Yemen: Three civilians killed, 22 injured in heavy shelling

SANA'A, (Xinhua): At least three civilians were killed and 22 others were wounded when Yemeni government troops shelled several residential areas in the southern restive province of Taiz early Wednesday, medics and witnesses said.

"One of the residents identified as Hashid al-Amiry was killed in the random shelling, and 20 other civilians, including a child, were wounded, four of them in critical conditions," one doctor at a field hospital in a camp of anti-government protesters told Xinhua.

US: Obama lays out Afghanistan troops drawdown

WASHINGTON, (Xinhua): U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday night laid out his plans for Afghanistan troops drawdown that is set to begin next Month, ordering 10,000 troops from that country by year-end with a total of 33,000 troops to be out by next summer.

The plans would withdraw all the "surge troops" he sent to Afghanistan in late 2009 to strengthen the fight against the Talibans.

Palestine: Palestinian wells demolished by Israeli soldiers in Hebron

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The Ma'an News Agency reports that Israel demolished 5 wells in Hebron area on Tuesday morning.

According to Ma'an, the wells belonged to the al-Jamal family and were located in the south of the city. Soldiers from the Israeli 'Civil Administration' arrived on the property early in the morning and assaulted members of the family who tried to stop the demolition going ahead. Tear gas was deployed to force family members from the area.

Dreams of Ikhwanul Muslimin Becoming a Global Organization

Kamal al-Helbawy, the official spokesman of the Muslim Brotherhood in the West, the decade of the 90s, told Al-Shorouk, in an interview that the Jamaat Muslim Brotherhood, has the right to become a global organization, which he describes as, "American Islam". "This dream of the Muslim Brotherhood," said Helbawy.
Asked whether members of the global organization will be devoted to nation-state or organization, Helbawy replied that there was no contradiction between the two, as "our loyalty is to Allah and Islam."


Helbawy also added that the newly formed Brotherhood Freedom and Justice Party will become an independent political force.