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Al-Jazeera reporter still held in Berlin Berlin:

Al-Jazeera journalist Ahmed Mansour was being held in Berlin police custody on Sunday awaiting a judge’s decision on his further detention on an international arrest warrant issued by his native Egypt, authorities said.

In a case that has raised issues about press freedom and German relations with Egypt under President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Mansour was arrested yesterday at a Berlin airport having been accused by Cairo of committing “several crimes”.

Somalia soldier, 4 militias killed in attack

Mogadishu: A Somali soldier and four militants were killed on Sunday as an al-Qaida-linked extremist group tried to attack a training compound used for intelligence officials in Mogadishu, a police officer said.

Palestinian stabs Israeli policeman

Jerusalem: A Palestinian stabbed an Israeli border policeman outside Jerusalem’s Old City on Sunday, critically wounding him, with the officer managing to shoot his attacker, leaving him in critical condition.

Police described the incident, which took place just outside Damascus Gate, as a “suspected terror attack,” saying the attacker was an 18-year-old Palestinian from the West Bank.

‘Cat bites woman, woman bites man'

Berlin: A cat bit a woman in Germany, sending her into such a rage that she then repeatedly bit and beat her boyfriend, the owner of the pet, police said on Sunday. A police spokesman said that the 26-year-old woman was attacked by her 39-year-old partner’s feline in the western city of Hagen in the early hours on Saturday.

Sa ministers ‘plotted to protect Bashir’

Johannesburg: The South African Government secretly plotted to ensure safe passage out of the country for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir despite an international warrant for his arrest on war crimes charges, a newspaper reported on Sunday.

Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity over the conflict in Darfur, was able to fly out of Pretoria last Monday despite a court order blocking his departure.

Kuwait orders female activist jailed

Kuwait City: A Kuwaiti court sentenced a female rights activist to three years in jail today after convicting her in absentia of publicly criticising the oil-rich Gulf state’s ruler. The lower court convicted Rana Jassem al-Saadun of repeating parts of a speech made by prominent opposition leader Mussallam al-Barrak for which he is serving a two-year jail term, according to the ruling.

Thieves steal biscuits worth over `20 lakh

london: Thieves have decamped with a large quantity of biscuits worth over `20 lakh from a factory in the UK. The incident, said to be one of the biggest in the last 25 years, reported from Welsh factory in south Wales.