World news summary at 0830 GMT, Feb. 13
BANGKOK — A car bomb exploded in southern Thai province of Yala, triggering a big fire and injuring 18 soldiers and civilians on Sunday, local media reports said.
The bomb hidden in a pickup truck was detonated by a remote control as a soldier patrol passed through a municipal area of Yala, Thai-language Matichon online reported by quoting police sources.
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CAIRO — Some organizers of the protests in Egypt said on Saturday they were trying to form a council to lead the protests and deal with the military now in control.
The purpose of such a move is to establish an authority to direct the “revolution” during the transitional period of the country in the wake of former President Hosni Mubarak’s resignation, they told reporters in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, main stage of protests toppling Mubarak in the past 19 days.
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RAMALLAH — The Palestinian Authority confirmed on Saturday that it would hold the overdue presidential and legislative elections before September, but Hamas opposed it quickly with a refusal to participate.
The elections were originally scheduled for 2010, but was called off due to conflicts between the two major Palestinian factions of Fatah and Hamas.
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