Monday, May 29, 2006

Curfew in Kabul after deadly riot


Curfew in Kabul after deadly riot
BBC News - 1 hour agoThe Afghan government has imposed an overnight curfew in Kabul, following violent anti-US protests - the biggest since the fall of the Taleban in 2001. The riots began after a US military vehicle crashed into ...

Indonesian earthquake survivors say aid is slow
Houston Chronicle - 3 hours agoBy IRWAN FIRDAUS. JAMPRIP, Indonesia -- Homeless earthquake survivors living in rice fields and makeshift shacks begged for food and water under a blazing sun today as Indonesia's death toll rose to over 5,000. ...

2 CBS Crew Members, US Soldier Killed In Baghdad
CBS 13 - 5 hours ago(CBS News) BAGHDAD Two members of a CBS News team were killed and correspondent Kimberly Dozier was seriously injured Monday when the US Army unit in which they were embedded was attacked. A US soldier was ...

Grim echoes of Vietnam in Iraq massacre
New Zealand Herald - 5 hours agoBy Rupert Cornwell. WASHINGTON - To Americans of a certain generation, the news this weekend must have seemed dreadfully familiar: an endless war, whose rationale is ever harder to understand, a group of soldiers ...

6 more bird flu cases in Indonesia
CNN International - 1 hour ago(CNN) -- Six more human cases of the H5N1 strain of avian flu have occurred in Indonesia, the World Health Organization has said, citing Indonesia's Ministry of Health. That means 48 of the 224 human cases ...

World considering nuclear guarantee for Iran: Russia
Daily Times - 55 minutes agoMOSCOW: World powers are ready to guarantee Iran s right to develop nuclear energy provided Tehran alleviates international concern over its nuclear intentions and cooperates fully with the International Atomic Energy Agency, said Russia on Monday. ...