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Last Updated: Sunday, 22 February, 2004, 16:36 GMT Suicide bomber hits Jerusalem bus The bomb was designed to cause maximum casualties A Palestinian suicide bomber has killed eight people and injured dozens in an attack on an Israeli bus in Jerusalem. The explosion ripped through the crowded vehicle at the height of the city's morning rush hour. It came a short time after Israel began dismantling a small section of its controversial "security" barrier in the West Bank.

Africa Last Updated: Sunday, 22 February, 2004, 19:48 GMT Rebels massacre Uganda civilians

The government has been fighting the rebels for 18 years A rebel attack in northern Uganda has left 192 people dead and many injured, according to witnesses. Carried out by the Lord's Resistance Army, the killings are thought to be the worst in several years.

Last Updated: Monday, 23 February, 2004, 07:22 GMT Last Updated: Monday, 23 February, 2004, 07:22 GMT E-mail this to a friend Printable version Car bomb hits Iraq police station A suicide car bombing has killed at least six people at a police station in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk, reports say. The BBC's Stephen Sackur at the scene says a car exploded in a ball of fire in a Kurdish neighbourhood. Ho voluto evidenziare come l'attenzione dei media Italiani sia concentrata eccessivamente o addirittura solo su alcuni argomenti. Non ho trovato la notizia della strage dell'Uganda sui nostri giornali, né l'ho sentita nei nostri telegiornali, che pure sono molto accurati nel campo della cronaca nera, rosa, sportiva e quant'altro. Le guerre dimenticate sono molte. Ma 192 vittime in Uganda due giorni fa mi sembravano degne di almeno un cenno. La strage è stata particolarmente atroce, infatti non ho pubblicato le fotografie con cui la BBC News ha testimoniato la ferocia indefinibile che può albergare nella nostra specie. (h)