Here is your weekly news briefing on significant global events through the 02 – 09 JAN 2017.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
US Senate introduces Constitutional amendment to impose term limits on members of Congress.
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SYRIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST
Russian withdraws carrier group from Syria conflict.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38528654
Syrian peace talks under threat due to numerous breaches of the cease fire.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38492939
Iraqi offensive into Mosul continues; thousands flee
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-int-idUSKBN14O150
ISIS claims responsibility for Ankara nightclub attack
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38487509
Three Yemeni soldiers killed into offensive against Al Qaeda
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-idUSKBN14O0V7
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MEXICO
US Consulor wounded in shooting outside a gym in Guadalajara.
Protests in Mexico over gasoline price spike
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GAMBIA AND SOMALIA
Gambian government closes private radio stations during election crisis
http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFKBN14M0RG
Gambian army chief pledges allegiance to defeated President Yahya Jammeh
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38510573
US order families of embassy personnel out of Gambia
https://www.yahoo.com/news/nigeria-west-africa-act-gambia-election-crisis-215947048.html
7 killed in Mogadishu bomb attacks – Al-Shabab responsible
http://www.voanews.com/a/suicide-bomber-kills-3-in-somalia/3659576.html
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ISRAEL
Jerusalem: 4 dead after Palestinian truck rams pedestrians
http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.763673
Egypt destroys 12 tunnels to Gaza strip, used to smuggle weapons, personnel
http://www.timesofisrael.com/egypt-destroys-12-gaza-smuggling-tunnels/
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EAST ASIA
China tightens Tibet security over “Separatist” concerns
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-tibet-lawmaking-idUSKBN14N0L7
Malaysian authorities detain alleged ISIS supporter planning attacks against Myanmar
Philippines: Head of pr-ISIS militant group slain
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EUROPE
Anarchist Panagiota Roupa, Greece’s most wanted terrorist, captured and charged in Athens
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/05/world/europe/panagiota-roupa-arrested-athens.html?_r=1
Germany arrests Syrian migrant plotting car bomb attacks
http://www.dw.com/en/germany-arrests-syrian-migrant-over-police-car-bomb-plot/a-36982928
Florance, Italy: EOD Police officer wounded in explosion connected to neo-Fascist organization Casa Pound.
Daghestan, Russia: Two militants and one police officer killed in shootout
http://www.rferl.org/a/russia-daghestan-shootout-police/28205487.html
At Least Four Soldiers Said Killed In Armenia-Azerbaijan Clash
http://www.rferl.org/a/nagorno-karabakh-armenia-azerbaijan-soldiers-killed/28203932.html
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