Fatigue leaves 10,000 British troops unfit for war duty.

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Lille - Dozens of French youths clashed with police in a town in northeast France overnight, burning cars during a rampage triggered by the killing of a 22-year-old man, an official said on Sunday.
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A man police said was on a murder mission plowed into pedestrians with a truck in a crowded Tokyo neighborhood Sunday and then stabbed 17 people in three minutes, killing at least seven in a grisly attack that shocked Japan.Read the rest of this entry »

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Tokyo, Japan - A man armed with a knife killed seven people and injured 11 others in a busy Tokyo shopping district. Eyewitnesses described how the attacker drove a truck into a crowd in the early afternoon, and then began stabbing people at random.

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U.S. and British diplomats were attacked Thursday as they tried to investigate political violence in Zimbabwe and a U.S. Embassy staffer was beaten, an embassy spokesman said. The group was still being held some six hours after being stopped at a roadblock just north of Harare, spokesman Paul Engelstad said.
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Thirty people were killed when a bus crashed over a cliff into a river in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province. Emergency service spokesman Chris Botha said the bus landed upside down in the river after a 80-metre fall. Thirty people were killed with at least 30 other passengers trapped inside.Read the rest of this entry »

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Police dash cam,May 26/08:An "erratic" driver hit three police cruisers and another car in a chase through Boynton Beach that ended on Interstate 95 on Monday afternoon. About 2 p.m., Boynton Beach police responded to reports of a white station wagon weaving in and out of traffic while heading south on Seacrest Boulevard, spokeswoman Stephanie Slater said.Read the rest of this entry »

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President Pervez Musharraf reiterating that without the settlement of the Kashmir dispute peace in the region would remain a distant dream said that Confidence Building Measures between Pakistan and India are meaningless if no progress on Kashmir is made.
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This happened in Ruoholahti, Helsinki, which is not the most wanted neighborhood. Even the guard isn't a pro fighter, i think he handles the situation well. The man had caused panic at the metro station wawing his knife and harrassing bypassers, and this is the outcome. I wonder why i can't see any police around. They usually respond fast in situations like this.Read the rest of this entry »

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This was recently recorded in Moscow. There wsn't any information provided other than it was recorded by an EMT supervisor, and the tunnel had been closed to traffic for inspection or whatnot, so perhaps wasn't newsworthy because nobody inconvenienced other than having to do detours.Read the rest of this entry »

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Prime Minster Yousuf Raza Gilani has urged more public, business delegations and high level contacts between Bangladesh and Pakistan during a meeting with Bangladeshi foreign affairs advisor Dr. Iftikhar Ahmed. Bangladeshi foreign affairs advisor met with Premier Gilani at PM secretariat here on Thursday.Read the rest of this entry »

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An important meeting participated by well-known law expert, Sharifuddin Pirzada, Attorney General of Pakistan Malik Muhammad Qayum and former federal secretary law, Mansoor Khan held here on Thursday.
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Pakistan on Thursday said it has been pursuing a comprehensive policy against terrorism which combines political, socioeconomic and military elements. Foreign Office Spokesman Muhammad Sadiq in his weekly briefing said, “The government believes that the military action alone will not be effective in permanently ending the menace of terrorism.”Read the rest of this entry »

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Sindh High Court (SHC) Wednesday transferred Asif Zardari’s plea for withdrawal of charges in container case to another judge. The counsel of Asif Ali Zardari in a petition filed in SHC said that the case was filed against his client in 1997 and pleaded the court to dismiss the case.Read the rest of this entry »

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