High-ranking Interior Ministry officials suspected of extortion from a Moscow Muslim community

Moscow, January 11, Interfax - Federal Security Service officials have submitted to the Prosecutor General's Office materials stating that several high-ranking officials from the Interior Ministry's Main Department for the Prevention of Extremism extorted a large amount of money from a Moscow Muslim community, Kommersant daily reports.

Gilo Residents Furious at Condemnation Over Construction

Gilo resident tells Arutz Sheva: "It's our right to build. There's no other country where the world intervenes when it builds."

By Elad Benari

First Publish: 10/3/2011, 8:38 AM

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Israel news photo: Flash 90

The chairman of the communityadministration in Jerusalem’s Gilo neighborhood, Moshe Ben Shushan, expressed his disbelief on Sunday over the worldwide condemnation of the Israeli decision to build 1,100 new homes in his neighborhood.
“It makes all the residents here angry that the world intervenes,” Ben Shushan told Arutz Sheva. “I do not know of any other country that has to suffer someone's intervention when it builds. This is not the first time that the world has intervened in our plans to build.”
He added that “It is our right to build, it’s our right that our children have a place to live.

Kabul siege ends after 20 hours

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By Mirwais Harooni and Sanjeev Miglani

KABUL (Reuters) - A marathon siege in Kabul's diplomatic enclave ended on Tuesday with the death of the last two of a group of gunmen who had held off Western and Afghan security forces for nearly 20 hours, showering rockets on Western embassies in a dramatic show of insurgent strength.

It was the longest and most audacious militant attack on the Afghan capital in the decade since the Taliban were ousted from power and a stark reminder of insurgents' resources and reach as Western forces start to return home.

Islamist Sleeper Cells Proliferating in Germany

by Soeren Kern
September 9, 2011 at 4:30 am

The number of potential Islamic terrorists currently living in Germany has jumped to around 1,000, according to new information provided by the German Interior Ministry.

Israel to Approve 4,300 Units in Jerusalem

A spokesman for the Interior Ministry says Minister Eli Yishai has approved 1,600 apartments for Greater Jerusalem with 2,700 to follow.