Portal:Current events/2007 January 26

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  • War in Somalia: Attackers fire four mortar shells at an Ethiopian military camp close to Mogadishu. [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/AC41EA6E-4656-4E35-B2B1-BC3AE732AE09.htm (Aljazeera)]
  • Palestinian factional violence: More than 13 people are killed in clashes between rival factions Hamas and Fatah. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6301763.stm (BBC)]
  • Scientists find connection between tobacco smoking addiction and the insula, a region of the brain's cerebral cortex linked to emotion. [http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20070126-122638-4738r.htm (Washington Times)]
  • UK retail giant Tesco opens its first own-brand supermarket branch in China, in the capital, Beijing. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6300993.stm (BBC)]
  • An argument has erupted between Adam Air and the Indonesian government over who bears the cost of recovering the black box of the crashed plane Adam Air Flight 574. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120205101637/http://news.monstersandcritics.com/asiapacific/news/article_1251905.php/Indonesian_airline_government_battle_over_retrieval_of_black_box (Monstersandcritics.com)]

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