Archive for world news
July 27, 2008
· Filed under world news · Tagged al Qaeda in Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq, Salman Pak

Seven pilgrims killed in attack in Iraq
Seven Shiite pilgrims were gunned down Sunday in a town south of Baghdad, an Interior Ministry official said.
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July 27, 2008
· Filed under world news · Tagged Ahmedabad, CNN-IBN, Indian Mujahedeen, Muslim, Sheikh Hasina

India on alert as death toll from bombs rises
Metropolitan areas of India were on high alert Sunday after a wave of synchronized bombs that hit the western Indian city of Ahmedabad killed at least 49 people and wounded more than 114, police reported.
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July 26, 2008
· Filed under world news · Tagged French, London, McCain, Nicolas Sarkozy, Obama, United States

Obama in London for talks with UK leaders
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama met with British Prime Gordon Brown Saturday on the last leg of his weeklong overseas tour.
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July 26, 2008
· Filed under world news · Tagged NTSB, Qantas, terrorism, TSA, U.S

Investigation into Qantas jet emergency begins
The Australian air safety agency is investigating Saturday the emergency landing of a Qantas Boeing 747 in the Philippines after a hole in the fuselage made the plane lose cabin pressure.
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July 26, 2008
· Filed under world news · Tagged Austrian, Karadzic, Rudolf Golia

Karadzic lawyer quiet on extradition appeal
Radovan Karadzic’s lawyer refused on Saturday to confirm or deny that he had mailed a last-minute appeal against the extradition of the former Bosnian warlord, who faces 11 charges at The Hague war crimes tribunal.
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July 26, 2008
· Filed under world news · Tagged Amar Musubah, Gaza, Hamas

Hamas arrests Fatah rivals after Gaza blasts
- Hamas security forces arrested more than 100 rival Fatah members in Gaza Friday night and Saturday while searching for suspects in bombings that killed five Hamas militants and a child, a security source said
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July 25, 2008
· Filed under world news · Tagged ID, Karadzic, Kosovo, Milosevic, Ratko Mladic

Man whose ID was used by Karadzic is found
The real Dragan Dabic is a 66-year-old construction worker in nearby town
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July 25, 2008
· Filed under world news · Tagged Bynum, Kupchak, Lakers notes
The NBA’s burgeoning trade deficit just took a troubling turnThursday. At least as far as the Lakers are concerned.
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July 25, 2008
· Filed under world news · Tagged McCain, Obama, RNC, Sabato

McCain camp: Obama taking a 'premature victory lap'
Sen. John McCain sharpened his attacks against Sen. Barack Obama on Thursday, saying he’d rather give a speech in Germany as president than as a presidential candidate.
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July 25, 2008
· Filed under world news · Tagged Gordon Brown, Merkel, NATO, Nicolas Sarkozy, Obama

Obama: New walls need tearing down
U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama was due to arrive in Paris on Friday, one day after speaking to hundreds of thousands of exuberant people in Berlin.
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