This is the picture of the owner of the Ethiopina restaurant that was bombed in Kamapala . She narrowly missed here life
This was the first day she had come back to visit the site.It was distressful for her
our hearts and thoughts go to the friends and relatives who lost their loved ones
If somali reactionaries want to implement sharia law in somalia ,let them stop disturbing the peace of their country-Yoweri museveni ,Uganda presidentThe Daily Telegraph
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•COVER STORY: 'Attorney General will step in to end speculation over David Kelly's death'
Attorney General Dominic Grieve has indicated that he is willing to intervene in the controversy over the death of Dr David Kelly, admitting that those who doubted his suicide 'may have had a valid point.' Dr Kelly's body was found shortly after he was identified as the source of a BBC report that criticised the government. (Link)
•'Racist staff at Revenue underpaid tax credits' P.5
Seven Revenue and Customs staff have been sacked for racism after tampering with tax benefits of ethnic minorities to cut their payments. They were accused of altering computer records, which meant that a number of individuals were paid less than their entitlement. (Link)
•'Gaddafi plans party for Lockerbie bomber' P.14
Colonel Gaddafi's son has arranged for 500 young people from around the world to be flown to Tripoli to celebrate the first anniversary of the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi. (Link)
•'British ministers flee as Pakistan aid convoy is attacked' P.14
Two British Cabinet ministers, Andrew Marshall and Baroness Warsi, had to be airlifted to safety by the Pakistani army after their official convoy came under attack yesterday during a visit to see how British aid is helping flood victims.
• 'Thailand blocks WikiLeaks website' P.16
Thai authorities have used emergency powers to block the WikiLeaks website on security grounds, claiming that it could lead to unrest.
The Guardian
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•COVER STORY: 'Universities offer lifeline to top students'
While thousands are predicted to be disappointed, the head of the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service told The Guardian that she expected places to be made available in clearing by universities seeking exceptional candidates who had lost out elsewhere. (Link)
•'Terror review risks banning political and religious groups, says Liberty' P.10
Liberty will warn coalition ministers today that their current plans to overhaul counter-terrorism powers risk tacitly condoning torture and banning a wide range of political and religious groups. The submission by the human rights campaigners Liberty to the government's review of counter-terrorism legislation reiterates the group's call for the existing anti-terrorist control order regime to be scrapped entirely. (Link)
•'EU pledges $135m to Pakistan flood appeal' P.16
Amid the growing international recrimination over offers of aid to Pakistan, the European Union yesterday increased its pledges of emergency help to €105m - or $135m (£86m). The European commissioner for aid, Kristalina Georgieva, said Brussels was adding €30m to existing funds. (Link)
•'Huge fundraising effort by British Muslims' P.16
The aid supply chain linking Mohammed Asif's Gloucestershire Oriental Food Store in Cheltenham to refugees flooding into Nushera is one of hundreds of ad-hoc relief efforts that British Pakistanis have begun organising while Pakistan's government struggles to cope with the disaster. (Link)
•'Row grows over mosque near site of 9/11 attacks' P.17
Republicans are ratcheting up attacks on proposals to build a mosque near Ground Zero in New York ahead of November's midterm elections after Barack Obama endorsed the plan. (Link)
•'Shortages hit hardest in Afghanistan and Africa' P.27
Soaring commodity prices and natural disasters in Russia and Pakistan have combined to put African nations and conflict-ridden countries such as Afghanistan most at risk from food shortages, according to a report released today. (Link)
The Times
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•COVER STORY: 'Blues and yellows fall out over Green'
Nick Clegg promised a crackdown on tax avoidance yesterday as a division emerged between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats over the appointment of a billionaire to help cut public spending.
•OPINION: 'Alex Salmond remains unmoved by furore over Lockerbie bomber release' P.13
A defiant Alex Salmond last night remained unmoved by the increasing international furore over the release of the Lockerbie bomber, saying that some people believed Scotland had 'too much compassion.'
•'Bases in Sangin that were built with blood are destroyed with regret' P.27
In recent British military history, few places have cost more in blood, sweat and lives to defend than Sangin. Presently, most of the small bases around Sangin that exacted such a high toll to build and hold are being destroyed, blown up and bulldozed not by the Taleban, but by British engineers and their American allies.
•'Villagers defy death on the last lifeline for 15,000 stranded people' P.28
Zahid Hussain takes a frightening trip across a torrent in an iron cage, the only way in to dozens of villages since the floods washed the bridge away.
•'Pakistan minister offers international audit to allay donors’ fears' P.29
Pakistan offered yesterday to hire international auditors to ensure that foreign aid was not wasted, stolen or diverted to Islamic militants.
•'Ground Zero? We’re nowhere near it, say planners of Islamic centre' P.31
The backers of the planned Islamic centre near Ground Zero insisted yesterday that it would go ahead, arguing that the mosque was 'nowhere near' the scene of the September 11 terror attacks.
The Independent
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•COVER STORY: 'Minister's shock advice for straight-A students seeking places at top universities: Must aim lower...'
Universities minister David Willetts said that A students should not expect to get into their first-choice university and should consider lowering their sights and applying for a less prestigious university next year. (Link)
•'Obama's pledge to close down Guantanamo is "not even close"' P.6
US President Barack Obama's pledge to shut down Guantanamo Bay will not be honoured until at least a year after the President's self-imposed deadline and may not be completed in his first administration. (Link)
•'Pakistan: More funds for flood victims' P.28
Nearly half of the $459 (£294) needed to fund initial relief efforts following Pakistan's worst-ever flooding has been secured after days of lobbying donors and warnings that the country faces a spiralling humanitarian catastrophe, the UN said yesterday. (Link)
Al Jazeera
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•COVER STORY: 'Last US combat brigade leaves Iraq'
The last US combat brigade has withdrawn from Iraq, bringing combat operations to an end in a war that lasted more than seven years and claimed the lives of more than 4,000 US troops. (Link)
•'US military denies Wikileaks talks'
The US military has denied having direct contact with whistle-blower website WikiLeaks ahead of the expected release of about 15,000 leaked documents on the war in Afghanistan. Responding to claims by Julian Assange, Wikileaks' founder, that military lawyers had been in touch with the group, the Pentagon said on Wednesday that it was not interested in helping to review the classified documents. (Link)
•'More flood aid pledged to Pakistan'
Pakistan is to receive millions of dollars of fresh aid money as international donors increased assistance to the flood-hit country following criticism over the speed of their response. The European Union announced on Wednesday that it would almost double its aid to Pakistan to €70m ($90m), while the US said it would announce extra aid on Thursday. (Link)
•'Security fears shutter Afghan polls'
The Afghan government has decided not to open more than 900 polling stations during next month's parliamentary election, citing security concerns. The closures will affect nearly 15 per cent of the country's 6,835 polling stations and could disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of voters. (Link)
•'Afghan villagers protest night raid'
Hundreds of villagers have blocked a highway in eastern Afghanistan to protest a night raid by NATO and Afghan soldiers that left two people dead in a district near Jalalabad. (Link)
•'Explosions strike North Caucasus'
At least one person has been killed and many others injured in two separate explosions in Russia's North Caucasus region. An explosion hit a cafe in the city of Pyatigorsk, which lies at the foothills of the Caucasus mountains, injuring at least 20 people on Tuesday afternoon. (Link)
•'Scores die in Baghdad bombings'
Attacks in Baghdad have led to the deaths of at least 68 people with scores more injured. In one strike at about 9:30pm (06:30 GMT) on Tuesday in a mostly Shia neighbourhood of the Iraqi capital , a bomb attached to a fuel truck exploded, killing eight people and wounding 44 more. (Link)
•'Peacekeepers released in Darfur'
Two Jordanian officers from the joint UN-African Union peacekeeping force Unamid, who were kidnapped in Darfur, have now released them, Jordanian officials say. (Link)
The Daily Mail
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•LEAD STORY: 'Heroes of 9/11 condemn Obama' P.2
Emergency crew who dealt with the aftermath of 9/11 have accused Barack Obama of deserting them by supporting a plan to build a mosque near Ground Zero. (Link)
•'Police try to ban far right rally over fears of race riots' P.20
A chief constable is seeking emergency powers to ban the far right English Defence League from marching through a city's neighbourhood because of fears that it could provoke racial violence. (Link)
The Evening Standard (18th)
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•COVER STORY: 'iPhone fraud cores £1.3m in month'
Police in London today smashed a multi-million pound iPhone fraud that cost O2 £1.3 million last month alone . (Link)
•'Cockell rocked by Iranian Embassy row' P.16
Residents of Kensington were furious when they were told that the application for plans to build an Iranian embassy would be decided at the end of the month. Kesington Council has now been forced to delay the planning decision.
•'Desperate Pakistan flood victims storm trucks carrying food' P.22
Victims of Pakistan's floods besieged relief trucks carrying food and officials in the north-west warned of famine unless farmers got help now with planting new crops. (Link)
The Metro
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•LEAD STORY: 'Taliban use flood chaos to ambush police posts' P.17
Taliban militants used the chaos caused by the worst floods in Pakistan's history as a cover to attack police positions in the north west districts surrounding Peshawar.
•'Anti-terror laws "need overhaul"' P.2
Campaign group Liberty has claimed that control orders should be abolished and stop and search powers limited in an overhaul of counter-terrorism legislation.
The Sun
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•LEAD STORY: 'Help flood victims..or Al-Qaeda will move in' P.20
Britain has been warned that it must help Pakistan flood victims or risk a boost in extremism in the country. (Link)
•'Holiday trip for son of sarge killed on holiday' P.37
Brandon Campbell, the son of a soldier who was killed in Afghanistan, has told how his trip to Florida has helped him overcome the death of his father.
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•COVER STORY: 'Attorney General will step in to end speculation over David Kelly's death'
Attorney General Dominic Grieve has indicated that he is willing to intervene in the controversy over the death of Dr David Kelly, admitting that those who doubted his suicide 'may have had a valid point.' Dr Kelly's body was found shortly after he was identified as the source of a BBC report that criticised the government. (Link)
•'Racist staff at Revenue underpaid tax credits' P.5
Seven Revenue and Customs staff have been sacked for racism after tampering with tax benefits of ethnic minorities to cut their payments. They were accused of altering computer records, which meant that a number of individuals were paid less than their entitlement. (Link)
•'Gaddafi plans party for Lockerbie bomber' P.14
Colonel Gaddafi's son has arranged for 500 young people from around the world to be flown to Tripoli to celebrate the first anniversary of the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi. (Link)
•'British ministers flee as Pakistan aid convoy is attacked' P.14
Two British Cabinet ministers, Andrew Marshall and Baroness Warsi, had to be airlifted to safety by the Pakistani army after their official convoy came under attack yesterday during a visit to see how British aid is helping flood victims.
• 'Thailand blocks WikiLeaks website' P.16
Thai authorities have used emergency powers to block the WikiLeaks website on security grounds, claiming that it could lead to unrest.
The Guardian
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
•COVER STORY: 'Universities offer lifeline to top students'
While thousands are predicted to be disappointed, the head of the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service told The Guardian that she expected places to be made available in clearing by universities seeking exceptional candidates who had lost out elsewhere. (Link)
•'Terror review risks banning political and religious groups, says Liberty' P.10
Liberty will warn coalition ministers today that their current plans to overhaul counter-terrorism powers risk tacitly condoning torture and banning a wide range of political and religious groups. The submission by the human rights campaigners Liberty to the government's review of counter-terrorism legislation reiterates the group's call for the existing anti-terrorist control order regime to be scrapped entirely. (Link)
•'EU pledges $135m to Pakistan flood appeal' P.16
Amid the growing international recrimination over offers of aid to Pakistan, the European Union yesterday increased its pledges of emergency help to €105m - or $135m (£86m). The European commissioner for aid, Kristalina Georgieva, said Brussels was adding €30m to existing funds. (Link)
•'Huge fundraising effort by British Muslims' P.16
The aid supply chain linking Mohammed Asif's Gloucestershire Oriental Food Store in Cheltenham to refugees flooding into Nushera is one of hundreds of ad-hoc relief efforts that British Pakistanis have begun organising while Pakistan's government struggles to cope with the disaster. (Link)
•'Row grows over mosque near site of 9/11 attacks' P.17
Republicans are ratcheting up attacks on proposals to build a mosque near Ground Zero in New York ahead of November's midterm elections after Barack Obama endorsed the plan. (Link)
•'Shortages hit hardest in Afghanistan and Africa' P.27
Soaring commodity prices and natural disasters in Russia and Pakistan have combined to put African nations and conflict-ridden countries such as Afghanistan most at risk from food shortages, according to a report released today. (Link)
The Times
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
•COVER STORY: 'Blues and yellows fall out over Green'
Nick Clegg promised a crackdown on tax avoidance yesterday as a division emerged between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats over the appointment of a billionaire to help cut public spending.
•OPINION: 'Alex Salmond remains unmoved by furore over Lockerbie bomber release' P.13
A defiant Alex Salmond last night remained unmoved by the increasing international furore over the release of the Lockerbie bomber, saying that some people believed Scotland had 'too much compassion.'
•'Bases in Sangin that were built with blood are destroyed with regret' P.27
In recent British military history, few places have cost more in blood, sweat and lives to defend than Sangin. Presently, most of the small bases around Sangin that exacted such a high toll to build and hold are being destroyed, blown up and bulldozed not by the Taleban, but by British engineers and their American allies.
•'Villagers defy death on the last lifeline for 15,000 stranded people' P.28
Zahid Hussain takes a frightening trip across a torrent in an iron cage, the only way in to dozens of villages since the floods washed the bridge away.
•'Pakistan minister offers international audit to allay donors’ fears' P.29
Pakistan offered yesterday to hire international auditors to ensure that foreign aid was not wasted, stolen or diverted to Islamic militants.
•'Ground Zero? We’re nowhere near it, say planners of Islamic centre' P.31
The backers of the planned Islamic centre near Ground Zero insisted yesterday that it would go ahead, arguing that the mosque was 'nowhere near' the scene of the September 11 terror attacks.
The Independent
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
•COVER STORY: 'Minister's shock advice for straight-A students seeking places at top universities: Must aim lower...'
Universities minister David Willetts said that A students should not expect to get into their first-choice university and should consider lowering their sights and applying for a less prestigious university next year. (Link)
•'Obama's pledge to close down Guantanamo is "not even close"' P.6
US President Barack Obama's pledge to shut down Guantanamo Bay will not be honoured until at least a year after the President's self-imposed deadline and may not be completed in his first administration. (Link)
•'Pakistan: More funds for flood victims' P.28
Nearly half of the $459 (£294) needed to fund initial relief efforts following Pakistan's worst-ever flooding has been secured after days of lobbying donors and warnings that the country faces a spiralling humanitarian catastrophe, the UN said yesterday. (Link)
Al Jazeera
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
•COVER STORY: 'Last US combat brigade leaves Iraq'
The last US combat brigade has withdrawn from Iraq, bringing combat operations to an end in a war that lasted more than seven years and claimed the lives of more than 4,000 US troops. (Link)
•'US military denies Wikileaks talks'
The US military has denied having direct contact with whistle-blower website WikiLeaks ahead of the expected release of about 15,000 leaked documents on the war in Afghanistan. Responding to claims by Julian Assange, Wikileaks' founder, that military lawyers had been in touch with the group, the Pentagon said on Wednesday that it was not interested in helping to review the classified documents. (Link)
•'More flood aid pledged to Pakistan'
Pakistan is to receive millions of dollars of fresh aid money as international donors increased assistance to the flood-hit country following criticism over the speed of their response. The European Union announced on Wednesday that it would almost double its aid to Pakistan to €70m ($90m), while the US said it would announce extra aid on Thursday. (Link)
•'Security fears shutter Afghan polls'
The Afghan government has decided not to open more than 900 polling stations during next month's parliamentary election, citing security concerns. The closures will affect nearly 15 per cent of the country's 6,835 polling stations and could disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of voters. (Link)
•'Afghan villagers protest night raid'
Hundreds of villagers have blocked a highway in eastern Afghanistan to protest a night raid by NATO and Afghan soldiers that left two people dead in a district near Jalalabad. (Link)
•'Explosions strike North Caucasus'
At least one person has been killed and many others injured in two separate explosions in Russia's North Caucasus region. An explosion hit a cafe in the city of Pyatigorsk, which lies at the foothills of the Caucasus mountains, injuring at least 20 people on Tuesday afternoon. (Link)
•'Scores die in Baghdad bombings'
Attacks in Baghdad have led to the deaths of at least 68 people with scores more injured. In one strike at about 9:30pm (06:30 GMT) on Tuesday in a mostly Shia neighbourhood of the Iraqi capital , a bomb attached to a fuel truck exploded, killing eight people and wounding 44 more. (Link)
•'Peacekeepers released in Darfur'
Two Jordanian officers from the joint UN-African Union peacekeeping force Unamid, who were kidnapped in Darfur, have now released them, Jordanian officials say. (Link)
The Daily Mail
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•LEAD STORY: 'Heroes of 9/11 condemn Obama' P.2
Emergency crew who dealt with the aftermath of 9/11 have accused Barack Obama of deserting them by supporting a plan to build a mosque near Ground Zero. (Link)
•'Police try to ban far right rally over fears of race riots' P.20
A chief constable is seeking emergency powers to ban the far right English Defence League from marching through a city's neighbourhood because of fears that it could provoke racial violence. (Link)
The Evening Standard (18th)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
•COVER STORY: 'iPhone fraud cores £1.3m in month'
Police in London today smashed a multi-million pound iPhone fraud that cost O2 £1.3 million last month alone . (Link)
•'Cockell rocked by Iranian Embassy row' P.16
Residents of Kensington were furious when they were told that the application for plans to build an Iranian embassy would be decided at the end of the month. Kesington Council has now been forced to delay the planning decision.
•'Desperate Pakistan flood victims storm trucks carrying food' P.22
Victims of Pakistan's floods besieged relief trucks carrying food and officials in the north-west warned of famine unless farmers got help now with planting new crops. (Link)
The Metro
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
•LEAD STORY: 'Taliban use flood chaos to ambush police posts' P.17
Taliban militants used the chaos caused by the worst floods in Pakistan's history as a cover to attack police positions in the north west districts surrounding Peshawar.
•'Anti-terror laws "need overhaul"' P.2
Campaign group Liberty has claimed that control orders should be abolished and stop and search powers limited in an overhaul of counter-terrorism legislation.
The Sun
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
•LEAD STORY: 'Help flood victims..or Al-Qaeda will move in' P.20
Britain has been warned that it must help Pakistan flood victims or risk a boost in extremism in the country. (Link)
•'Holiday trip for son of sarge killed on holiday' P.37
Brandon Campbell, the son of a soldier who was killed in Afghanistan, has told how his trip to Florida has helped him overcome the death of his father.
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