Pakistan police targeted as attacks kill 15

Pakistan police targeted as attacks kill 15


Pakistan police targeted as attacks kill 15

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 10:42 PM PDT

LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Gunmen attacked police offices in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Thursday and a car bomb exploded outside another in the northwest, killing at least 15 people after a week of violence in which more than 100 people died.


Hunger levels "alarming" in S.Asia, Africa - report

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 10:42 PM PDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - The world has made little progress in reducing hunger since 1990, a new report said on Wednesday, pointing to 29 countries with alarming levels of malnutrition, mainly in Africa and South Asia.


Gunmen attack three police centres in Pakistan city

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 10:42 PM PDT

LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Gunmen launched three coordinated attacks on Pakistani police centres in the city of Lahore on Thursday and at least five people were killed, police and city officials said.


Pakistan police offices attacked

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 10:23 PM PDT

Gunmen have attacked police offices in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, with a number of people reported to have been killed. Shots were heard inside one Federal Investigation Agency building, with reports that two more police offices were also under attack.


US 'to boost Afghanistan troops'

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 06:56 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama may announce a substantial surge in US troops to Afghanistan, the BBC understands.


Hunger to Learn: Swat valley girls

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 10:25 PM PDT

As part of the BBC's Hunger to Learn series, Aleem Maqbool visited a girls school in Pakistan's Swat valley that was burnt down by the Taliban.


Arctic to be 'ice-free in summer'

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 10:15 PM PDT

The Arctic Ocean could lose most of its ice in summertime in as little as 10 years, British research suggests.


Pakistan police offices attacked

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 10:23 PM PDT

Gunmen have attacked police offices in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, with a number of people reported to have been killed. Shots were heard inside one Federal Investigation Agency building, with reports that two more police offices were also under attack.


US 'to boost Afghanistan troops'

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 06:56 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama may announce a substantial surge in US troops to Afghanistan, the BBC understands.


Hunger to Learn: Swat valley girls

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 10:25 PM PDT

As part of the BBC's Hunger to Learn series, Aleem Maqbool visited a girls school in Pakistan's Swat valley that was burnt down by the Taliban.


Arctic to be 'ice-free in summer'

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 10:15 PM PDT

The Arctic Ocean could lose most of its ice in summertime in as little as 10 years, British research suggests.


5 dead in attack on Pakistan police: official (AFP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 10:04 PM PDT

Map locating Lahore in Pakistan. Five people including three police officers were killed in an attack Thursday on the police investigation building in the eastern city of Lahore, a police official said.(AFP graphic)AFP - Five people including three police officers were killed in an attack Thursday on the police investigation building in the eastern city of Lahore, a police official said.



Gov't pledges extra troops for Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 09:36 PM PDT

A British soldier stands guard during a patrol on the outskirts of Kabul in July. Britain announced it was sending an extra 500 soldiers to Afghanistan, as US President Barack Obama huddled with his war cabinet to decide whether to deploy thousands more US troops.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AFP - Britain announced it was sending an extra 500 soldiers to Afghanistan, as US President Barack Obama huddled with his war cabinet to decide whether to deploy thousands more US troops.



Bill Gates pledge to developing world farmers (AFP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 10:05 PM PDT

Indian farm workers carry harvested rice. Microsoft co-founder turned philanthropist Bill Gates is set to unveil grants totaling 120 million dollars to promote dynamic, home-grown, sustainable agriculture in Africa and India.(AFP/File/Diptendu Dutta)AFP - Microsoft co-founder turned philanthropist Bill Gates on Thursday will unveil grants totaling 120 million dollars to promote dynamic, home-grown, sustainable agriculture in Africa and India.



Pakistan police targeted as attacks kill 15 (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 10:08 PM PDT

Map locating Lahore in Pakistan. Five people including three police officers were killed in an attack Thursday on the police investigation building in the eastern city of Lahore, a police official said.(AFP graphic)Reuters - Gunmen attacked police offices in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Thursday and a car bomb exploded outside another in the northwest, killing at least 15 people after a week of violence in which more than 100 people died.



Five killed in attack on Pakistan police agency

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 10:11 PM PDT

LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Five people were killed when gunmen attacked a regional headquarters of the Pakistani police's Federal Investigation Agency in the city of Lahore on Thursday, a senior police official said. One of the dead was a gunmen, the police official told reporters, adding that he building had been cleared of attackers.


Magnitude 6.0 quake hits off Samoa - USGS

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 10:11 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A strong magnitude 6.0 quake struck in the ocean off Western Samoa, the U.S. Geological Survey reported on Wednesday, less than two weeks after the Pacific islands were hit by a series of tsunamis sparked by a powerful 8.0 earthquake.


Egypt opposition launches anti-succession campaign

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 10:11 PM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - A prominent Egyptian opposition leader said on Wednesday he was launching a campaign to block President Hosni Mubarak from passing on his post at the helm of the most populous Arab country to his politician son Gamal.


Gunmen attack police offices in Pakistan

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 10:11 PM PDT

LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Gunmen attacked Pakistani police offices in the eastern city of Lahore on Thursday, a provincial government official said.


Japan tells US it will stop naval mission: Kyodo

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 06:17 PM PDT

TOKYO - Japan's Parliamentary Defence Secretary Akihisa Nagashima said he told the United States that Tokyo will halt a refuelling mission backing US forces in Afghanistan, Kyodo news agency reported Thursday.

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