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Blasts targeting Shias kill 25 in Iraq AFP, Baghdad
A spate of rush hour bombs, mostly targeting Shia-majority areas of Baghdad, killed 25 people yesterday in the first major series of attacks to hit the capital since elections last month. The apparently coordinated blasts, which also wounded 80 people, came as officials tallied votes from April 30 parliamentary polls amid a protracted surge in bloodshed that has killed more than
Kidnapped Jordan envoy freed in Libya
AFP, Amman
Jordan's ambassador to Libya was freed and returned home yesterday, a month after being kidnapped, in an exchange for a jihadist jailed for plotting bomb attacks. Masked gunmen kidnapped the ambassador in mid-April. Libyan sources said the abductors had demanded the release of Mohammed Saeed al-Darsi, a Libyan
ABC loses int'l TV service contract
AFP, Canberra
Australia's state broadcaster yesterday lost the contract to run an international television service into Asia, with the government saying it had failed to be cost-effective. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation learned in the national budget that its contract to run the Australia Network would
Climbers back on Everest after disaster
AFP, Kaihmandit
Two foreign mountaineers have returned to Everest after a deadly avalanche effectively ended the climbing season, flying by helicopter partway up the peak before starting their ascent, an official said yesterday. Most climbers abandoned plans to ascend Everest from the Nepalese side - the easiest and most popular route up the world's highest peak - after the avalanche
Zetas cartel founder killed in Mexico
AFP, Mexico City
A most-wanted founder of Mexico's ultra-violent Zetas drug cartel has been killed in a clash with the military that involved grenades and assault rifles, authorities said Monday. Galdino Mellado Cruz, a military deserter known by the alias Z-9, was killed in one of two gunfights in the northern border city of Reynosa on Friday that also left five
Kerry, Abbas to meet tomorrow
AFP, Washington
LIS Secretary of State John Kerry will meet Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in London tomorrow for the first time since peace talks collapsed last month, officials said Monday. A Palestinian official told AFP the "meeting will discuss a possible resumption of
Toll in Italy migrant shipwreck hits 17
AFP, Rome
The Italian navy yesterday said 17 bodies had been recovered and 206 people rescued by patrol boats and merchant ships from a migrant shipwreck on Monday in international waters between Libya and Italy.Italian media cited coast guards saying there were around 400 people on board, which would mean dozens are still unaccounted for. Most of the victims were from Eritrea, Pakistan, Somalia and