Six American soldiers and three Afghan soldiers were killed Friday when Taliban miltants ambushed and opened gunfire on them in eastern Afghanistan, NATO officials said Saturday. United States forces are operating in Nuristan Province, where the ambush took place, as part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force. “It was a complex ambush by machine guns and […]
US ranked among the worst in infant mortality
The infant mortality rate in the United States has dropped substantially over the past half-century, but broad disparities remain among racial groups, and the country stacks up poorly next to other industrialised nations. In 2004, the most recent year for which statistics are available, roughly seven babies died for every 1,000 live births before reaching their first […]
King of Spain asks Chavez to shut up
The King of Spain Juan Carlos publicly asked Chavez to shut up when he tried to interrupt the closing speech of Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero at the Ibero-American summit, Saturday. "Why don’t you shut up?" the king shouted at Chavez, pointing a finger at the president when he tried to interrupt a […]
Muslims to be snooped upon by LAPD
The Los Angeles Police Department is considering a plan to map all Muslims in the area. Critics say a police counter-terror effort to identify and map Muslim communities amounts to religious and racial profiling — investigating residents based on what they look like, or where they worship. But city officials defended the effort on Friday, […]
Apple iPhone sales aiming for new highs
Apple’s iPhone went on sale in the UK and Germany on Friday with thousands expecting to get their hands on the device.The first European handsets were sold at the T-Mobile store in Cologne just after midnight. By contrast Apple fans queuing in poor weather in London will have to wait until Friday evening to snap […]
N.Korea thanks U.S. for rescue
North Korea expressed a rare note of thanks to its long time foe, the US for rescuing its sailors from pirates off the coast of Somalia. “We feel grateful to the United States for its assistance given to our crewmen,” the North’s official KCNA news agency said in a report late on Thursday. “This case […]
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