Saturday, October 29, 2011

Islamic Jihad: Israel hits training camp

Islamic Jihad: Israel hits training camp


Islamic Jihad: Israel hits training camp

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 04:25 PM PDT

Two Islamic Jihad commanders were among seven militants killed Saturday by Israeli strikes targeting a training camp in Rafah, Gaza, according to the militant group and medical sources.

NATO troops, workers among 17 killed in Kabul attack

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 03:37 PM PDT

Five troops and eight civilians were killed in central Kabul when a suicide bomber struck a vehicle in a military convoy, NATO's International Security Assistance Force said Saturday.

Central Bangkok spared worst, but more high tides to come

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 03:10 AM PDT

The central business district of Bangkok dodged severe flooding Saturday afternoon, but surrounding areas of the bustling capital faced further inundation at the next high tide.

Higgins wins Irish presidential election

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 12:24 PM PDT

Michael D. Higgins, a 70-year-old poet and politician, was elected Ireland's new president on Saturday.

Syrian forces pound Homs

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 05:57 PM PDT

Syrian forces pounded the western city of Homs Saturday with jets and tanks, sustaining fire with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades, activists told CNN.

Turkey quake toll rises as leaders mull moving homes at risk

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 08:40 AM PDT

The number killed in a huge earthquake that rocked eastern Turkey last weekend climbed to 582 Saturday, Turkish state-run Anatolia news agency said, as the government drew up a new law that would move homes from high-risk areas.

China copes with promise and perils of one-child policy

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 08:53 PM PDT

The world's population is expected to hit 7 billion around October 31 and one Chinese demographer says that number would have come a lot sooner had it not been for China's "one-child policy."

Former Brazilian president to undergo chemotherapy

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 03:17 PM PDT

Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will begin chemotherapy in the coming days to treat a tumor in his larynx, a hospital official said Saturday.

At least 14 shot dead in western Mexico

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 07:43 PM PDT

At least 14 people were killed in the western Mexican state of Michoacan -- including 10 slain during a shootout with soldiers, authorities said Friday.

Rebel attack in South Sudan kills 39

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 11:41 AM PDT

South Sudanese rebels launched an attack in oil-rich Unity state that killed 39 people, a spokesman for that fledgling government said Saturday.

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