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>>U.S. - Authorities announced yesterday that they had arrested Ben-Ami Kadish, a former U.S. army engineer, on charges of supplying classified documents to Israel, including information on nuclear weaponry, the F-15 fighter jet, and the Patriot missile defense system. The hand-off allegedly occurred at the army weapons research center in Dover, Del., where Kadish worked from 1979 to 1985. His handler is said to be the same who worked with Jonathan Pollard.

>>Australia - The Olympic torch has arrived in Australia, which has enacted "unprecedented" security measures to keep protesters at bay. The torch was immediately whisked to an undisclosed location and will be guarded by hundreds of police along its 10-mile relay route. Pro-Tibet demonstrators have already beamed a laser sign onto the Sydney Harbour Bridge reading "Don't Torch Tibet," and a group of Tibetan exiles on hunger strike just completed a nearly 50-mile march to Canberra, where they are now involved in a candle-light vigil outside the Chinese embassy.

>>Zimbabwe - China may give up on a shipment of arms to Zimbabwe, due to protests across southern Africa, which have kept the ship from docking at a suitable port. South Africa's supreme court ruled last Friday that the arms could not be transported from Durban, the ship's original destination, to Zimbabwe, after an Anglican bishop argued that they would likely be used to crush the opposition. South Africa's dock workers union also said they would refuse to unload the shipment. President Mwanawasa of Zambia, head of the Southern African Development Community, called on other southern Africa nations to deny the ship harbor. It is currently idling off the east coast of southern Africa.

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Africa

• Zimbabwe - Delivery of Weapons to Zimbabwe Thwarted

Americas

• Colombia - Colombia leader's cousin arrested
• Brazil - 'Flying' priest's balloons found
• Jamaica - Jamaica moves to legalise casinos
• Mexico - Next-Door Neighbors Back Bush on Trade
• Paraguay - Paraguay leader plans energy incentives

Asia

• Russia - Putin vows to maintain free Russia at Yeltsin grave
• India - Indian police want to put severed head in museum
• Cambodia - Khmer Rouge leader in court
• Japan - EU, Japan in climate change call
• Russia - UN to meet on Georgia-Russia row
• Sri Lanka - Heavy Fighting in Sri Lankan North
• Russia - NASA Official Plays Down a Troubled Soyuz Landing
• India - India weighs up benefits of wealth fund
• China - China Changes Course, Advocating Tempered Response to Its Critics
• Afghanistan - Mystery buyer of Afghan poppy resin thrives on drug trade

Europe

• France - France Sees Its Heritage in Its Crumbling Lighthouses
• Germany - Germany Stages Raids in Probe of Suspected Islamic Radicals
• Italy - Rise in Doctors Refusing to Perform Abortions

Middle East

• Israel - Israel resumes Gaza fuel supplies
• Iraq - Iraq army 'in control' of Basra
• Israel - Al-Qaeda accuses Iran of 9/11 lie
• Israel - US man charged with spying for Israel
• Iran - Clinton says US would 'obliterate' Iran

Posted by Matthew Cordell at 8:53 AM

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