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Pakistan
Officials Report Foiling Bomb Plot Near Capital
Pakistan seized three bomb-laden vehicles and arrested three suspects, uncovering a plot for a suspected suicide attack near the capital, Islamabad, just days after an assault on the Danish Embassy, officials said.
Authorities ramped up security near the enclave where most foreign diplomatic missions are located. The U.S. Embassy advised Americans to limit nonessential movement in Islamabad and nearby Rawalpindi.
A police official said the arrested men were Pakistanis and that their targets included a Rawalpindi office of President Pervez Musharraf.
italy
Bodies of 12 Migrants Are Recovered at Sea
Italian rescuers recovered the bodies of 12 migrants who drowned when the boat carrying them to Europe capsized in waters between Italy and Libya, officials said.
Michele D'Andrea, an official in the Sicilian capital of Palermo, said an Italian fishing boat pulled 27 survivors from the sea while an Italian navy ship recovered the dead. The migrants' nationalities were not known, but they appeared to be from countries in the Horn of Africa, D'Andrea said.
britain
Giant WWII-Era Bomb Destroyed in London
British military engineers used a controlled explosion to safely destroy a giant, rusting World War II-era bomb that was discovered during construction for the 2012 Summer Olympics, the British army said.
The 2,000-pound German bomb, which the Metropolitan Police said was the largest found in London in three decades, was uncovered Monday in east London as construction workers prepared a site for the Games, authorities said.
If the bomb had exploded, it would have created a large crater and sent fragments flying more than half a mile, said Maj. Matt Davies of the army's Royal Engineers. His team destroyed the bomb.
Muslim Scholars Call for Dialogue
Muslim scholars meeting in Saudi Arabia wrapped up a three-day conference by calling for efforts to ease tensions within Islam and boost dialogue with Christians and Jews. The conference in the holy city of Mecca was designed to reconcile brewing discontent between Islam's two main branches, Sunni and Shiite, before the kingdom launches a landmark initiative for talks with adherents of other monotheistic faiths.
Renewed Clashes Kill 8 Somalis
At least eight people were killed in violence in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, ending a lull that accompanied tentative U.N. peace talks in Djibouti.
Cuba Approves Free Sex-Changes
Cuba has authorized sex-change operations and will offer them free for qualifying citizens, an official said. The move is the latest in a series of changes implemented by President Raúl Castro since he succeeded his brother Fidel in February. Raúl Castro's daughter, Mariela, heads Cuba's National Center for Sex Education.
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