Gaza City blacked out after 4 rockets hit Israel

This has been going on for over a week now. Israeli towns have been under seige near the Gaza border with only minutes notice of in coming rockets.  "Rockets fired from northern Gaza land in western Negev; no injuries, damage reported; Gaza City plunges into darkness...

Nine killed in US air strike on Pakistan school

A US airstrike in Pakistan has killed nine people at a religious school in the North-west of the country."A suspected US air strike killed nine people at a religious school in north-west Pakistan, intelligence officials said today.It was claimed the school, on the outskirts...

Suspected US missile kills 12 in Pakistan

With the approval from President George W. Bush, US special forces have started ground assaults inside Pakistan without the approval of the Pakistani government. Now US has intensified attack in the tribal areas in the Pakistan  and latest reports says that more than 12...

Taleban 'cleared from Kandahar'

After staging a coup of Jail raid more than 350 Taleban fighters had escaped with other intimates from a prison in Kandhar. Now Afghan forces have claimed to capture or clear the area form Taleban. Taleban which draws its power from south of country is still very active. "A...

Olympic Buildings on the Move

BLDG BLOG reports that the stadium being built for the London Olympics may be disassembled and relocated to Chicago once the games are over. I like the idea of "plug and play" architecture -- where buildings might be reused rather than simply being destroyed - but then I...

Chad Rebels Warn France 'Not to Intervene'

Tens of thousands of refugees are fleeing Chad after a failed rebel attack on the controversial president for life Idriss Deby. France, after threatening increased military action in Chad, sent its defense minister in a surprise visit.See previous NowPublic coverage...

Iraqi cult leader killed in Najaf battle

"The leader of an Iraqi cult who claimed to be the Mahdi, a messiah-like figure in Islam, was killed in a battle on Sunday near Najaf with hundreds of his followers, Iraq's national security minister said on Monday. Women and children who joined 600-700 of his "Soldiers of...

Two Killed in Carjacking of U.S. Embassy Car

"Gunmen carjacked a U.S. Embassy vehicle on the outskirts of the Kenyan capital Saturday and killed two women in the car, police said. "The thugs ordered the two women out but they hesitated," said Isaiah Osugo, a criminal investigations officer in Nairobi. "Then they were...

Life sentence for banned driver

"A banned driver who did not call 999 when his girlfriend was fatally hurt in a crash has been jailed for life for her manslaughter. Kirsty Cash, 17, died after Andrew Bennett, 20, crashed a Subaru Impreza on the outskirts of Sheffield in April. Sheffield Crown Court heard...