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Groton Daily Independent
Tuesday, July 25, 2017 ~ Vol. 25 - No. 025 ~ 20 of 38
Word of Faith Fellowship took command of two congregations in Brazil, applying a strict interpretation of the Bible and enforcing it through rigorous controls and physical punishment.
7. WHO IS CLOSE TO SNUFFING OUT RIVALS IN NORTHWESTERN SYRIA
Syrian rebels and activists disclose that an al-Qaida-linked jihadi group seized control of the opposition’s regional capital, Idlib, last weekend, giving Assad a pretext to attack.
8. WHAT HAPPENED MOMENTS BEFORE JUSTINE DAMOND WAS SHOT
A woman approached the back of a Minneapolis police car and “slapped” it shortly before the Australian woman was shot and killed by an of cer, a warrant states.
9. ‘THE RESULTS ARE OFTEN CATASTROPHIC’
Children whose sexual characteristics don’t neatly align with the norm have for decades faced surgery to rearrange their anatomy. Now advocacy groups are assailing the practice and urging Congress to ban it.
10. BLACK SENIORS STROLLING DOWN MEMORY LANE
A study is testing whether jogging memories where they were made can help older African-Americans stay mentally sharp and slow early memory loss.
Israel dismantles metal detectors from key Jerusalem shrine By KARIN LAUB and ARON HELLER, Associated Press
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Tues- day dismantled metal detectors it installed a week earlier at a contested Jerusalem shrine, hoping to defuse a crisis with the Muslim world, includ- ing security ally Jordan, the Muslim custodian of the holy site.
The removal of the devices followed the resolution of a 24-hour diplomatic standoff with Jordan over a deadly shooting at the Israeli Embassy in the kingdom, suggesting a broader deal had been struck.
However, there were signs Tuesday that the crisis over the shrine, revered by Muslims and Jews, was not over yet.
Israel announced it would replace the metal detectors with new secu- rity measures. This would include “advancedtechnologies,”reportedly sophisticatedcameras,andadditional police deployments.
Israeli police of cers stand outside the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City Tuesday, July 25, 2017. Israelhasbegundismantlingmetaldetectorsitinstalleda weekearlieratthegatesofacontestedJerusalemshrine, amid widespread Muslim protests. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Muslim leaders had demanded that
security arrangements go back to
what they were before the metal detectors were erected.
Ikrema Sabri, a senior Muslim cleric, said Tuesday that Muslims should stay away from the shrine, pend- ing a review of the new Israeli measures. The review could be completed by the end of the day.
“Our position is that for now, nobody should enter,” he told The Associated Press.
The 37-acre (15-hectare) esplanade in Jerusalem’s Old City is the third holiest site of Islam and the holi- est of Judaism, once home to biblical Temples. It sits on the fault line of the Israeli-Palestinian con ict and triggered several major confrontations in the past.