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Added on the 12/03/2008 14:23:43 - Copyright : Le Républicain Lorrain
Muslims go about their business around Stockholm's Grand Mosque under a heightened police presence as Swedish authorities say they have granted a permit for a protest where the organiser plans to burn a Koran outside the capital's main mosque later on June 28, the start of the Muslim three-day Eid al-Adha holiday. IMAGES
Thai police use water cannons outside Bangkok's Grand Palace, after demonstrators broke through a barricade of shipping containers to demand reforms to the kingdom's unassailable monarchy. This is the latest night of unrest since Thailand's pro-democracy movement kicked off in July last year, calling for an overhaul of Premier Prayut Chan-O-Cha's administration and a rewrite of a military-scripted constitution. IMAGES
Images of the scene where a municipality worker was shot dead in Grenoble as he tried to arrest a drunken road accident offender who was fleeing the scene. IMAGES
Israeli police officers and military secure the site where three people where killed in what police described as a shooting attack near the Allenby Crossing between the occupied West Bank and Jordan. The deadly shooting at the Allenby Bridge Crossing, also known as King Hussein Crossing, comes amid surging violence in the West Bank, with major Israeli military raids and attacks by Palestinians. IMAGES
The surrounding area of the Israeli Consulate in Munich has been cordoned off as investigations continue after a gunman was shot dead by police. The gunman, an 18-year-old Austrian man, had opened fire with a vintage rifle near the institution in what authorities treated as a foiled attack on the diplomatic mission. IMAGES
Authorities are at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, after four people were killed and nine wounded in a shooting. Police have taken a suspect into custody. IMAGES