September 5 in History 1658 Dutch take Jaffnapatam, last Portuguese possession in Ceylon, the modern-day Sri Lanka. 1793 The revolutionary government in France starts the 10-month Reign of Terror, during which 17,000 people are executed. 1870 Birth of Vietnamese poet Tran Te Xuong (died 1907), better known as Tu Xuong. One of the most renowned Vietnamese satirical poets, he was the first of a whole line of poets who followed his example and even imitated him. 1905 Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by US President Theodore Roosevelt in New Hampshire, ends Russo-Japanese War. 1907 The French make eight-year-old Nguyen Phuc Vinh San king of Viet Nam, known as King Duy Tan and replacing his father, King Thanh Thai. He was exiled to the Reunion in the Mascarene Islands by the French in 1916 when they learned that he was giving his blessings to a popular uprising against their rule. 1958 The novel "Doctor Zhivago" by Russian author Boris Pasternak is published … [Read more...] about September 05 in History
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At least seven killed in Israeli Gaza air strike
CPV: At least seven Palestinians were killed in an air strike on northern Gaza launched by Israel following suicide bombings in northern Israel on October 26 which were claimed by the Islamic Jihad group. The Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported that two members of the group were among the dead. Another 20 people were injured, five of them seriously. The Islamic Jihad immediately fired off several missiles towards Israel. In response, Israeli F16 fighters continued their operations by carrying out at least four more strikes on open fields what militants were useing for launching rockets toward Israel. The Israeli attack was deeply condemned by Palestinian officials who called on Israel to stop its bombings. Nabil Abu Rudeina, spokesperson for Palestinain President Mahmud Abbas, warned that the bombings would affect both peoples and appealed for calm. The Palestinian Interior Ministry also called on all Palestinian factions to commit themselves to the ceasefire. The air strike occurred a … [Read more...] about At least seven killed in Israeli Gaza air strike
Bush to Meet Top Iraq Aides in Kuwait
US President George W. Bush was to meet Saturday in Kuwait with his top political and military commanders in Iraq, a day after conceding that US troops "could easily" stay in Iraq for a decade. Bush, on the first leg of a four-nation Gulf tour, will be holding talks with General David Petraeus, the commander of US forces in Iraq, and with US ambassador to Baghdad Ryan Crocker at Camp Arifjan, a US military base in Kuwait. He will also address US troops stationed in Kuwait and hold a meeting with Kuwaiti women activists on Saturday before leaving for Bahrain -- another key military ally and home of the US Navy's Fifth Fleet. Around 15,000 US troops are stationed in Kuwait, which served as a springboard for the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq and hosts Camp Arifjan, one of Washington's largest military bases in the region, and other camps. Iraq has been hit by a new surge of violence since the start of the new year with more than 100 people killed in bombings, suicide attacks and … [Read more...] about Bush to Meet Top Iraq Aides in Kuwait
Deadly suicide blasts rock Iran embassy in Beirut
Beirut — A double suicide bombing outside the Iranian embassy in Beirut killed at least 23 people on Tuesday, in an attack claimed by an Al-Qaeda-linked jihadist group. The army said a motorcyclist blew himself up moments before a suicide bomber driving a four-wheel-drive detonated his payload in the southern Beirut stronghold of Hezbollah, an ally of both Iran and the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The mid-morning attack, which the health ministry said also wounded 146 people, was the first time the Iranian mission has been targeted. The blasts ripped the facades off surrounding buildings, strewing rubble and glass on streets that were stained with blood. Residents walked dazed past charred cars and trees, as soldiers and Hezbollah security men tried to secure the area. The attack follows two other bombings this year in Hezbollah bastions in Beirut, amid rising tensions over the conflict in neighbouring Syria. Iran is one of Syria's closest allies, and is … [Read more...] about Deadly suicide blasts rock Iran embassy in Beirut
Suicide bombings kill 23 near Iran embassy in Beirut
Fires burn and smoke rises from the site of explosions near the Iranian embassy in Beirut November 19, 2013. Two suicide bombings rocked Iran's embassy compound in Lebanon on Tuesday, killing at least 23 people including an Iranian cultural attaché and hurling bodies and burning wreckage across a debris-strewn street. A Lebanon-based al Qaeda-linked group, the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, claimed responsibility and threatened further attacks unless Iran withdraw forces from Syria, where they have backed President Bashar al-Assad's 2-1/2-year-old war against rebels. Security camera footage showed a man in an explosives belt rushing towards the outer wall of the embassy before blowing himself up, Lebanese officials said. They said a car bomb parked two buildings away from the compound had caused the second, deadlier explosion. The Lebanese army, however, said both blasts were suicide attacks. In a Twitter post, Sheikh Sirajeddine Zuraiqat, the religious guide of the Abdullah … [Read more...] about Suicide bombings kill 23 near Iran embassy in Beirut