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- Afghan government investigates part of US in raid
South America News.Net
An air raid which killed 15 civilians on Friday, is being investigated by the government in Afghanistan.
- Iraq car bomb kills six civilians
South America News.Net
At least six people were killed Sunday in a car bomb explosion in the northeastern part of the Iraqi capital, an official of the interior ministry said.
- Israel to reopen Gaza border crossings
Reuters
Israel was reopening some border crossings with Gaza on Sunday, an official said, after it closed them on Thursday following the launch of a rocket into the Jewish state by...
- Russian president to conclude peace treaty with Japanese
South America News.Net
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will discuss with Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda the conclusion of a peace treaty between the two countries that has been held up since the end of the World War II.
- Saddam nuclear material sent to Canada
South America News.Net
US and Iraqi officials have sent a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium to a Canadian port, in a top-secret operation.
- Israel accused of burying nuclear wastes in Golan Heights
South America News.Net
Syria has called on the United Nations to exert pressure on Israel to 'stop its continued practices and aggressions against Syrian citizens in the occupied Syrian Golan who suffer from the Israeli daily flagrant violations', the Syrian Arab News Agency reported this week.
- Serial-killer joke not appreciated at Scotland Yard
South America News.Net
A Scotland Yard sharpshooter has been compensated after he was jokingly called a serial killer by a colleague.
- Ingrid Betancourt receives medical opinion
South America News.Net
Ingrid Betancourt has been told by doctors in Paris she has suffered no side-effects from her kidnapping ordeal.
- US government rushes to secure terror prisoners
South America News.Net
The Bush government in the US is believed to be drawing up plans to push Guantanamo prison inmates into normal jails.
- Mbeki speaks to Mugabe and breakaway MDC chief
South America News.Net
Thabo Mbeki, the president of South Africa, has held talks in Zimbabwe with President Robert Mugabe and Arthur Mutambara, leader of a breakaway faction of the Movement for Democratic Change.
- Obama puzzled over reaction to Iraq comments
South America News.Net
US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has been puzzled as to why his comments on Iraq caused such a sharp response in the US.
- Hungarian right-wingers invade Gay Pride parade
South America News.Net
Hungarian riot police have waded into far-right extremists after they tried to break up the annual gay parade in the capital Budapest.
- Massive riot in Syrian jail
South America News.Net
A jail for political prisoners has erupted in extreme violence following a crackdown by guards.
- Catholic priest flies into the ocean
South America News.Net
A Brazilian Roman Catholic priest, Father Adelir de Carli, who flew over the Atlantic Ocean in a bizarre event, is believed to have drowned.
- Obama insists he intends ending Iraq War
South America News.Net
U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama told reporters Saturday he remains committed to ending the war in Iraq.
- Rich nations poised to tackle soaring oil, food prices
KeralaNext
Leaders of the world's richest countries began arriving in northern Japan for a summit aimed at tackling red-hot oil and food prices that could derail global economic growth.
- Israel hands Hezbollah list of demands prior to swap
Haaretz
The first phase of a prisoner swap between Israel and the Lebanon-based Hezbollah swap will begin as early as Thursday, the Palestinian news agency Ma'an reported on Sunday.Israel has informed...
- Low-key birthday for Dalai Lama
C News
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- Man seriously hurt after falling from escalator at Modi
Haaretz
A 37-year-old man seriously injured himself on Saturday night after falling three stories while attempting to retrieve a young girl's bag which had become stuck in an escalator at a Modi'in...
- G8 leaders face series of crises
BBC
Rising food and oil costs, an uncertain global economy, climate change and Zimbabwe's political crisis face the G8 leaders who are gathering in Japan. The summit is being held at a secluded resort...
- Criminals in police dept, says VS
KeralaNext
Some in the police force support the wrong doers and some even commit mistakes. VS said that if they are held, they will also be put behind bars. Talking at the passing out parade of KAP battalion in...
- Tycoon Arcadi Gaydamak halts flow of cash to Israeli charities
Haaretz
TheMarker has learnt that over the past few months, Russian-Israeli tycoon Arcadi Gaydamak not made good on promises to transfer large funds to a number of Israeli charities.Attorney David Brodetzky...
- Israel make large cocaine bust
IOL
Jerusalem - Israeli police say they have made the biggest drug bust in the country's history. Police spokesperson says customs officials at the Haifa port found 104 kilograms of pure cocaine...
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