SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. – The waterfront rides on Casino Pier are gone, swallowed by the sea. A roller coaster bobs lazily in the waves. Sand, leaves and debris choke roads lined with houses that rest on their sides.
Tunisia says foiled plot to kidnap local Jews
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian security forces arrested four people for allegedly plotting to kidnap local Jews and hold them for ransom, an Interio r Ministry official said on Thursday. There are less than 2,000 Jews in Tunisia, mostly living in Zarzis and the nearby island of Djerba in the south of the country. "The security forces aborted a plan to kidnap young Jews in Zarzis. Police arrested four young men and seized two weapons," the official, Lofi Hidouri, told Reuters. Perez Trabelsi, head of the Jewish community in Djerba, said a policeman was among the four arrested. … After nearly 25 years of secrecy, Israel admits to killing Arafat deputy in 1988 Tunis raid
JERUSALEM – Lifting a nearly 25-year veil of secrecy, Israel is admitting that it killed the deputy of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in a 1988 raid in Tunis.
105-story N. Korean hotel might open next year, more than 20 years after construction began
SEOUL, South Korea – The 105-story, pyramid-shaped hotel that has stood over North Korea’s capital city like a mountain for more than 20 years just might be on the verge of opening for the first time.
Israel fesses up: We killed Arafat deputy in 1988
Lifting a nearly 25-year veil of secrecy, Israel is admitting that it killed the deputy of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in a 1988 raid in Tunis.
Somali traders want UN to lift charcoal trade ban
Thousands of sacks of dark charcoal sit atop one another in Somalia’s southern port city of Kismayo, signs of an industry once worth some $25 million dollar a year to the Islamist extremist rebels who controlled the region.
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