US air-strike kills over 90 people in Afghanistan
About 90 people were killed in air-strike by US
led forces in Afghanistan on Friday. According to reports reaching
here from Afghanistan, American jetfighter targeted two fuel tankers
hijacked by the Taliban in northern Afghanistan on Friday, killing
up to 90 people, including insurgents and dozens of civilians who
had rushed to the scene to collect fuel.
US, S Korea in top level talks
The United States and South Korea on Saturday
held top-level talks to discuss ways to press North Korea to return
to disarmament talks, a day after the communist state’s renewed
nuclear sabre-rattling.Stephen Bosworth, the White House’s special
representative on North Korea,
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Islamic militant arrested
A Muslim separatist rebel wanted for arson and
bombings has been arrested in the southern Philippines, police said
Saturday.
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Airlines take measures to prevent swine flu
Airlines are stowing pillows and blankets, and
rolling out the disinfectant wipes to discourage transmission of the
swine flu virus, all the while stressing planes are as “safe” as
trains or schools.“The role of aircraft in spreading infection from
one part of the world to the other is well established.
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