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Officials: U.S. missiles kill 15 in Pakistan
US missiles killed 15 militants in Pakistan’s Taliban and Al-Qaeda stronghold of North Waziristan on Monday, the third drone strike in three days and the deadliest this year, officials said. The attack looked set to inflame tensions with Islamabad ahead of a visit by a US assistant defence secretary, Peter Lavoy, on a mission to persuade Pakistan…
Colombian drug lord captured in Venezuela
One of the top leaders of Los Rastrojos, a powerful drug carteloperating near the border between Venezuela and Colombia, has been captured by Venezuelan authorities, the government said. Diego Perez Enao, also known as Diego Rastrojo, was seized Sunday in the town of Rojas de Barinas following a weeks-long intelligence operation, Venezuelan Interior and Justice Minister Tareck El…
Nintendo seeks E3 game show buzz with Wii U peek
Nintendo provided a glimpse into its second-generation Wii console as the Japanese videogame giant set out to generate excitement ahead of the E3 industry extravaganza. In a webcast streamed online, Nintendo president Satoru Iwatarevealed details about the Wii U GamePad and promised more was to come at a press conference in Los…
Protesters keep up pressure after Mubarak verdicts
Egyptian activists who spearheaded the revolt that toppledpresident Hosni Mubarak have called for mass demonstrations on Tuesday to protest against verdicts handed down in the strongman’s murder trial. Mubarak Mubarak and his interior minister Habib al-Adly were sentenced to life in prison on Saturday but six security commanders were acquitted over the…
Nigeria recovers bodies after plane crash
Nigerian rescuers recovered burnt human remains as investigators probed for clues on Monday after a plane slammed into a Lagosneighbourhood, with all 153 on board killed and more feared dead on the ground. Police fired tear gas at a surging crowd seeking to get a look at thecrash site at one point…
Four found guilty of Danish newspaper attack plot
A Danish court on Monday found four men guilty of “terrorism” over a plot to kill the staff of a newspaper that first published controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. The three Swedish nationals and one Tunisian living in Sweden had pleaded not guilty to the terrorism charges, but a district…
UN atomic agency to hold nuclear talks with Iran
The UN nuclear watchdog and Iran have agreed to hold talks in Vienna on Friday, IAEA chief Yukiya Amano said Monday, calling on Tehran to sign a deal clarifying issues over its atomic drive. “A meeting between Iran and the agency has been scheduled for 8 June in Vienna,” Amano told the International Atomic Energy Agency’s 35-member board of…
All-out chaos engulfs Lagos neighborhood after plane crash
LAGOS — Chaos broke out in the densely-populated Lagos neighbourhood where a passenger jet crashed Sunday, as rescue workers faced heavy crowds and aggressive soldiers while trying to access smoldering wreckage. All 153 people on board the Dana Air flight were presumed dead and more were believed to have been…
Bolivia’s president talks of nationalizing all natural resources
TIQUIPAYA, Bolivia — Bolivia’s leftist President Evo Morales, who has nationalized some utility companies, raised the possibility Sunday of making all natural resource-related industries property of the state. “Another policy ought to be how we recover, or nationalize, all natural resources, so they are in the people’s hands under state…
Israel may jail illegal African migrants for three years without charge
JERUSALEM — Israel will be able to jail illegal migrants without charge for up to three years, an official said on Sunday, as part of efforts to curb a major influx of Africans from across the Egyptian border. An interior ministry spokeswoman told AFP that following a directive from minister…
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