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SHOPPER'S DELIGHT

apologizes for an incident on Friday, October 1, in which it posted a story containing false quotes attributed to President ial candidate Senator John Kerry . Fox says the Reporter who wrote the story, Carl Cameron , had written the article "in jest" and had not intended for it to be posted. (Houston Chronicle) (The Guardian)

A series of bombings in the states of Nagaland and Assam in north-east India kill at least 48 people. Local police suspect a rebel group, the National Democratic Front Of Bodoland (NDFB). (BBC) (Hindustan Times)

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict :

--- Yassir Arafat declares a State Of Emergency in the Gaza Strip and calls for international aid following Israel 's raid into Jabaliya . (News 24 [S. Africa])

--- Israel i forces shoot dead four Palestinian militants, members of Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades and Hamas , who had tried to infiltrate the Israeli Kibbutz of Nahal Oz , about 200 meters outside of that Kibbutz. (Haaretz) (Al Jazeera) (The Statesman [India]) (INN [Israel])

--- The U.S. Government issues a statement urging Israel not to use excessive force during its current offensive into the Gaza Strip . (BBC)

--- The Palestinian militant group Hamas says that it will continue using rockets to attack Israel i communities that border on the Gaza Strip , or Israeli Settlement s within it, regardless of Israeli military operations. (BBC)

--- The Israel i military begins an operation to create a 9 km (5.5 mile) " Buffer Zone " within the northern Gaza Strip . Israel says that the purpose of the zone is protect Israel from attacks using Qassam Rocket s (which have a 9 km (5.5 mile) range). (The Telegraph) (CNN)