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An Australian police remanded a 35-year-old man from the country town of Castlemaine in Victoria for making an order of bomb-making equipment on eBay at an amount of $AU17,000.

Talking at the Bendigo Magistrates Court, Phillip Marsh explained that his aim was to “make fireworks” out of his purchased materials that included potassium nitrate, charcoal powder, sulphur, detonator cord, and military paraphernalia including anti-personnel mines.

Yesterday Somali Islamists Shebab, a powerful organization which controls a large swathe of Somalia came with a statement that they ban mobile transfers launched by a number of companies. "The companies Telesom, Golis and Hormuud which developed the service in the country so far should stop it," they said. The companies have only 3 months to bring their new service to close. 

The new SWIFT agreement between Europe and the US was signed after an earlier draft had been rejected in February this year. The agreement was first approved in the wake of 9/11 attacks to fight terrorism activities. The agreement authorizes handing over all bank transaction data to the US.