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At least 39 people are killed and more than 70, including the groom, are wounded as an explosion rips through an evening wedding party in Arghandab, Kandahar. Television appeals are transmitted for blood donations. (BBC)(Aljazeera)
Dozens of workers in China are hurt during labour strikes, with at least 2,000 workers clashing with police in the city of Kunshan. (AFP)(Press TV)(China Daily)
Around 60 unsuccessful Iraqi asylum applicants are forcibly and controversially deported to Baghdad from Britain, Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands. Amnesty International condemns the move as the deportees face violence and mutilation in that city. (Aljazeera)
Kikaya Bin Karubi, the Congolese ambassador to the UK, says Les Resistants Combattants have said Saturday's arson attack on his London home, which destroyed several vehicles and damaged his house, was an act of retaliation for last week's death of leading human rights activist Floribert Chebeya. (BBC)
Obama calls on Israel to ease its "unsustainable" blockade on Gaza and promises Palestinians $400 million in US assistance for the West Bank and Gaza. (The Times of India)
There is controversy in Egyptian media after an Egyptian member of parliament who was on the Gaza-bound flotilla says that the flotilla participants overtook three Israeli commandos and disarmed them. (Ynetnews)
An investigation by a private body of Israeli intelligence officials finds that TurkishPrime MinisterRecep Tayyip Erdoğan had assisted the Gaza flotilla's preparations, and was well aware of their plans for violence, and that their main goal was to "expose Israel's true face to the world". (Haaretz)
The UK government brings forward new rules which make it compulsory for immigrants from outside the European Union, particularly South Asia, to understand the English language. (BBC)
The same-sex couple, who recently came to international attention when they were convicted of homosexuality under a British colonial law, tell Malawi's The Nation that they have separated and that one of them now lives with a woman. (BBC)
A new in-depth genetic study on Jewish history is published in Nature: researchers analysed genetic samples from 14 international Jewish communities and 69 international un-Jewish communities. (BBC)
Researchers find that many species of snakes are in decline. The causes are unknown.(BBC)
