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This is an archive article published on October 31, 2013

Briefly World:5 held in Tiananmen attack: China

Chinese police have caught five suspects after a vehicle burst into flames.

BEIJING: Chinese police have caught five suspects after a vehicle burst into flames on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in what police called a terrorist attack in which five people were killed.

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Israel frees Palestinian prisoners

BETHLEHEM: Israel freed 26 Palestinian prisoners on Wednesday as part of US-brokered peace efforts,but said it was pressing on with plans to build more homes for Jewish settlers,in an apparent move to appease hardliners. reuters

Muslim Brotherhood leader seized

Cairo: Egyptian security forces on Wednesday captured Essam el-Erian,one of the last few prominent leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood still at large after a crackdown on the group. The seizure of Erian,a senior leader in the Brotherhood’s political arm and an adviser to the president,appears to complete the incarceration of the organisation’s top leaders. NYT

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