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Need to know: Israel's navy has intercepted a ship carrying hundreds of tons of Iranian weapons intended for Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Israeli military has said. PM Benjamin Netanyahu said the arms were intended to strike Israeli cities. In recent months Israel has stepped up efforts to combat the smuggling of arms to both Hezbollah and Hamas militants.
In Iran, the contrasts were vivid: Pro-government supporters chanted "Death to America" and stomped on U.S. flags Wednesday while not far away, hundreds of opposition protesters denounced Iran's leaders and appealed to America's president to choose sides. "Obama, Obama, you are either with them, or with us," the anti-government protesters chanted.
Want to know: The label “War on Terror” may be out of style as a description of American counterterrorism strategy, but in Rome an Italian court served notice that some of its more controversial practices — including the abduction of alleged terrorists known as “extraordinary rendition” — would not be forgotten as quickly as some Americans might prefer.
Dull but important: Kenya's attorney general has threatened legal action against the U.S., after Washington imposed a travel ban on him. Amos Wako admitted for the first time he was the unnamed official who was banned and accused the U.S. of acting against him for "defamatory reasons."
Just because: It has been 20 years since the Berlin Wall fell. But deep in the forest here, a red deer still refuses to cross the old Iron Curtain. Herds of them roam both sides of the old NATO-Warsaw Pact border here but mysteriously turn around when they approach it. This although the deer alive today have no memory of the ominous fence.
Wacky: A Brazilian bricklayer reportedly killed in a car crash shocked his mourning family by showing up alive at his funeral. The man's relatives had identified him as the victim of a car crash. Instead, he had spent the night at a truck stop talking with friends over drinks. He did not get word about his own funeral until it was already happening Monday morning.
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