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International News
Karzai Escapes Attack in Kabul by Gunmen
2008-04-28 05:50 - The attack by suspected Taliban insurgents on a military parade in the capital, which killed three, was embarrassing for the Afghan government.
Hamid Karzai escapes as Taleban target military parade
2008-04-28 05:45 - President Hamid Karzai escaped a dramatic attempt on his life today when
Taleban fighters opened fire with automatic weapons and rockets during a
military parade in Kabul.
World food crisis turns rice into gold
2008-04-28 05:45 - Until a few months ago, Booncherd Leekasem would never have been caught
astride a muddy tractor or squelching through buffalo dung in a rice paddy.
World in brief: Two held in Casablanca after blaze kills 55
2008-04-28 05:45 - Two held after blaze kills 55
Taliban explosions and gunfire rain down on Kabul parade
2008-04-28 05:10 - Taliban extremists attack an Afghan military parade, sending thousands of troops and police scattering, although President Hamid Karzai is unharmed.
Protests one day, revelry the next for torch
2008-04-28 05:10 - Protests and scuffles greet the Olympic flame as it begins a two-day journey on the divided Korean peninsula along a route guarded by thousands of riot police.
A deadly harvest of cluster bombs in Laos
2008-04-27 06:01 - Viengkeo Kavongsone had lived in fear of such a catastrophe all his life - in
the jungle, in the paddy fields, on the mountain - but never in his own back
yard. It was late afternoon when it happened, and his wife, Van, and three
young children were at home in their village in the province of Xieng
Khouang in northern Laos. They were clearing the ditch that drains rainwater
from their little wooden house.
’Life lessons are learnt by crashing and dying’
2008-04-27 06:01 - The first time I heard Grand Theft Auto mentioned was when some friends
managed to network GTA, the first one, in our school’s computer room. Too
many lunchtimes were then lost to our “maths homework”.
’Don’t insult me, I can tell fiction from reality’
2008-04-27 06:01 - To me, Grand Theft Auto is about freedom, not violence. As the name of the
series suggests, the best way to spend time in this virtual,
“no-consequence”, world is to steal yourself a nice car and drive it through
the miles and miles of urban and rural landscape.
Max Mosley is snubbed by Israel amid row over orgy revelation
2008-04-27 06:01 - An attempt by Max Mosley, the head of motorsport’s ruling body, to
rehabilitate himself after lurid revelations about his appetite for
sadomasochistic orgies with prostitutes suffered a setback yesterday when
the Israeli Government withdrew his invitation to an event in Tel Aviv.
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