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Police arrest illegal shebeen operators; Community angered by arrests as Western Cape Liquor Act takes full effect.(News)
Cape Argus (South Africa); 12/31/2009; 677 words; ...by hundreds of protestors who had gathered in and outside the police station. They are to appear in the Simon's Town Magistrate's Court on Wednesday, said police superintended Lungisile Mbulawa. The crackdown comes in the wake of the Western...

ARAB EUROPEAN RELATIONS - Dec 22 - Russia Denies Selling Missile System To Iran.
APS Diplomat Recorder; 12/31/2009; 851 words; ...advanced air-defense system, Russia's agency for monitoring international defense...several media outlets about deliveries of the S-300 anti-aircraft system to Iran does...to reality", the statement said. The S-300, called the SA-20 in the West...

ARAB ISRAELI RELATIONS - Dec 29 - Gaza Toll Passes 350 In 3rd Day Of Israeli Strikes.
APS Diplomat Recorder; 12/31/2009; 1676 words; ...air force struck at the organization's civic institutions - the Islamic University...narrowly, saying it seeks to cripple Hamas's ability to fire rockets into Israel. It...night, the most serious display of Hamas's arsenal since the Israeli assault began...

ARAB AFFAIRS - Dec 30 - GCC Denounces Massacre.
APS Diplomat Recorder; 12/31/2009; 1069 words; ...summit conference here denouncing Israel's brutal military aggression against Palestinians...currencies pegged to the US dollar but Kuwait's is pegged to a basket of currencies. While...details for the precursor to the bloc's new central bank. "This meeting is quite...

ARAB ISRAELI RELATIONS - Israel Issues An Appeal To Palestinians In Gaza.
APS Diplomat Recorder; 12/31/2009; 594 words; ...Hamas had to pay for "unbearable" rocket fire, saying, "Enough is enough". Adding to the saber-rattling, Israel's army chief, Lieutenant General Gabi Ashkenazi, said Israel would have to act with "all our force to hurt the terrorist...