hostility

in recent years. But the Anglican Archbishop of Jos, Ben Kwashi, told the BBC Friday's bomb blasts were

nothing to do with

religion. He blamed the international media for

inflaming

tensions.

"One bomb went off in a beer parlour, another bomb went off near a church, and the other bomb went off near the market. These are public places and have nothing to do with religion. These are criminal issues. We have worked very hard with religious leaders in Jos to work together and we were gaining ground until this one."

The Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has said Israel will not

apologise

to Turkey for a military raid on an aid ship

bound for

the Gaza Strip in which nine activists were killed.

It was Turkey who should apologise, Mr Lieberman said, for supporting terror, including the IHH, the Turkish organisation which sent the ship to Gaza.

"On the apology issue, this

borders on

rudeness

and is even beyond rudeness. If anyone has to apologise, it is the Turkish government to Israel for its cooperation with terror entities for supporting terror, for supporting the IHH, Hamas and Hezbollah. There will be no apology, and if there was to be one, it would be from the Turkish government and not the other way around."

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Prosecutors in the Netherlands say they've cleared five of the 12 Somali men arrested on Friday on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack. The men were detained in Rotterdam after Dutch intelligence reports indicated an attack might be