March 18, 2010 8:14 PM

JERUSALEM (AFP) - A second rocket was fired into southern Israel from the Gaza Strip on Thursday but fell on open ground, causing no injuries, the military said.

CHICAGO (AFP) - The charming Pakistani-American man accused of scouting out the deadly 2008 Mumbai siege and plotting to kill a Danish cartoonist pleaded guilty to terrorism charges in a Chicago court Thursday.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States said Thursday it was "dismayed" that Cuban authorities had disrupted a peaceful protest led by the mother of a political prisoner who died in a hunger strike.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States on Thursday welcomed a "small but positive step" by Myanmar for releasing a US rights activist.

ABUJA (AFP) - Nigeria on Thursday recalled its ambassador to Tripoli after Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's "irresponsible" suggestion that the country should be partitioned between Muslims and Christians.

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