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Tamils kill 9 Lankan soldiers :
Srl Lankan Thmd rebel* attacked the army * forward defence position* in the north-ea»t Monday killing nine soldiers and wounding 10. a military spokesman said, reports Reuter from Colombo.
He said the rebels fired mortars and small arms at the bunkers in the Mullalttvu district.
Troops fired back and bodies of two rebels, weapons and two dinghies were recovered.
The terrorists may have used the dinghies lo bring them lo the area, the spokesman said.
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam are fighting government troop* for their own homeland in the north and east
Quake shakes Alaska
An earthquake registering 5.7 on the Richter scale occurred in the North Pacific ocean on Sunday, the US geological survey said, say* Reuter from Colorado.
It said the tremor, which was felt lightly In parts of Alaska, was centred 150 mile* (240 km) south-east of Sand Point Alaska and about 570 mile* (920 km) south-southeast of an cho rage
It occurred at 9:48 AM (17:48 GMT).
The tremor was felt lightly at Sand Point and King Cove. There were no reports of damage or injuries.
15 killed in UN copter crash Four
Russian crew and 1 1 Angolan passenger* died on Sunday when a UN helicopter used by observer* of Angola ■ fir»t free elections crashed in northern Uige province. UN officials said. Reuter reports from Luanda.
They said only one person aboard, an Angolan, survived the accident. No more details were Immediately available. Angola holds multi-party election* on September 29-30.
Catholic teenager shot dead :
Masked gunmen shot dead a Roman catholic teenager In front of hi* screaming mother at their home in northern Ire land on Sunday, reports Reuter from Belfast.
Bridie "O" Hara begged the gunmen who burst into her house In a predominantly catholic area of Belfast to shoot her instead of her )9 year old son Gerard.
"Mummy begged them to shoot her instead. But they shot my brother It's awful." the victim s sister. Sandra. toM reporters.
The killers were believed to have waited In a car for "O Hara to return to the house.
Senator's wife shot
A state senator s wife was wounded by gunfire at their home Sunday in what police believe was a politically motivated attack, says AP from Maitland
Judith Starks, the wife of Sen. Robert Starks, was hit tn the calf by a bullet fired into the couple's bedroom at about 4 am. said Sheriff's spokesman George Proechel. She was treated at a hospital and released.
"We do not think this was Just a random act of violence, said Prechel. "Our assumptions arc at this point that it was some sort of politically motivated crime."
No one had been arrested Sunday. Starks, who was out of town at the time of the shooting, said he did not know who would want to threaten his family.
Iraq rebuilds milk factories :
i^ said on Sunday it had rebuilt most of the baby milk factories, which allied planes bombed as a suspected chemical weapons facility during the Gulf War. says Reuter from
The official Iraqi news agency INA. monitored In Nicosia said reconstruction of 85 per cent of the plant located on the outskirts of Baghdad was completed on Saturday.
After the factory was bombed, western mil Italy spokes men said It was used to produce chemical weapons. Iraq maintained the factory was making baby milk and allowed western reporters to visit the site.
Sikhs kill five bus passengers :
Sikh militants set off a time bomb in a crowded passenger bus tn Punjab state Monday, killing five people and Injuring 55. police said, reports AP from Amritsar.
The blast ripped the bus In two. set It on fire, and hurled the passengers out onto the road near Pathankot. 106 kilometers (65 miles) north of Amritsar, the holy city of the Sikhs. said Sumant Kumar Goel, a senior police officer.
Goel said the bomb, hidden in a suitcase, went off when the bus pulled out of the Pathankot bus station. Goel said 55 passenger* were hospitalized. 15 of them with serious