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Bellevue v. Bloomy: SAF lawsuit against NYC highlights ‘culture gap’

Yesterday’s announcement of a federal lawsuit against New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the City of New York, filed by Bellevue’s Second Amendment Foundation, is earning accolades from gun rights activists, and it also highlights the vast cultural difference between the Empire State and Pacific Northwest.

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Ugandan authorities have issued a terror alert, saying Somalia's al-Shabab militants plan another attack inside the country.

Police chief Kale Kayihura is urging citizens to be extra vigilant, particularly while in hotels and shopping centers or when using public transportation.

Kayihura said security teams are increasing surveillance around the country and along its borders.

Al-Shabab claimed responsibility for a July bombing that killed 76 people in Uganda's capital, Kampala.

Unidentified assailants in southwest Pakistan set two oil tankers on fire Wednesday in the latest attack targeting the supply line for NATO forces fighting in Afghanistan.

A local police official told the French news agency, AFP, that gunmen on motorcycles signaled for the drivers to stop, and opened fire as they continued driving. There were no casualties reported, and the culprits fled the scene.

The attack took place near the town of Dhadar in Baluchistan province.

Insurgents frequently target NATO supply trucks along routes heading west into Afghanistan.

A group that campaigns against the use of cluster munitions says Thailand used the outlawed weapons against Cambodia during border clashes in February this year.

The Cluster Munition Coalition, or CMC, says it carried out two inspections of areas in northern Cambodia that were shelled by Thailand during several days of fighting in February and concluded that Thailand did fire cluster munitions.

CMC director Laura Cheeseman says Thailand’s ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva admitted in a meeting this week that his country used the weapons.

Ecuador is expelling the U.S. ambassador over a 2009 diplomatic cable divulged by WikiLeaks in which the diplomat accused the Andean nation's former police chief of corruption.

Ecuador's foreign minister, Ricardo Patino, Tuesday declared Ambassador Heather Hodges "persona non grata" (an unwelcome person) and asked her to leave the country "in the shortest time possible."

The U.S. State Department said the expulsion was unjustified and that Washington will examine its options. Spokesman Mark Toner said Ecuador did not specify why she was deemed persona non grata.

International Security Assistance Forces repelled an insurgent attack on an ISAF base yesterday, killing numerous insurgents and wounding another in eastern Afghanistan.

The failed attack, consisting of rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire, occurred at a forward operating base in Beshud district, Nangarhar province. Coalition forces repelled the attack with small-arms and an air weapons team. After gaining positive identification, the air weapons team engaged the enemy position, killing numerous insurgents and forcing the others to flee.

More than 300 of Paktika’s youth gathered for a shura hosted by the Ministry of Information and Culture April 4.

Paktika’s youth, representing several districts around the province, came together to learn about their government, share ideas and voice concerns.

Najia Bakerkhel, Paktika’s only female Wolesi Jirga representative, addressed the attendees. The Wolesi Jirga, also known as the House of the People, is responsible for making and ratifying laws, as well as approving the actions of the president.

Iraqi police officers from Babil and Karbala provinces completed training on first-response medical techniques, March 30, at the Iraqi Police Academy on Contingency Operating Site Kalsu.

The 239th Military Police Company, a supporting unit of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, provided comprehensive training for the officers aimed to familiarize them with the basic skills they need to save lives.