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Seven Soilders Killed In Eastern Ukraine

Seven Ukrainian soldiers have been killed fighting Russian-backed rebels in the east of the country over the past 24 hours, the military says.

Ukraine said the troops were killed by shelling, mostly in the Luhansk region, that also left 24 soldiers injured.

Violence in eastern Ukraine is at its worst level for months with a series of deadly attacks over the past week.

On Saturday, a series of rocket attacks left 30 dead and many more injured in the Black Sea city of Mariupol.

The heaviest fighting overnight into Monday was around the town of Debaltseve, Ukrainian military spokesman Vladyslav Seleznyov said.

Rebel leader Alexander Zakharchenko said on Saturday that separatist forces intended to surround the government-held town.

He also initially said his troops had begun an offensive to retake the strategically important city of Mariupol, but later backtracked and blamed Ukrainian forces for the deaths there.

OSCE observers said analysis of a crater in Mariupol showed that the rockets were fired from the direction of rebel-held territory. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said intercepted radio and telephone conversations proved separatists were behind the attacks.

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Sons Of Hosni Mubarak Released From Jail

The two sons of Hosni Mubarak have been released from jail, a day after the fourth anniversary of the uprising that ousted the former Egyptian president.

Alaa and Gamal Mubarak walked free from Cairo’s Torah Prison early on Monday and headed to their homes in the suburb of Heliopolis, security officials said.

Last week, a court ordered that the two men be freed pending retrial along with their father for embezzlement.

It found that they had already served the maximum pre-trial detention period.

Although their release had been expected, it follows deadly clashes on Sunday between police and anti-government protesters commemorating the uprising.

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Attack By Boko Haram Repelled By Nigeria’s Military In Maiduguri

Nigeria’s military has repelled a new attack by militant Islamist group Boko Haram on the strategically important north-eastern city of Maiduguri, an army source has told the BBC.

Dozens of militants and soldiers were reportedly killed during a major assault on the city on Sunday.

The city is quiet on Monday, with some businesses open, a BBC reporter says.

Earlier on Sunday, Boko Haram captured the north-eastern town of Monguno – the latest to be seized by the group.

It launched an insurgency in north-eastern Nigeria in 2009 to create an Islamic state.

US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Nigeria on Sunday to call for peaceful elections next month.

The vote looks set to be the closest since the end of military rule 15 years ago.

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Four Suspected Islamist Militants Arrested In Spanish Territory Of Ceuta

Four suspected members of an Islamist militant network have been arrested in the Spanish territory of Ceuta, which borders Morocco.

Two Moroccans and two Spaniards were arrested in raids on two properties by Moroccan and Spanish police.

Spanish police said the men were “prepared and willing” to carry out a terror attack in Spain.

Some 50 suspected jihadists have been arrested by Spanish police over the past year, the ministry has said.

Spanish Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz said the men arrested on Saturday were two pairs of brothers who were “highly radicalised and highly trained”, Reuters news agency reported.

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Mohammad al-Zahawi, Leader Of Libyan Islamist Group Dies

Libyan Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia has confirmed that its leader Mohammad al-Zahawi has died.

In a statement, the group said “we mourn the death of the emir”, without giving further details.

His death is thought to have resulted from wounds sustained in a battle with Libyan government troops in the eastern city of Benghazi last October.

The group is blamed for the 2012 attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, in which the US ambassador was killed.

Three other Americans also died.

Ansar al-Sharia, which calls for the implementation of Sharia law across Libya, denies being behind the attack.

The group, whose name means “Partisans of Islamic law” in Arabic, emerged following the February 2011 anti-Gaddafi uprising.

It is made up of former rebels from several militias based in eastern Libya, notably the Abu Obayda bin al-Jarah Brigade, the Malik Brigade and the 17 February Brigade.

It has been designated a terrorist organisation by both the UN and US.