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United States military and the Afghan police officials announced that an American military convoy was attacked in a crowded market on Thursday. The attack came a day after the suicide bombing in Afghanistan and killed one soldier and 18 civilians. A Toyota Corolla approached the military convoy and blew off at around 8 a.m., Among the murdered civilians there... |
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At least 11 people, including four children, were killed Thursday in two bomb attacks targeting police in Pakistan's capital and the restive North West Frontier Province (NWFP), officials said.
Five officers were injured when a suicide car bomber blew himself up inside the police headquarters in Islamabad.
The attacker...
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Syrian security officials have arrested two US journalists for illegally entering Syria through its northern borders, an official source at the country's Foreign Ministry told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa Thursday.
In a statement to the official SANA news agency, the Syrian Foreign Ministry confirmed that the two detainees were US...
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More than 30 militants were killed in various clashes with Afghan and international forces across Afghanistan in recent days, military sources said Thursday.
Additionally, 10 civilians were killed by suspected gunfire from Taliban militants.
In the latest incident, eight Taliban militants, including their district level commander,...
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More than 1,000 experts, business leaders and scholars from 20 nations gathered Thursday in an eastern South Korean city to draw up strategies on how to accelerate the development of ecologically friendly energy sources.
The three-day World Global Energy Forum opened amid growing concerns about climate change and the threat it...
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It's 7 in the morning and the Shwedagon Pagoda's gold-covered pinnacle in Myanmar's largest city, Yangon, slowly emerges from the mist and glitters in the sunshine.
Markets in the city formerly known as Rangoon have been busy for hours as women balance their purchases in woven baskets on their heads.
The damage done by...
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Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average gave up early gains Thursday to end at a five-year low as concerns lingered over the global financial crisis.
The key Nikkei index fell 45.83 points, or 0.5 per cent, to close at 9,157.49.
But the broader Topix index of all first-section issues went up 6.1 points, or 0.68 per...
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Nearly 50 would-be immigrants have gone missing while trying to cross over from Morocco to Spain, Spanish and Moroccan media reported Thursday.
The body of a young man was found on a beach in Kenitra province north of the Moroccan capital Rabat on Wednesday.
The only known survivor, who was found nearby, said the boat carrying...
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Shares closed slightly higher Thursday on the Seoul stock exchange as central banks around the world, including South Korea's, cut interest rates.
The benchmark Kospi index edged up 8.2 points, or 0.6 per cent, to close at 1,294.89.
Advancing issues outnumbered losers 414 to 406.
The main index of the technology-heavy...
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At least nine civilians, including women and children, were killed Thursday in clashes between Taliban rebels and security forces, while a compound used by militants was destroyed in Pakistan's troubled Swat district, media reports and officials said.
The civilians died when mortar shells hit their houses in several areas of Matta...
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Several people were injured on Thursday when a blast ripped through a multi-storey building used by anti-terrorist police as a barracks and interrogation centre in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, a police official said.
"There have been some casualties in the explosion," said Islamabad police chief Asghar Raza Gardezi, who...
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Today is Thursday, June 5
the 157th day of 2008 with 209 to follow. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Venus, Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus. The evening stars are Mercury, Mars and...
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 General Petraeus Set for Central Command
It appears that U. S. President George W. Bush’s favorite
general has been handed the task of winning the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
as well as confronting the...
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 A culinary journey through Crete
Almost as soon as you set foot on the southern Mediterranean island of Crete the poignant smell of oregano, wild flowers and wild teas tickles your senses while the...
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