A roadside bomb tore through a vehicle in southern Afghanistan on Friday, killing 11 civilians, including five children, a border police official said. A British solider died in another explosion.
The bomb exploded in Kandahar province’s Spin Boldak district as the civilians were traveling toward a shrine, said Gen. Saifullah Hakim.
Hakim blamed Taliban militants, who regularly [...]
July 17, 2009
Roadside bomb kills 11 civilians in southern Afghanistan, including 5 children…
July 17, 2009
Israel detains 9,600 Palestinians, including children, women — report…
GAZA, (KUNA) — The number of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails reached up to 9,600, including 345 children and 85 women, a Palestinian researcher said in a statistical report on Wednesday.
Since 1967, Israel has arrested nearly 750,000 Palestinians including 69, 000 who were detained in Al-Aqsa uprising, said researcher Abdul Naser Farawna in his report.
Farawna [...]
July 17, 2009
Basra base attack claims 3 US soldiers…
Three US soldiers have lost their lives in an attack on their base in Iraq’s southern province of Basra, the US military says.
“Three Multi-National Division-South soldiers were killed when Contingency Operating Base Basra was attacked by indirect fire at approximately 9:15 pm (0615 GMT) on July 16,” the US military said in a statement on [...]
July 17, 2009
US may seek more data on people flying in from EU…
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US officials may seek to expand and widen agreements that demand that airlines supply sensitive data on passengers arriving from Europe, according to a senior Homeland Security official.
The plan, if pursued, could go beyond an existing deal with the European Union that allows trans-Atlantic airlines transfer credit card, e-mail addresses, passport, travel [...]
