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Eight former Serb ian Secret Police officers, and supporters of Slobodan Milošević , have been found guilty of the murder of former President Ivan Stambolić and sentenced to between 15 and 40 years in Prison . (BBC)

The Federal Constitutional Court , the highest Court in Germany , has ordered the release of Mamoun Darkazanli who has been accused by Spain of having funded the September 11, 2001 Attacks . (BBC)

Hurricane Emily slams into the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico . Tens of thousands of Tourists and residents were Evacuated from the Beach Resorts in and around Cancún and Cozumel in the State of Quintana Roo . (BBC) , (CBC) , (Reuters)

In Taiwan , authorities evacuate hundreds of people when Typhoon Haitang hits the country. The typhoon is heading towards Okinawa (Taipei Times) (Channel News Asia) (Japan Today) (Bloomberg)

In Australia , Indigenous leaders pay tribute to Sir Ronald Wilson , white Indigenous rights campaigner, who died last Friday (ABC) (The Australian) (SBS)

In Malaysia , a group of 30 people attacks the religious commune of Sky Kingdom (Malaysian Star) (BBC)

In Lebanon , the Parliament grants Amnesty to the imprisoned Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea . Geagea was arrested since 1994 . (AlJazeera) (Ya Libnan) (Newsday)

In Morocco , Ali Salem Tamek , human rights activist and supporter of independence of Western Sahara , is arrested when he returns from Europe . Government accuses him of formenting riots (Al-JAzeera)

The European Union is planning an operation to monitor peace process in Aceh [Channel News Asia) (Reuters AlertNet)

According to AIDS study of United Nations Council Of Foreign Relations , most of the HIV strains in Asia originate from Myanmar (Burma). Study used Genetic Fingerprinting to find spread of the virus strains (Reuters)

In Ukraine , president Viktor Yushchenko wants to abolish Traffic Police because it is too corrupted (BBC) (MosNews)

General William Westmoreland , once the commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam , dies peacefully in a retirement home in South Carolina . (Globe and Mail)