Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Kazakhstan military plane crashes, killing 27

Kazakhstan military plane crashes, killing 27

Kazakhstan military plane crashes, killing 27

Posted: 25 Dec 2012 08:32 AM PST

MOSCOW (AP) — Kazakhstan's acting border service chief was among 27 people killed in a military plane crash Tuesday near a southern city, another blow to the agency after he was appointed in June to deal with the aftermath of a mass killing involving a conscript.

Afghanistan: Woman who killed American is Iranian

Posted: 25 Dec 2012 06:41 AM PST

Afghan policemen stand guard outside of Kabul police headquarters, where a an American advisor was killed, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Dec. 24, 2014. An Afghan policewoman killed an American adviser at the Kabul police headquarters on Monday, a senior Afghan police official said. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The policewoman who killed an American contractor in Kabul is a native Iranian who came to Afghanistan and displayed "unstable behavior" but no known links to militants, an Interior Ministry spokesman said Tuesday.

Plane crash-lands on Myanmar road, 3 killed

Posted: 25 Dec 2012 06:32 AM PST

Myanmar officials and local residence watch a badly wrecked Air Bagan passenger plane in Heho, Shan State, Myanmar, Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012. The Air Bagan flight packed with Christmas tourists crash-landed on a road in central Myanmar on Tuesday, killing two people and injuring 11, officials said. Four foreigners were among the injured, state television reported. It said the fatalities included an 11-year-old passenger believed to be a Myanmar citizen and a man riding a motorcycle on the road where the plane came down. (AP Photo)YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A flight packed with Christmas tourists crash-landed on a road in central Myanmar on Tuesday, killing three people and injuring 11, officials said.

Attack on Sunni cleric in south Pakistan kills 4

Posted: 25 Dec 2012 04:45 AM PST

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Police say gunmen have wounded a prominent Sunni cleric and killed his three guards and his driver in an apparently sectarian attack in southern Pakistan.

8 dead after Christmas Day fires in Philippines

Posted: 25 Dec 2012 12:16 AM PST

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Authorities in the Philippines say at least eight people are dead after two separate Christmas Day fires in the capital region. One of the blazes left about 1,500 people homeless when it razed their shantytown.
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