Palestine

France opens inquiry into Yasser Arafat’s death

A French court will investigate the death of Yasser Arafat following a petition by his widow, filed after an Al Jazeera investigation discovered traces of polonium-210 on his final effects. 

South Asia

India: more convictions in Gujarat riots

An court in Ahmedabad, Gujarat's main city, convicted 32 individuals for their roles in the deaths of 95 people during the 2002 anti-Muslim pogroms in the northwest Indian state.

Mexico

Mexico: police shoot up US embassy car

A group of Mexican federal police agents attacked a US embassy car. Mexican authorities attributed the incident to “confusion”: the US embassy called it an “ambush.”

Afghanistan

Taliban behead 17 for dancing

Taliban militants attacked a family gathering where men and women were dancing together at a village in Afghanistan's Helmand province, beheading 17, including two women.