Archive for March 4th, 2008

Children killed, deadly wounded in Memphis shooting

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

Six people, including two children, were killed and three other children critically wounded in a shooting on Monday in Memphis, Tennessee, authorities said. Police said all the children were under the age of 12. The wounded c ...

U.S. Congress to examine Air Force crafts deal

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

U.S. congress will examine the decision of U.S. Air Force to pass over aerospace giant Boeing and award a 35-billion-U.S. dollar aircraft contract to Airbus parent EADS and Northrop Grumman, officials said Monday. "The Air Force's de ...

Canadian gov’t survives key confidence vote

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

Canada's minority Conservative government easily survived a key confidence vote on its federal budget Monday, the second such vote in less than a week. The House of Commons, the Canadian parliament's lower house, voted 202 to 7 agai ...

Bail set for man who threatened to kill Bush

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

A U.S. judge set a 225,000-U.S.dollar bail on Monday for a 50-year-old man who allegedly threatened to kill President George W. Bush. U.S. Magistrate Judge Margaret Nagle ordered Charles Anthony Madrid to be confined to his home if ...

Indonesian officer among victims in UN chopper accident

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

An Indonesian Navy officer was among those perished in the Monday's crash of a United Nations helicopter in Nepal, local press said Tuesday. Lieutenant Colonel Sondang Doddy died in the accident, in which12 people were killed. ...

3 Nepalese confirmed killed in UN chopper crash

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

The United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) confirmed Tuesday three Nepali UN personnel died in Monday's helicopter crash. In a press release, UNMIN said "Bhim Bahadur Gurung and Rabindra Khaniya were liaison officer and language as ...

Philippine president vows to stay in office till 2010

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Tuesday vowed that she will stay in the office until her term ends in 2010 as her husband attended a probe into allegations of corruption. Arroyo said she would continue her job and insti ...

Police foil two roadside bombing attacks in E Afghanistan

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

Police on Monday discovered and destroyed some mines separately planted in two districts of eastern Afghan province of Paktia, said a statement of Interior Ministry of Afghanistan released here on Tuesday. The statement said those m ...