The cancellation of end-of-the-year exams and a nationwide strike by teachers protesting low pay sparks a large scale riot in the
Guinean capital of
Conakry. 16 people are killed.
(CNN)
Two
Israelimissiles fired from an aircraft hit a van carrying a Palestinian rocket-launching squad in
Gaza with
Grad 122 mm rockets. Two
Islamic Jihad militants and seven civilians are killed, including two schoolchildren and three medical personnel. Israeli Defense minister expresses sorrow, but no apology.
(Reuters)[permanent dead link],
(Haaretz)
At least 10 people are killed and 20 others are wounded in car bombing attacks in a popular market in
Kirkuk,
Iraq.
(Sydney Daily Telegraph)