Month: June 2011

THE presumed head of Al-Qaeda in east Africa, Fazul Abdullah Muhammad, wanted for blowing up the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, was killed in Mogadishu this week. Fazul Abdullah, 38, is thought to have […] […]

After a month of testing thousands of vegetables, simple detective work has trumped science in the hunt for the source of the world’s deadliest E. coli outbreak. The culprit: sprouts. Health officials said sprouts from […] […]

YAYLADAGI – Elite Syrian forces moved swiftly through the country’s restive north yesterday, raining tank shells on rebellious towns, torching farmland and shooting protesters who tried to tear down a poster of President Bashar Assad. […] […]

A massive wildfire that has claimed more than 30 homes and forced nearly than 10,000 people to evacuate is likely to spread into New Mexico soon, authorities said, threatening more towns and possibly endangering two […] […]

TOKYO—Protesters in Tokyo prepared Saturday to hold mass demonstrations against the use of nuclear power, as Japanese marked the three-month anniversary of the powerful earthquake and tsunami that killed tens of thousands and triggered one […] […]

A SHI’ITE militant group that Washington alleges is sponsored by neighbouring Iran has claimed responsibility for this week’s rocket attack that killed five American soldiers in Iraq. Ketaib Hezbollah said in a statement posted on […] […]

TURKEY has offered Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi a :guarantee” in return for his departure from the north African country but has received no reply, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says. Gaddafi “has no other option […] […]

THE commander of a provincial Afghan police rapid reaction force was killed today in a suicide attack that also claimed another officer’s life and wounded 23 people. The bomber blew himself up in front of […] […]

ONE of Britain’s biggest computer games developers was today investigating a security breach that saw the personal details of its customers stolen. Codemasters – which makes games for consoles including Microsoft Xbox and Nintendo Wii […] […]