SOMALIA - 'Many dead' in US strike targeting al Qaida suspects
MOGADISHU (Reuters): Many people were killed in Somalia in a United States air strike targeting al-Qaida suspects among fleeing Islamist fighters, Somali officials said yesterday. The U.S. strike, part of a wide offensive also involving Ethiopian...
UNITED KINGDOM - Faith groups protest gay rights bill
LONDON (Reuters): British faith groups joined forces yesterday to try to stop sweeping gay rights laws they say will force them to act against their religious beliefs. They will deliver a petition to Queen Elizabeth...
IRAQ - Fifty killed in US-Iraqi raids
BAGHDAD (Reuters): United States and Iraqi forces killed 50 people yesterday in raids on a Sunni Arab district they described as riddled with "terrorist hideouts" and a hotbed of insurgent activity by foreign fighters linked to al Qaeda.
FIJI - Coup leader appoints ousted PM
SUVA, Fiji (AP): Fiji's first ethnic Indian Prime Minister, who was ousted in a nationalist coup in 2000, was appointed yesterday to top-level Cabinet posts in the government being set up after the South Pacific country's latest military takeover.
IRAQ - New video of Saddam's body on the Internet
BAGHDAD (Reuters): A new clandestine video posted on the Internet showed the body of Saddam Hussein lying on a hospital trolley with a vivid red wound in his throat after being hanged. The 27-second clip, seen yesterday...
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