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U.S. to Pakistan: No more OBL-type raids
Pakistani prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani says that the United States has given him their assurance that they will not conduct any more clandestine raids like the one that killed Osama bin Laden in May; Gilani said, “Since we were sharing information with US and there was a tremendous relationship with the CIA and ISI [Inter-Services Intelligence], therefore we could have done a joint operation in Abbottabad, but it didn’t happen. Therefore we had a lot of reservations”; he added, “They have assured us in future there will be no unilateral actions in Pakistan, and there would be co-operation between both agencies”; his remarks contradict statements made by U.S. officials who have said they would conduct a similar raid to kill other top al Qaeda leaders if necessary
Extremists attack police in western China, fourteen dead
On Wednesday religious extremists armed with homemade weapons attacked a police station in the western province of Xinjiang; the attack ended with fourteen of the eighteen attackers dead; the attack comes after a violent riot earlier that week; the attackers were fighting on behalf of Uighurs, an ethnic Muslim minority in China that is seeking greater autonomy

Somali pirates still a threat
Members of the international Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia met last week and concluded that despite their efforts Somali pirates remain a threat to maritime vessels; “We all know that the international community has been working very hard to address both the symptoms and the root causes of the Somali piracy,” said Mary Seet-Cheng, senior specialist adviser of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore and a member of the contact group; “Despite our best efforts, piracy off the coast of Somalia continues to be a threat to international shipping and seafarers from all over the world”; the number of hijacked vessels and kidnapping have fallen since March 2011, but violent incidents have continued to rise and pirates expanded their area of operation
Ahmadinejad: world needs to "take step" to resolve Iran's nuclear issue
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday that Iran has already taken steps to coordinate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and now it is time for other countries to “take step” in resolving Iran’s nuclear issue; “You will take one step and we will take one,” Ahmadinejad said; the president’s remarks come in response to Russia’s calls for a “phased” approach in which Iran would address international concerns over its nuclear program in stages and in return economic sanctions would be lifted in stages

England to fire 34,100 officers, crime expected to increase
Local police forces across England and Wales will cut 34,100 officers and staff over the next four years; according to a report by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary, the staffing reductions will result in at least a 3 percent rise in crime; the U.K. Home Office has insisted that there is no link between a decline in the number of police officers and the crime rate; police forces across the country are struggling with budget cuts which is forcing them to reduce staffing size
Sector Report for Thursday, 7 July 2011: World Report
This report contains the following stories.
* Pakistani Taliban blacklisted by Canada

* India calls Pakistan "global epicenter of terror"

* Al Qaeda threatens UAV company's executives

* Fort Hood shooter could receive death sentence

* Bradley Manning's chat logs with gay activist published

* Core machinery orders in Japan increase 3 percent

* China cracks down on internet over rumors of Jiang Zemin's death

* Droughts in Cuba worst in decades
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