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  • 2 Foreigners Kidnapped by Armed Tribesmen in S. Yemen

    Yemeni armed tribesmen kidnapped two foreign workers in the southern troubled province of Abyan to press for the release of one of their fellows detained on charges of having ties with al-Qaida, a provincial security official said. The kidnapped pair, a Turkish and a Syrian who worked with a foreign investment company, were abducted late […]

    3 Foreign Troops Killed by IED in Afghanistan

    Three International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) servicemembers were killed in separate improvised explosive device (IED) attacks in Afghanistan Friday. A press release issued by the ISAF said two of the victims were killed in an attack in eastern Afghanistan and the other in southern Afghanistan. No further information could be reached as the press release […]

    US Administration imposes heavy penalty on American Airlines for safety lapses

    The US Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday it has proposed a record 24.2 million-U.S. dollar civil penalty against American Airlines for safety lapses that caused thousands of cancelled flights in 2008. In a news release, the FAA alleged the Texas-based carrier failed to follow steps laid out in a 2006 airworthiness directive that required operators […]

    I’m never Anti-Jewish: Castro

    Cuban leader Fidel Castro has said  that he was  never against Jewish” and always hated both Nazism and Fascism Castro made the remarks while discussing an article by prominent Jewish American journalist Jeffrey Goldberg. “I was never anti-Jewish and I share with him a deep hatred against Nazi-Fascism and the genocide perpetrated against the Jewish […]

    Canadian Police Make Arrests in Alleged Terror Plot

    Canadian police and intelligence agents launched early morning raids at two homes on Ottawa Wednesday and have arrested two people on alleged terrorism offences. Police arrested a husband and wife at in a middle-class neighborhood. Neighbors describe the couple as Middle Eastern in their late 30s. Investigators seized computer equipment from the couple’s home. Police […]

    Taliban Attack Kills 8 Afghan Police

    Taliban attack against police checkpoint in Kunduz province north of Afghanistan left eight policemen dead, provincial governor Mohammad Omar said. “A group of Taliban rebels raided a police checkpoint in Siab area outside provincial capital Kunduz city at 05:30 a.m. local time leaving eight policemen dead, Omar told Xinhua. One more police constable sustained injuries […]

    Bangladesh directs schools against forcing veils on women

    Bangladesh  issued a strict directive asking authorities at schools and other seminaries not to force girl students to wear veils or bar them from participating in sports and cultural activities. “No female student can be forced to wear religious clothing or ‘burqa’ (veil) in educational institutions or be barred from taking part in sports and […]

    19 killed in Plane crashes at west Congo

    A passenger plane crashed Wednesday in western Congo, killing 19 people but police said there were two survivors. Col Joli Limengo, police chief of Bandundu province where the plane crashed midday, said that 19 bodies had been pulled from the wreckage. The plane operated by local airliner FILAIR was going from central Congo to Bandundu […]

    Chilean officials ask NASA for help to rescue trapped miners

    Chilean officials organising rescue of 33 miners trapped 700 metres underground have asked the US space agency for help. Rescue workers say they are concerned about the physical and mental health of the miners who are likely to have to wait for months before they can be rescued. NASA has experience testing and training astronauts […]

    Pakistanis flee homes as floods sweep south Pak

    Thousands of Pakistanis are fleeing their homes in southern coastal areas as floods sweep down from the north. The vast body of flood-water that has swept the length of Pakistan is now threatening previously unaffected communities in Sindh province, at the country’s southern tip. The authorities have been organising a mass evacuation from the town […]