--- Israel kills a member of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade following a Raid into the Palestinian town of Nablus . Palestinians maintain that a special unit disguised as Arab s carried out the act. Israeli Defence Forces say the man was a "ticking bomb" and that soldier shot only after he opened fire on them. Witnesses from the Balata camp, however, say the Israelis opened fire without warning and then took the body away. (BBC)(Haaretz)(NY Times)
In the face of the spread of the Marburg Virus , the Angola n government tries to curb traditional Funerary practice of kissing and hugging the dead for farewell. The Death Toll is already over 210. (Reuters)(CNN)
