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A political riot has erupted today in Iraq following an operation in Basra in which British in Iraq forces destroyed a police station run by unit / carry out illegal activities. The unit set up to deal with serious of crimes. They've been accused to run in death courts and carrying out robberies. The British military said its operation / be prompted by intelligents suggesting the prisoners were about to be executed unlawfully. The Basra police is a serious crimes unit said the British military have acted with Iraq forces outside the law in destroying the station. An official from the unit / Mohammed denied British censures the Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki had backed the raid.
British occupation forces stormed this serious crimes unit on the tanks and heavy-armed vehicles and on the red cover. The tanks shelled the building and their troops / TNT explosives and destroyed it. The forces destroyed all the prisoners’ legal proceeding documents. The British forces then transferred the prisoners including some 20 who carried out explosive attacks but did not handle over / to the police commander.

Iran has made a / protest to the United States about the arrest in Iraq of two Iranians so describeded as diplomats in / by the Iraqi government to visit Baghdad. The Swiss Ambassador who looks after the US diplomatic interest in Teheran was summoned by the Foreign Office where a spokesman was quated to saying the arrests by US troops were unacceptable and might have unpleasant consequences.

Israel has announced the series of measures to ease restrictions imposed on Palestinians living in West Bank including the removal of the dozens of West Bank road blocks letting more Palestinians crossing to Israel to work. Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz said that improving the Palestinians standard of living was part of Israel’s security policy.

Jordan has offered to host talks between the Prime Minister of the Hamas-led Palestinian government Ismail Haniyeh and President Mahmoud Abbas who belongs to the rebel Fatah movement. A Hamas spokesman said Mr. Haniyeh had accepted the invitation. The Jordanian government said the move was part of the initiative to / the Palestinian national unity and reinvigorate the peace process .

Ethiopian aircraft bombed two Somali airfields including the international airport in Somali capital Mogadishu. Mogadishu is controlled by the Union of Islamic Courts whose fighters have been involved in fears clashes across the wild area of the country with Somalia’s transitional government backed by Ethiopian forces. / of the / told the BBC its organization had failed to react promptly to the situation in Somalia.
"Those reaction is … is that we have / community neglect the deal with the problem. We’re very serious for our region. I don’t think that after their / the Security Council / / I shall be able to put the force together, to be able to stabilize the situation in Somalia. This is an unfortunate / coming over / to react promptly and that could / the situation in Somalia.

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The last Russia military personnel in Georgian capital Tbilisi have left the headquarters. The / in Moscow without regional / had courts in the city for the first time in two centuries. From Tbilisi, Mathiu Kollin reports.
The / was the government // wants to reduce Russia 's influence here and / join NATO. It managed to strike to deal with Moscow to close Russia’s military bases in Georgia. Russia decided to speed up its withdrawl after the crisis between the super countries intensify three months ago. The Georgian government says the departure of the Russian forces is a course for celebration. The Russian troops have Tbilisi but Moscow 's policies are still an impact here.

Western nations know the former Soviet Union / have been / by / Turkman political figures to assist assuring there is democratic presidential election in Turkmanstan. The call came as // the Ukraine capital of /.

And American / James Brown has died of age of 73. His agent told the BBC the singer of / died in hospital in Atlanta where he’ve been treated for pneumonia. / became known as the Godfather of soul was a former shoeshine boy. He grew up in poverty in the American south. And then went on the /, some of the most / of the civil rights movement in the United States in the 1960s. US civil right activists // and pay to his respect.
"James Brown would not / / god like his. He change culture for us. He made the common men /. We lost more than /. We lost //.
/ memorying James Brown who died today.

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