Archive for May 26th, 2008

Sri Lankan volunteers and rescue workers pull out a woman who survived a bomb blast on a train on the outskirts of Colombo. At least eight people were killed and scores more wounded in the bombing of a packed commuter train by suspected Tamil rebels in the suburbs of the Sri Lankan capital, officials said.(AFP/Lakruwan Wanniarachchi)AFP – At least eight people were killed and scores more wounded Monday in the bombing of a packed commuter train by suspected Tamil rebels in the suburbs of the Sri Lankan capital, officials said.

Former Ethiopian leader Mengistu Haile Mariam pictured in Harare, Zimbabwe, in 1986. Ethiopia's Supreme Court has sentenced former dictator Mengistu to death in his absence, along with 17 senior officials of his regime, overturning a previous life term on appeal.(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)AFP – Ethiopia’s Supreme Court sentenced former dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam to death in his absence Monday, along with 17 senior officials of his regime, overturning a previous life term on appeal.

Iraq says 6 suspected teenage bombers detained (AP)

Written by on Monday, May 26th, 2008 in Latest News.

An Iraqi soldier stands guard in front of an Iraqi tank in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 26, 2008. Iraqi police officials in Sadr City said a roadside bomb exploded on the southern edge of the district, setting a U.S. armored vehicle ablaze. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP – Six teenage boys who said they were being trained as suicide bombers were detained Monday in the northern city of Mosul, Iraqi officials said.



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