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Blast in Pakistan kills two children
december 31, 2011by latadmin
Islamabad: Two children were killed and 13 others were injured when a bomb went off near the home of a tribal elder in the restive Khyber tribal region of...
Afghan president welcomes US remarks on Taliban (AP)
december 31, 2011by latadmin
AP – Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday welcomed remarks from the Obama administration that the Taliban were not necessarily America’s enemies.
Eleventh Georgian soldier killed in Afghanistan
december 31, 2011by latadmin
A Georgian soldier has been killed in Afghanistan, the defence ministry in Tbilisi said Saturday — the 11th from the ex-Soviet state to die serving alongside...
Afghan forces take control in former Taliban hotspots
december 31, 2011by latadmin
NATO-led forces have handed over responsibility for security to Afghan control in three former Taliban strongholds in the restive Helmand province, the provincial...
Australia welcomes 2012 with a bang
december 31, 2011by latadmin
AP – Glittering fireworks in the shapes of butterflies, hearts and a cascading waterfall exploded over Sydney’s Harbour Bridge on Sunday as cheering revelers...
President vows to crush ‘evil-minded’ Islamist sect
december 31, 2011by latadmin
REUTERS – President Goodluck Jonathan vowed on Saturday to "crush the terrorists" who set off a series of bombs across Nigeria on Christmas Day, while he...
AP Exclusive: US ups extremist fight in Pakistan (AP)
december 31, 2011by latadmin
AP – Sultan Mehmood Gujar was a solid supporter of Islamist militants fighting in Pakistan, Afghanistan and India and even donated money to them, until he attended...
Reports Describe Deadly Shootout in Restive Region of China
december 30, 2011by latadmin
BEIJING — Police officers killed seven people they judged to be “kidnappers” in a remote mountainous area in the turbulent western frontier region of...
‘Octomom’ case stuns one-child public in China (AP)
december 30, 2011by latadmin
AP – The photo was undeniably cute: a studio portrait of eight babies in identical onesies and perky white cotton hats, sporting an array of expressions from...
Turkey: funerals held after air strike (AP)
december 30, 2011by latadmin
AP – Thousands of mourners gathered in southeast Turkey on Friday for the funerals of 35 Kurdish civilians who were killed in a botched raid by Turkish military...
