Thousands demonstrated after 74 people were killed in rioting at a soccer match in the worst violence since Mubarak’s overthrow. Egyptian football organizers were sacked and authorities in Port Said, where the clash took place, have resigned. A famous Egyptian comedian was jailed for offending Islam.
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Kenyan troops seized Hosungow near the Kenyan border and took over the key southern town of Badhadhe, potentially cutting off Shabaab’s supply line from its coastal stronghold of Kismayo. The UK appointed an ambassador to Somalia and the UK foreign minister is visiting the country.
Authorities arrested 26-year-old Mohyeldeen Mohammad in Larvik in connection with the posting of a video that threatened Norwegian leaders. Another man arrested earlier for producing the video is still in custody.
Zulkifli bin Hir, Abu Sayyaf commander Umbra Jumdail, and Muhamad Ali are among 15 terrorists killed in an airstrike in Sulu province, according to the military’s Chief of Staff.
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Pakistani aircraft killed 20 Taliban fighters in Arakzai. A package containing anthrax was delivered to the home of Prime Minister Gilani. Foreign Minister Khar dismissed a leaked NATO report that said Pakistan aids the Taliban as “old wine.”
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The Secretary of Defense said that the US would end combat operations in 2013, one year earlier than previously announced.
The US and NATO want to end combat operations in Afghanistan next year. An Afghan soldier killed an ISAF soldier in the south. Security forces detained three Taliban commanders and several fighters in Kandahar and Zabul.
Security forces detained al Qaeda’s minister of information in Mosul and 16 members of Vice President Hashemi’s bodyguard. Al Qaeda in Iraq claimed credit for the Jan. 15 suicide assault in Ramadi that killed seven policemen.
“Gunmen” killed three Yemeni soldiers during an ambush in Marib province. Yemen’s electricity minister secured the release of six UN aid workers who were kidnapped by tribal fighters earlier this week.
The Kenyan military said it took control of the towns of Badhade and Hosingo south of Afmadow. The UN is considering increasing the number of African Union forces by 5,700.
“Pakistan knows everything. They control everything. I can’t [expletive] on a tree in Kunar without them watching,” an al Qaeda leader is quoted as saying.
Police claimed to have captured Abul Qaqa, the spokesman for Boko Haram, during a raid in Maiduguri. A Boko Haram splinter group calling itself the Vanguards for the Protection of Muslims in Black Africa announced its formation; its leader is Abu Usamata al Ansari.
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