Half of southern Israel Gaza rocket during Obama visit

Illustration. Traces of smoke visible from a rocket which was launched from the northern Gaza Strip. (REUTERS/Nir Elias)

Jerusalem (Reuters)-Two rockets fired by the guerrillas at the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Thursday, hit southern Israel at a time when United States President Barack Obama to visit the country, police said.

"One blew up in the backyard of a house in Sderot, causing damage and both landed in the field," said Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told AFP, referring to a town very close to the Gaza border, which was visited by Obama on the previous trip in 2008 when he was still a senator.

Obama arrived in Israel on Wednesday for the first visit since the elected President, and is expected to travel to Ramallah on Thursday morning for talks with Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas.

It was the second rocket attack since the end of a deadly confrontation for eight days between Israel and Hamas fighters in November which ended with a ceasefire that Egypt brokered, and have almost completely respected.

On 26 February, the guerrillas fired a single rocket that landed near the southern coastal town of Ashkelon in an attack they said to protest the death of a Palestinian prisoner in Israel custody after questioning.

During the eight days of bloodshed in November, a gobbled up victims of 177 Palestinians and Israel, the military said a rocket hit the Israel 1,071, while the other was intercepted in the air of 421 by anti-missile system, Iron Dome'S U.S.-funded.

Obama visited the Iron Dome system, pride, shortly after arriving in the country on Wednesday afternoon.

Translator: Askan Krisna

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Ash-Shabaab guerrillas but by cities in southern Somalia

The Somali resistance groups, Al-Shabaab while doing exercises. (REUTERS)

Mogadishu (Reuters)-Somalia's militant Group, Al-Shabaab seizes Hudur, a small town in southern Somalia, following the withdrawal of Ethiopian forces and Somalia stationed in the area, said local residents.

Some reports from the area indicate petempur Ash-Shabaab arrived at Hundur just hours after Somali Government and Ethiopian troops leave and there was no fighting in the capture of important small town.

Hudur, the provincial capital of Bakool Region, has been under the control of Somali and Ethiopian Government troops over the past two years later, after Ethiopian troops crossed the Somali border to hunt down guerrillas in the town of petempur.

"Petempur Hudur in the hands of Al-Shabaab. Government and Ethiopian troops went last night (Saturday) and Ash-Shabaab came early in the morning, "said a resident of Hudur, which nobody wants to mention illegally, to Xinhua.

According to reports from Somalia's Bakool, and Ethiopian Government troops regrouped on the outskirts of the small town of Hudur and it remains calm despite the tense atmosphere. Residents have begun to flee their homes fearing fighting will take place between the parties.

It was the first important little town which is controlled by Al-Shabaab since they terdepak of most cities and towns in Central and southern Somalia, including the country's capital, Mogadishu, and the strategic port town Kismayo.

Ethiopian troops crossed the border and entered Somalia in 2011 to give support to the Somali Government forces and African Union peacekeeping in the country of the Horn of Africa.

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Southern California grocery workers ratify contract

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LOS ANGELES | Sun Sep 25, 2011 5:20am EDT

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Unionized Southern California supermarket employees at Albertsons, Ralphs and Vons ratified a contract deal reached last week that averted a threatened strike, said the union representing the workers.

The United Food and Commercial Workers union said in a statement that members voted on Friday and Saturday to approve the three-year agreement reached on Monday covering 62,000 grocery workers. It did not release the vote count.

"This package protects our members` access to affordable comprehensive health care for themselves and their families," the union said in a statement late on Saturday. The union has said the agreement increases wages and protects healthcare and pension benefits through the life of the contract.

Southern California is one of the most competitive food retailing markets in the United States. Many analyst see the region as a trend-setter for the rest of the industry.

Parties to the latest talks were involved in a bitter 141-day strike in Southern California that spanned 2003 and 2004. It was the longest work stoppage in the history of the U.S. grocery industry, costing an estimated $1.5 billion in lost sales to competitors and permanently shifting the loyalties of some shoppers.

Since that time, nonunion food sellers ranging from Wal-Mart Stores Inc, Costco Wholesale Corp and Target Corp have been chipping away at their overall market share. At the same time, niche players, ranging from upscale grocer Whole Foods Market Inc to ethnic chains and even dollar stores, have taken a bite.

Ralphs stores are operated by Kroger Co, Vons is owned by Safeway Inc and Albertsons' parent company is Supervalu Inc.

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