Indian troops kill four attackers in Kashmir

AFP, Srinagar

Indian paramilitary forces killed four suspected suicide attackers who tried to storm their camp in the disputed Kashmir region early yesterday. The gunmen lobbed grenades and fired automatic weapons outside the Central Reserve Police Force camp in Indian-administered Kashmir before dawn.

Police kill hostagetaker in Australia

AFP, Sydney

Australian police yesterday shot dead a man who took a woman hostage in a Melbourne apartment, after the body of another man was found in the building's lobby. The woman escaped safely but three officers were injured as police stormed the building.

Seven dead migrants found inside Libya truck AFP, Tripoli

Seven migrants from sub-Saharan Africa have been found dead in an abandoned refrigerator truck near the Libyan capital, a senior official said yesterday. "There were 35 illegal migrants on board, but seven of them had already died, and the 28 survivors have received treatment," Adel Mostafa said.

At least 22 die in

India bus crash

AFP, Neto Delhi

At least 22 people died when they became trapped in a bus that caught fire after it collided with a truck in northern India yesterday. Police said the doors of the govern -ment-run bus jammed in the collision, trapping the passengers insiders as it caught fire after the fuel tank burst.