QUOTE OF THE DAY “Blocking access was a court ruling, not a political decision.” Lutfi Elvan, a Turkish government minister, after the country blocked Twitter, one of several social-media websites that have been used to spread content critical of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Article, 2AForces in C. Africa fire on mob, hurt 6

BANGUI, Central African Republic - Peacekeepers in Central African Republic opened fire on a crowd in the capital on Friday to disrupt anti-Muslim violence, injuring six people, including four who were under 16, witnesses and officials said.

The clash began when a Muslim man tried to carry out a transaction at a bank but was attacked by an angry mob.

A bank official, who insisted on anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press, said the man was trying to transfer money to neighboring Cameroon, which has taken in thousands of refugees fleeing violence in Central African Republic this year alone.

Burundian peacekeepers responded to break up the attack, witnesses said.

Central African Republic descended into chaos a year ago when a mostly Muslim rebel coalition overthrew the president and committed widespread atrocities. Since the rebels’ leader, Michel Djotodia, left power under immense international pressure in January, the Muslim minority population has been targeted in retaliatory violence.

Navi Pillay, the U.N.’s top human-rights official, warned Thursday that hatred between Muslim and Christian communities in Central African Republic is “at a terrifying level.”28 killed in attacks away from Baghdad

BAGHDAD - A series of attacks north and west of Baghdad on Friday, including two suicide bombings, killed at least 28 people, mainly members of security forces, and wounded dozens, Iraqi officials said.

In the first of the attacks, a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden truck into a police brigade headquarters in the village of Injan, about 75 miles north of Baghdad, police officials said.

The explosion set off a firefight between other attackers and policemen.

After it was over, nine police officers - including brigade commander Brig. Ragheb al-Omari and his assistant - were dead, the officials said.

Hours later, a suicide bomber detonated his explosive belt among mourners attending a funeral for Nasir al-Alawani, a leader in the anti-al-Qaida Sunni militia known also as Sahwa, who was killed a day earlier.

Police said nine mourners were killed and 25 were wounded in the attack in the city of Ramadi, 70 miles west of the Iraqi capital.

Israel finds tunnel crossing from Gaza

JERUSALEM - The Israeli military announced Friday that it uncovered the biggest tunnel so far dug from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip to Israel, intended for militant attacks or abducting soldiers and civilians.

Military spokesman Lt.

Col. Peter Lerner said the opening of the “terror tunnel” was hundreds of yards inside Israel.

Israel has found several such tunnels in recent years, but this was the biggest found to date, Lerner said.

He said there were concerns it could be booby-trapped.

Lerner said the structure was lined with concrete and described it as very sophisticated, resembling a subway tunnel.

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