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At least two people were killed and 11 others wounded in a shooting at a Tel Aviv club Saturday night, Israeli police said.

A Briton who is believed to have fathered a woman's baby in a Laos prison to save her from a death sentence has gone missing from the jail, prompting fears for his safety. John Watson was removed from Phonthong prison last week, according to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, which admits it has lost track of the whereabouts of the 47-year-old from Bradford, West Yorkshire.Welfare groups say he has been secretly taken to a 'punishment prison' in the capital, Vientiane, and his life is in danger. Watson is understood to have artificially impregnated Samantha Orobator, 20, with a syringe while they were in Phonthong prison together, so she could avoid the death penalty. She is expected to be flown home this week to serve her sentence in the UK.Watson was taken from the jail by Laotian officials shortly before the arrival of Foreign Office minister Chris Bryant last Tuesday. The officials refuse to tell British diplomats where Watson is.Inmates say he was taken to the notorious 'black h

British soldiers were sent into Helmand province on an ill-defined mission undermined by 'unrealistic' planning and lack of manpower, according to a withering Commons report published today, which concludes that the strategic threat has shifted to Pakistan.After eight years in Afghanistan, the west has failed to live up to many of its grander promises, while 'mission creep' has imposed too many competing priorities on the armed forces, according to the Labour-chaired Commons foreign affairs select committee. Meanwhile, it raises the alarming spectre of al-Qaida, which has shifted its focus into Pakistan, gaining access to Islamabad's nuclear arsenal. The report concludes that, while the military campaign in Helmand may be gaining traction, Afghan support for the troops has been damaged by civilian casualties and 'cultural insensitivity', while there is no evidence the war on drugs has reduced poppy cultivation. A weak, corrupt police force is driving Afghans back to the Taliban to seek

The west Australian Government has been accused of not doing enough to keep up with the increase in demand for green power.

Tension is escalating between the U.S and Israel, as the Obama administration views the Israeli-Palestinian issue as the root of all problems, says Elliott Abrams.

West Brom have a settled squad sound finances and an intelligent manager with an impeccable playing record and a confident grounding in lowerleague football.

Saudi foreign minister Prince Saud al-Faisal knocked over US president Barack Obama's 'incremental' plans for the Middle East one by one and demanded 'a comprehensive approach that 'defines the final outcome at the outset and launches into negotiations over final-status issues, including the future Palestinian state, control of Jerusalem the return of Palestinian refugees, water and security.' DEBKAfile's Washington sources read the Saudi foreign minister's subscript to the Obama administration as: Get off our backs on the Israelis and Palestinians and deal with our top priority: the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran. Read our Exclusive Analysis below.

ESSENDON'S finals hopes are dangling by a thread after a handball-happy West Coast outfit notched an upset 27-point victory.

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