From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
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- Afghanistan:
- The Pakistani media reports Defence Minister Ahmad Mukhtar as claiming that the United States will no longer be able to use the Shamsi Airfield to launch drone attacks on militants. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
- Official records on the 2002 Gujarat violence, which killed more than 1,000 people, are reported to have been destroyed in line with regulations. (BBC)
- The United Nations extends MONUSCO, its mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, for a thirteenth year, with 5 million people dead so far. (Al Jazeera)
- Amnesty International calls on the People's Republic of China to stop the harassment, arbitrary detention and torture of human rights lawyers. (Reuters via Alertnet)
- Al-Shamukh, a popular jihadist Internet forum, is knocked off the Internet by a fairly sophisticated cyberattack. (CBS News)
- Iraq War: The United States has lost a total of 15 troops in Iraq this month, making it the deadliest month for U.S. forces in Iraq since June 2009, when 14 soldiers were killed fighting the Iraqi insurgency. (AP via Kansas City Star)
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