Turkish warships will escort any Turkish aid vessels to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said in remarks broadcast on Al Jazeera television on Thursday. Erdogan also said that Turkey had taken steps to stop Israel from unilaterally exploiting natural resources from the eastern Mediterranean, according to Al Jazeera's Arabic translation of excerpts of the interview, which was conducted in Turkish.

PressTV: Turkey vows to challenge Israel at sea

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Three US-led soldiers have been killed in northeastern and southern Afghanistan over the past 24 hours, Press TV reports on Thursday. - A French paratrooper was shot dead during an operation in northeastern Afghanistan while two other US-led soldiers perished following an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack in Southern Afghanistan. The French presidential palace Elysee said the lieutenant paratrooper was shot dead by a militant during an operation in support of the Afghan army in Kapisa province. The nationalities of the other two soldiers and further details on the location of their death have been withheld. More than 420 international troops, mostly Americans, have been killed in Afghanistan so far this year, while civilian casualties have been climbing sharply during the same period. More than 2,702 US-led soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since the foreign occupation of the country began nearly 10 years ago. The security situation remains fragile in the war-torn Asian country despite the presence of about 150,000 US-led foreign troops.

NATO convoys attacked in Afghanistan
Afghan governor killed in Taliban attack
French soldier killed in Afghan war
US-led soldier killed in E Afghanistan
2 US-led soldiers killed in Afghan war

In 2004, Arizona Republic reporter Robert Anglen researched and published the first set of 44 names, increasing to 71 names, with brief situation descriptions. By 2006, Anglen's list had grown to 167, and all later lists have roots in his work. We also had a great deal of assistance from British Columbia lawyer Cameron Ward. By mid-April 2011, this website had published 542 names and related news stories since it began in 2007. Our list includes 29 Canadian deaths.

We have now supplemented this list by tracing the names collected by Texas Police Chief Howard E. Williams for his 2007 book, Taser Electronic Control Devices and Sudden In-Custody Death: Separating Evidence From Conjecture. Williams analysed news reports and autopsies of 213 deaths from 1983 through 2005, including rare records of earlier taser models, and also included a supplementary list of 97 deaths that occurred during 2006. We have added a number of names from Williams' list that were not on ours, after finding confirming internet reports. We would like to acknowledge the assistance provided to us by Howard E. Williams during this revision.

Confrontation between Libyan rebels and pro-Gaddafi forces shows no sign of easing. Battles have been raging near the towns of Sirte and Bani Walid – two of the few remaining strongholds of the fallen regime. - Forces loyal to the colonel fired rockets from Bani Walid, where two of Gaddafi's sons are believed to be leading the armed resistance. That is despite the interim government apparently seeking to negotiate a peaceful resolution. The deadline for Gaddafi loyalists to surrender has been extended to this Saturday. As for the colonel himself, in his latest audio message the ousted leader claimed he was still in Libya and vowed he would never leave his ancestors' homeland.