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Explosions hit west Indian city; 20 wounded
- At least 20 people were wounded when a series of small explosions hit the western Indian city of Ahmadabad on Saturday, a day after seven similar blasts struck another city in the south."So far our reports indicate that there were 13 or 14 blasts," federal Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta told reporters.
- At least 20 people were wounded when a series of small explosions hit the western Indian city of Ahmadabad on Saturday, a day after seven similar blasts struck another city in the south."So far our reports indicate that there were 13 or 14 blasts," federal Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta told reporters.
Cambodians go to polls amid Thai border dispute
- A dispute with neighboring Thailand over border land near an 11th century Hindu temple has sparked nationalist pride throughout Cambodia and strengthened the longtime prime minister's popularity ahead of parliamentary elections Sunday.Thailand sent troops to the border after Thai anti-government demonstrators assembled near the Preah Vihear temple earlier this month. Cambodia responded by sending its own troops and its government says the dispute has triggered "an imminent state of war."
Beijing manufactures its own scenery for Olympics
- Polluted Beijing is usually shrouded in gray, so for the Olympics, Beijing city officials have tried to add some color.They have taken a dusty metropolis with thousands of cranes hovering over construction sites and sought to create an idealized Beijing. Enormous murals in shades of blue and green, many showing off towering palm trees and blue skies, rise like Hollywood backdrops to hide the reality of the Chinese capital.
- Polluted Beijing is usually shrouded in gray, so for the Olympics, Beijing city officials have tried to add some color.They have taken a dusty metropolis with thousands of cranes hovering over construction sites and sought to create an idealized Beijing. Enormous murals in shades of blue and green, many showing off towering palm trees and blue skies, rise like Hollywood backdrops to hide the reality of the Chinese capital.
City manufactures its own scenery for Olympics
- Polluted Beijing is usually shrouded in gray, so for the Olympics, Beijing city officials have tried to add some color.They have taken a dusty metropolis with thousands of cranes hovering over construction sites and sought to create an idealized Beijing. Enormous murals in shades of blue and green, many showing off towering palm trees and blue skies, rise like Hollywood backdrops to hide the reality of the Chinese capital.
- Polluted Beijing is usually shrouded in gray, so for the Olympics, Beijing city officials have tried to add some color.They have taken a dusty metropolis with thousands of cranes hovering over construction sites and sought to create an idealized Beijing. Enormous murals in shades of blue and green, many showing off towering palm trees and blue skies, rise like Hollywood backdrops to hide the reality of the Chinese capital.
Indian army to help prevent rhino poaching
- Authorities in northeastern India have asked the army to help protect endangered one-horned rhinoceroses from poachers and have made the soldiers honorary wildlife wardens, officials said Saturday."The army will now assist the authorities at the Kaziranga National Park in protecting the rhino," park director S.N. Buragohain told The Associated Press.
Custody battle for lost India riot child
- The parents of a Muslim child who was separated from them during some of India's worst religious riots six years ago are demanding that his Hindu foster parents give him back.Mohammed Salim and Jebunnisa Sheikh were separated from their son, Muzaffar, during rioting that killed about 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, in the western state of Gujarat in early 2002.
- The parents of a Muslim child who was separated from them during some of India's worst religious riots six years ago are demanding that his Hindu foster parents give him back.Mohammed Salim and Jebunnisa Sheikh were separated from their son, Muzaffar, during rioting that killed about 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, in the western state of Gujarat in early 2002.
Pakistani leader to defend anti-militant strategy
- Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani left Saturday on a three-day visit to Washington to defend his government's reluctance to use force against Islamic militants blamed by U.S. officials for soaring violence in neighboring Afghanistan.The trip comes amid intensifying U.S. pressure for Pakistan, a vital ally in its war on terrorism, to move against strongholds that Taliban and al-Qaida militants have established in its border regions.
Pakistan prime minister heads to Washington
- Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani left Saturday on a three-day visit to Washington to defend his government's reluctance to use force against Islamic militants blamed by U.S. officials for soaring violence in neighboring Afghanistan.The trip comes amid intensifying U.S. pressure for Pakistan, a vital ally in its war on terrorism, to move against strongholds that Taliban and al-Qaida militants have established in its border regions.
Sri Lanka: Fighting kills 70 combatants
- Heavy fighting between Sri Lankan government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels along the front lines of their civil war killed 62 rebels and eight soldiers, the military said Saturday.The fighting occurred throughout Friday in the Vavuniya, Jaffna, Welioya and Mullaitivu districts bordering the rebels' de facto state in the north, said Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara, the military spokesman.
Pakistan PM heads to Washington
- Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani left Saturday on a three-day visit to Washington to defend his government's reluctance to use force against Islamic militants blamed by U.S. officials for soaring violence in neighboring Afghanistan.The trip comes amid intensifying U.S. pressure for Pakistan, a vital ally in its war on terrorism, to move against strongholds that Taliban and al-Qaida militants have established in its border regions.
NATO: 4 civilians killed in Afghanistan
- NATO forces on Saturday fired on a vehicle that wouldn't stop at a checkpoint in Afghanistan's volatile south, killing four civilians and wounding three others, the alliance said.Civilian casualties has been a sore point between Afghanistan's government and international forces that operate here.
Cambodians go to polls amid border row
- Nationalist pride sweeping through Cambodia triggered by a border dispute with Thailand appeared to strengthen the popularity of longtime Prime Minister Hun Sen ahead of parliamentary elections Sunday.The election has been upstaged by a military confrontation with Thailand over contested land near a historic Hindu temple, which the Cambodian government says has triggered "an imminent state of war" between the two Southeast Asian neighbors.