Israeli troops killed 4 Palestinians in Gaza

Israeli troops backed by tanks pushed deep into the northern and southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, clashing with militants as they stepped up a nearly four-month-old offensive, Palestinian residents said.

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Millions of children on the fringes of the Sahel face hunger and malnutrition

Millions of children on the fringes of the Sahara desert are at risk from malnutrition even though a good end to the rainy season should help boost cereal production, the United Nations said on Monday.

Child mortality rates in West Africa's Sahel region, which stretches along the southern edge of the world's largest desert, are the highest anywhere, with over half of the deaths caused by malnutrition, according to the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP).

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Egyptian Coptic church propose joint Islamic Committee

The head of the Egyptian Coptic church has called for the creation of an interreligious commission, comprising representatives of Cairo's al-Azhar University - the most authoritative institution in Sunni Islam - and the Coptic Church to confront problems related to religious intolerance.

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Any Israeli aggression will be repulsed said Syrian Information Minister Muhsen Blal

Syria is ready to repulse any possible Israeli aggression, Information Minister Muhsen Blal confirmed.
He said in a press statement that Israel's readiness and alertness spring from the crisis it is suffering after failure of its latest aggression on Lebanon, noting that his country is taking into consideration the possibility of launching a fresh Israeli military adventure.

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Pierre de Brazza exhumed in Algeria for Congo Burial

The remains of the 19th-century French founder of Congo, Pierre de Brazza, have been exhumed in Algeria to be placed in a memorial in Congo.
A marble mausoleum has been built in Brazzaville, which was named for the explorer who founded the city in 1884, and the government plans to inter his and his family's remains there.

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OPEC ministers emergency meeting

OPEC ministers are consulting over oil's sharp drop to just over $61 a barrel from its mid-July peak of $78.40, but have not decided whether to hold an emergency meeting, an OPEC official said on Wednesday.
"Consultations are ongoing, but there has not been a decision to hold an emergency meeting as of yet," he said.

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