaza," speaking to President Abbas today," Hague said on Twitter.
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Indian nursing student stabbed in Singapore
Singapore, July 12 But the suspect, detained by the police along with another of his mate being suspect, has accused Singh of hitting his younger brother. Singh denied the allegation. Singh's 13-year-old brother has not been named for being a minor. The police have confirmed the incident. Both Singh's and the suspect's younger brothers have a history of bad blood, going back two years when they first got into a fight over a football game, according to The Straits Times. The police have established this case as voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons. Investigations are going on in the case.
— PTI
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Ukraine jets pound rebels after deadly missile attack
Kiev, July 12 In exchanges marking a sharp escalation in the three-month conflict, jets struck at the "epicentre" of the battle against rebels near the border with Russia, a military spokesman said. The planes targeted positions from where separatists, using high-powered Grad missiles, bombarded an army motorised brigade on Friday, killing 23 servicemen.
— Reuters EU extends sanctions
The European Union said on Saturday that it had extended sanctions to cover 11 leaders of the pro-Moscow rebellion in eastern Ukraine. Pro-Russian rebels in the east have declared independence and have been fighting government troops, leaving more than 400 dead.
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Afghan prez poll candidates agree to vote audit: Kerry
Kabul, July 12 “Both candidates have committed to participate in and stand by the results of the largest most possible audit. Every single ballot that was cast will be audited, all eight million,” Kerry said.
— AFP Roadside bomb kills 8
Eight civilians, including five women, were killed when a roadside bomb blew up their vehicle in southern Afghanistan, officials said on Saturday.
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Iraq headed for chaos unless leaders unite: UN
Baghdad, July 12 Forces loyal to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki launched an early morning push to repel Islamic State militants who fought their way on Thursday into a military base on the edge of Muqdadiya. Heavy fighting raged for hours and was continuing on Saturday afternoon, local security sources said. Sources at the morgue and hospital in the nearby town of Baquba said they had received the bodies of 15 Shi'ite militia fighters transferred after the morning's fighting. State TV also reported 24 “terrorists” had been killed.
— Reuters Gunmen kill 25 women Gunmen killed 25 women and wounded eight persons on Saturday when they stormed two buildings in a residential Baghdad compound reputed to be used for prostitution, police sources said. — AFP
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Female Yahoo executive sued for sexual harassment California, July 12 Maria Zhang, a senior director of engineering at Yahoo Mobile, has been sued by Nan Shi, who worked as a principal software engineer in Yahoo from February 2013, according to a complaint filed on July 8 in Santa Clara Superior Court in San Jose, California. The complaint alleges that Zhang coerced Shi to have oral and digital sex with her on multiple occasions in Sunnyvale, California, and told her she would have a "bright future" at Yahoo if she had sex with Zhang. Shi is seeking monetary as well as punitive damages. The lawsuit also names Yahoo as a defendant. "There is absolutely no basis or truth to the allegations against Maria Zhang. Maria is an exemplary Yahoo executive and we intend to fight vigorously to clear her name," a Yahoo representative said in an email. Zhang founded her own mobile company, Alike, which was acquired by Yahoo in 2013. She also worked at Microsoft and Zillow before joining Yahoo, according to her LinkedIn profile. In the complaint, Shi accuses Zhang of unfairly downgrading her performance reviews for the second and third quarters of 2013. The lawsuit alleges that the company's human resources personnel refused to conduct an investigation when Shi complained about her direct supervisor's advances. — Reuters
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