NATO-Afghan forces kill 200 Taliban - NDTV.com

" NDTV Correspondent Monday, September 4, 2006 (Kabul): In a major operation on Sunday, NATO and Afghan forces killed more than 200 Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan. Four soldiers of the NATO-led peacekeeping force were also killed and seven others wounded in the...

Over 200 Taliban die in Afghan offensive - NATO

"A major NATO offensive killed more than 200 Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan and four NATO soldiers died in Sunday's fighting, the organisation said. NATO also lost 14 British military personnel, who died when a Royal Air Force Nimrod MR2 spyplane crashed on Saturday...

Anti-terrorist police continue school search

"Police continued to search an Islamic school on Sunday after 14 men were arrested in anti-terrorism raids in London, a spokesman said. A police source said the operation focussed on the suspected training and recruitment of terrorists, while newspapers said security services...

Over a dozen trapped in Pakistan hotel collapse

"A hotel has collapsed in Pakistan's popular hill resort of Murree with more than a dozen people believed trapped in the rubble, police said. Army teams with heavy cranes have joined police and the local administration in the rescue operation, and none of the victims have...

Sri Lanka clashes leave 79 dead

"Sri Lanka's army and separatists have traded artillery fire as the military advanced on a strategic Tiger-held enclave in the northeast in an assault that killed at least 79 people, the military says. Military spokesman Brigadier Prasad Samarasinghe said 66 separatists and...

Thai doc: Karr had facial hair removed (AP)

" BANGKOK, Thailand - The suspect in the killing of JonBenet Ramsey visited a clinic to have facial hair removed permanently because he wanted a sex-change operation, a doctor said Monday. John Mark Karr had his sideburns and hair under his chin removed with lasers at the...

Israeli Raid in Gaza Kills Palestinian Boy - Forbes

" By IBRAHIM BARZAK , 07.25.2006, 09:23 PM Israeli troops conducting an operation near the town of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday shot and killed a Palestinian boy and wounded his father and sister, Palestinian hospital and security officials said. The army...

Financial Times Revamps Web Operation

"The Financial Times plans to merge its newspaper and Web desks, a move that could lead to the layoffs of about 50 staff members."

Powerful Interests Stifle Innovation

"General Motors Corporation and its offspring parts operation Delphi are currently laying off more than 50,000 unionized workers in the U.S. The companies claim that their North American operations are not profitable, and GM claims that it has to do the layoffs since it is...

Mota pa

"A Colaba couple who didn’t want their extra pounds to embarrass their only son underwent a gastric bypass operation to lose weight yesterday. Prakash Sharma (33) and wife Renu (30), the doting parents of Paresh (2), were mortified that his friends might tease him if they...

Texas spammer fined 10 million dollars

"A college student who led a massive spam e-mail operation has been fined more than 10 million dollars, the Texas attorney general said. ADVERTISEMENT "Spam e-mail is not only pervasive in our society but is one of the most aggravating problems computer users face," Attorney...