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Report: Twin Algeria car bombings kill 11, hurt 31
(AP) Report: Twin Algeria car bombings kill 11, hurt 31
By ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU
Associated Press Writer
ALGIERS, Algeria
Algerian state radio says twin car bombings at a hotel and military headquarters southeast of Algiers have killed 11 people wounded 31 others.
The report by the state-run Alger-Chaine 3 national radio hasn't officially been confirmed by authorities.
A security official in the area of the town of Bouira tells The...Full Story
Sarkozy visits Kabul after French soldiers killed
French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited a military chapel in Kabul on Wednesday where the bodies of 10 French soldiers killed in battle lay before they were to be flown home.
Sarkozy spoke to French troops from units who lost some of the 10 soldiers killed in a fierce Taliban ambush and firefight ...Full Story Park Service drops Little Bighorn center expansion
(AP) Park Service drops Little Bighorn center expansion
By MATTHEW BROWN
Associated Press Writer
BILLINGS, Mont.
The National Park Service has dropped its plan to expand the visitor center at Little Bighorn Battlefield, saying the $1.1 million project would have blemished historic Last Stand Hill.
T...Full Story Iraqi troops detain son of prominent Sunni leader
(AP) Iraqi troops detain son of prominent Sunni leader
BAGHDAD
The U.S. military says Iraqi troops have detained the son of a prominent Sunni leader during a raid in Baghdad.
The arrest of Adnan al-Dulaimi's son Muthanna comes eight months after the detention of another son prompted an outcry among ...Full Story Israel shuts Gaza crossings after rocket attack
(AP) Israel shuts Gaza crossings after rocket attack
JERUSALEM
Israel has closed its cargo crossings with the Gaza Strip following a Palestinian rocket attack on southern Israel that violated a truce.
The rocket exploded in open field late Tuesday and caused no injuries or damage. No group claimed r...Full Story Pa pilot says he's on watch list, sues to save job
(AP) Pa pilot says he's on watch list, sues to save job
By PETER JACKSON
Associated Press Writer
HARRISBURG, Pa.
A commercial airline pilot and convert to Islam who says his name is on the U.S. government's secret terrorist watch list has fought back, filing a federal lawsuit against the Homeland Se...Full Story Twin car bombings hit Algerian hotel, barracks
(AP) Twin car bombings hit Algerian hotel, barracks
ALGIERS, Algeria
Witnesses say twin car bombings have struck a hotel and the military headquarters of the Algerian town of Bouira.
There has been no immediate official comment on casualties. The blasts come a day after a suicide car bombing killed ...Full Story 2 women sentenced to labor for wanting to protest
(AP) 2 women sentenced to labor for wanting to protest
By AUDRA ANG
Associated Press Writer
BEIJING
Chinese authorities have ordered two elderly women to spend one year in a labor camp after they applied to hold a protest during the Beijing Olympics against being forced from their homes, a relative ...Full Story |
