Archive for March 20th, 2008

Two killed, four wounded in Gaza explosion

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Two Palestinian militants were killed and four wounded in an explosion in southern Gaza City, Palestinian medics and witnesses said on Thursday. Reports on casualties and reason of the explosion were conflicting. Palestinian ...

Israeli soldiers kill one Palestinian farmer in S Gaza

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

A Palestinian farmer was shot dead on Thursday morning by Israeli troops' gunfire east of the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza Strip, medics and witnesses said. Mo'aweya Hassanein, chief of emergency and ambulance services in th ...

Official: Israeli practices on ground weaken PNA ability

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Yasser Abed Rabbo, member of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) executive committee, accused Israel on Thursday for acting to weaken the ability of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). "The Israeli government has been alwa ...

Russian military jet crashes, pilot killed

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

A Su-25 military aircraft crashed Thursday morning in Russia's Far East region, killing the pilot onboard, Russian news agencies reported. "Today, on March 20 at 3:33 a.m. Moscow time (0033 GMT), a Su-25 aircraft crashed during a tr ...

Clash with militants in Chechnya kills nine

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

A clash with militants in central Chechnya left five policemen, three militants and a civilian dead, Russian news agencies reported Thursday. The overnight clash with a group of 15 militants took place in a forest near the village o ...

Bush names Wainstein homeland security adviser

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

President George W. Bush on Wednesday named veteran prosecutor Ken Wainstein, head of the Justice Department's anti-terrorism efforts, as his homeland security adviser. Wainstein will coordinate efforts from the White House "to ensur ...

One killed, one injured by NATO troops in S Afghanistan

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

One Afghan policeman was killed and another was wounded in an apparently erroneous clash with NATO troops in southern Afghan province of Helmand late Wednesday night, an official said on Thursday. Source:Xinhua ...

U.S. vice president pays surprise visit to Afghanistan

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Dick Cheney, vice president of the Untied States, paid a surprise visit to Afghanistan capital Kabul on Thursday to hold talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and visit troops stationed in the post-Taliban nation. Cheney's tour to ...