Europeans walk out on Iran’s president at UN conferenceGENEVA - Delegates from the European Union (EU) walked out of the Durban Review Conference on racism in Geneva Monday during a speech by Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in which he made derisive remarks about Israel. Suicide bomber kills five in IraqBAQUBA - A suicide bomber killed two US soldiers, an Iraqi interpreter, and two bystanders in the Iraqi city of Baquba, witnesses said. Three policemen killed in Iraqi suicide bombingBAQUBA - A suicide bomber Monday struck a joint US and Iraqi foot patrol in Iraq’s Diyala province, killing at least three policemen and injuring 12, a police source said. US asks for elite New Zealand troops to help in expanded Afghanistan war effortWELLINGTON, New Zealand — The U.S. has formally asked New Zealand to send its elite Special Air Service combat troops back to Afghanistan for a fourth tour of duty, the foreign minister said Sunday. Suicide bombing kills 18 in Iraq military baseRAMADI - The death toll from a suicide bombing inside a military base in central Iraq Thursday rose to 18 with 53 soldiers injured, a military source said. 16 killed in Iraq suicide bombingRAMADI - At least 16 people were killed and more than 50 injured Thursday when a suicide bomber blew himself up near a military base in central Iraq, a military source said. 4 killed, 17 wounded in suicide bombing in IraqMOSUL - At least four people were killed and 17 injured Tuesday when a suicide bomber blew up an explosives-laden truck that he drove into a police station in this Iraqi city, a police source said. Suicide bomber kills 13 in IraqBAQUBA - A suicide bomber killed at least 13 people and wounded 30 in a town in northeast Iraq Monday, the police said. Bush says he does not want spend his time criticizing ObamaCALGARY - Former US President George W Bush has said that he does not want spend his retirement criticizing his successor Barack Obama. Al Qaeda suspects in Iraqi custody gunned downRAMADI - Six detainees suspected of belonging to the Al Qaeda network in Iraq were fatally shot while being transferred from custody in northwestern Iraq, the police said Saturday. Homicide car bomb kills at least 20 in IraqBAGHDAD - A homicide car bomber exploded his vehicle at a municipal building in an area west of Baghdad killing at least 20 and injuring 65. US should free our diplomats detained in Iraq: IranARBIL - The new US administration has been urged by Iran to release the Iranian diplomats held in Iraq as the first step to realise ‘change’ promised by President Barack Obama, Mehr News reported. Pakistan cocks a snook at the world (Comment)A court in Pakistan Friday passed an order that freed disgraced nuclear scientist Abdul Qader Khan from the house arrest that he had been subject to since 2004, when the clandestine nuclear Wal-Mart that he had nurtured for decades first came to light. Global capitals ‘regretted’ this audacious judicial decision that made light of the grave nuclear transgressions that Dr. Khan had been guilty of - but to little avail. The Pakistani state appears to have succumbed to domestic compulsions and has decided to play up to the gallery and join the chorus that sees the tainted scientist as a national hero. Five policemen killed in suicide attack in IraqFALLUJAH - A suicide car bomber targeted a police checkpoint in western Iraq Saturday, killing at least five policemen, the police said. |