A two-year-old boy was lightly injured yesterday when a Qassam rocket hurled down on his home in Kibbutz Zikim. The other occupants home at the time suffered shock and were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.
State of Israel grants passage to Mecca-
The State of Israel granted passage to some 900 Gazans making pilgrimage to Mecca.
Turkish planes strike PKK in Iraq-
Turkish fighter planes conducted a comprehensive air campaign against PKK rebel bases deep inside northern Iraq. Previous strikes were limited to artillery and helicopters.
Communist rebels escape prison in India-
Communist rebels held at Dantewada prison in India escaped after overpowering guards and shooting their way to freedom. The prisoners are reportedly members of a militant group seeking to form a communist state in eastern India.
Wanted terrorist escapes in Pakistan-
A suspect wanted for conspiracy to attack international transatlantic flights flew the coup in Pakistan after appearing in court for an extradition hearing. The two officers charged with guarding the man are being interrogated as police launch a nationwide search to find him.
Sudanese troops clash with Islamists in Sudan-
Sudanese troops clashed with Islamist rebels following an ambush on a government convoy in the capital of West Darfur. The militants claim to have defeated two battalions and captured four officers, though the Sudanese government says that's not so.
Basra security handed to Iraqis-
British troops handed security control of the Basra province to the Iraqis, all but closing a four-and-a half year military campaign. There are 4500 British soldiers still serving in Iraq, and nine more provinces yet to be offloaded.
Koreas launch cargo train service-
North and South Korea inaugurated the first regular train service between the two countries since the Korean War. The new service, strictly cargo as of now, is the first practical step to come out of a Korean summit held earlier this year.
Islamist leader shot dead in the Philippines-
Philippine troops shot dead a senior leader of the Islamist Abu Sayyaf terror organization in a raid on his hideout on the island of Tawi-Tawi. He was wanted for kidnapping 21 people at a Malaysian resort back in 2000.
Chimpanzees beat out humans in memory skill-
Reported in the journal Current Biology, Japanese researchers studying monkeys found that young chimpanzees have better working memory capability than adult humans. Pitting university students against the chimps, the investigators flashed random numbers from 1 to 9 on several quadrants of a computer screen, and tested to see how well the subjects could remember which number appeared in which location. They found that the primates were able to memorize patterns at a glance, even when the numbers appeared only briefly on the screen, prompting lead researcher Tetsuro Matsuzawa of Kyoto University to derive that the animals must have photographic memory recall. There exists a human phenomenon often associated with autism called eidetic imagery, in which a person captures details of a complex scene, in the blink of an eye, but this innate ability, though not uncommon in very young normal children too, is mostly covered over as language skills develop.
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