Bomb kills 43 at Algerian military academy
Published Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008
A bomb at an Algerian military academy killed 43 people and wounded 45 on Tuesday, the interior ministry said, one of the bloodiest incidents in years in the OPEC member state. Read More |
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Iraqi forces arrest Sunni Arab politician's son
Published Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008
Iraqi security forces raided the office of a provincial governor and arrested the son of a leading Sunni Arab politician in separate incidents on Tuesday that could stoke sectarian and political tension. Read More |
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U.N. condemns, ambassador defends Mauritania coup
Published Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008
The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday condemned the overthrow of Mauritania's democratically elected president but the country's ambassador said the public supported the military action. Read More |
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Russia starts Georgia pullout
Published Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008
Russian troops will pull back from Georgia's heartland by the end of this week, the Kremlin said on Tuesday, but NATO said it was freezing contacts with Moscow until all Russian forces were out of the country.
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Haitians on flood-swept bus may never be found
Published Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008
Searchers may never recover the bodies of dozens of people killed when an overcrowded Haitian bus was swept away by floodwaters triggered by Tropical Storm Fay, officials said on Tuesday. Read More |
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Taliban kill 10 French troops in Afghanistan
Published Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008
Taliban insurgents killed 10 French soldiers and wounded 21 in a major battle in Afghanistan, the French president's office said on Tuesday, the biggest single loss of foreign troops in combat there since 2001. Read More |
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Fire breaks out in Egypt's parliament
Published Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008
Fire ravaged a 19th century palace used by the upper house of Egypt's parliament Tuesday, with flames bursting through windows as helicopters scooped water from the Nile River to douse the blaze. Read More |
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Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa dies at 59
Published Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa, who broke the African tradition of silence and solidarity among leaders to denounce neighboring Zimbabwe's economic ruin, died in a French military hospital Tuesday. He was 59. Read More |
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Russian soldiers take prisoners in Georgia port
Published Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008
Russian soldiers took about 20 Georgian troops prisoner at a key Black Sea port in western Georgia on Tuesday, blindfolding them and holding them at gunpoint, and commandeered American Humvees awaiting shipment back to the United States. Read More |
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US military: Aid flows to Georgia, food need grows
Published Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008
The need for food in Georgia is growing, a U.S. general said Tuesday as C-130 transport planes ferried in tons of supplies and the American military said it would aid Georgians displaced by the war with Russia for as long as they need help. Read More |
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Pakistanis jubilant over Musharraf's resignation
Published Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008
Pakistanis danced in the streets on Monday after beleaguered President Pervez Musharraf announced his resignation, with many ordinary people hoping his departure would bring improvement to their lives.
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Tanks move, but still no sign of Russian pullout
Published Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008
A Russian tank crashes through a barricade of Georgian police cars, explosions ring out from a military base as Russian troops destroy Georgian arms and ammunition, soldiers sit listlessly at the roadside.
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UK pedophile was "librarian" for global abuse ring
Published Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008
A pedophile who acted as a "librarian" for a global Internet child abuse ring was jailed on Monday after one of the biggest undercover police investigations into online abuse in Britain.
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