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2 November 2011 Last updated at 08:24 ET

Israel to rush settler expansionA construction site in a Jewish settlement near Jerusalem known to Israelis as Har Homa and to Palestinians as Jabal Abu Ghneim 2 November, 2011.

Israel says it will speed up the construction of Jewish settlements, after the Palestinians won membership of the UN cultural organisation Unesco.

Israeli army tests rocket system

Israel tests a rocket propulsion system, the defence ministry said, with local media reporting that a ballistic missile was fired.

Police stand in front of the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris after they were destroyed by a petrol bomb attack overnight, 2 November 2011Attack on French satirical paper

A petrol bomb guts the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, after it marked developments in Tunisia and Libya by naming the Prophet Muhammad as "editor-in-chief".

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