SOUTH AFRICA: Mandela marks quiet 88th birthday with family
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters): NELSON MANDELA celebrated a quiet 88th birthday with his family yesterday as South Africans wished the anti-apartheid hero many more birthdays to come. Mandela, who formally retired from public life in 2004, had no public events...
EGYPT: Arab summit proposal gains more support
CAIRO (Reuters): TWO MORE Arab governments have backed the call for an Arab summit on the violence between Israel and Hizbollah and the Palestinians, bringing the total to eight, Arab League officials said yesterday.
INDONESIA: Tsunami toll crosses 350, hundreds missing
PANGANDARAN, Indonesia (Reuters): A TSUNAMI that swept through fishing villages and resorts on Indonesia's Java island killed 368 people and more than 200 others are missing, officials said yesterday.
IRAQ: Suicide bomber kills 59 in Shi'ite town
KUFA, Iraq (Reuters): A SUICIDE bomber killed 59 people in a crowded Iraqi market yesterday after luring Shi'ite day labourers aboard his minivan with an offer of casual work. The blast in Kufa, near Najaf, was one of the bloodiest attacks of the year...
MIDEAST: ISRAELI WARPLANES POUND LEBANON - Thirty-one killed in rocket attacks
BEIRUT, (Reuters): ISRAELI WARPLANES battered Lebanon yesterday, killing 31 people, and more Hizbollah rockets hit northern Israel, killing one, with no sign that diplomacy would halt the week-old conflict any time soon.
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