Nation Digest

Nation Digest


Nation Digest

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 09:00 PM PDT

The U.S. Border Patrol says it has arrested more than 100 people from Haiti for allegedly entering Vermont illegally from Canada since a massive earthquake devastated the Caribbean nation.


Second blast hits town in Russia's Ingushetia

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 11:09 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A town in Russia's turbulent region of Ingushetia was rocked by a second blast on Monday at the scene of a suicide bombing that killed at least two policeman, a spokesman for the interior ministry said.


Four dead in Hollywood shooting

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 07:42 PM PDT

Police in California are searching for a man who walked into a restaurant and opened fire, killing four people.


Suicide bomber kills two policemen in Russia (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 10:47 PM PDT

Reuters - A suicide bomber killed two policemen and wounded a third near the police headquarters of a town in Russia's North Caucasus region of Ingushetia on Monday, officials said.


Taliban torch NATO tankers in Pakistan: officials (AFP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 10:49 PM PDT

A Pakistani policeman watches burning NATO oil supply tankers on the outskirts of Peshawar in April 2009. Taliban armed with petrol bombs and rockets attacked a terminal in northwest Pakistan on Monday, torching eight tankers used to supply fuel to NATO forces in Afghanistan, officials said.(AFP/File/Hasham Ahmed)AFP - Taliban armed with petrol bombs and rockets attacked a terminal in northwest Pakistan on Monday, torching eight tankers used to supply fuel to NATO forces in Afghanistan, officials said.



Four dead in Hollywood shooting

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 07:42 PM PDT

Police in California are searching for a man who walked into a restaurant and opened fire, killing four people.


UN staff die in DR Congo clashes

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 10:24 PM PDT

Deaths follow clashes between government troops and tribal fighters in Mbandaka.


Suicide bomber kills two policemen in Russia

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 10:47 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed two policemen and wounded a third near the police headquarters of a town in Russia's North Caucasus region of Ingushetia on Monday, officials said.


Suicide bomb kills policeman in Russia's Ingushetia

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 10:39 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A suicide bomb went off near the police headquarters in a town in Russia's North Caucasus region of Ingushetia killing at least one policemen, a spokesman for the local interior ministry said on Monday.


Pakistan's Army accused of extra-judicial killings

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 10:39 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pakistani army is facing fresh accusations of carrying out extra-judicial killings and torture, claims which could threaten U.S. funding for any units singled out for abuse.


War still raging for South Korean POWs in North

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 10:39 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - Somewhere in North Korea, more than 500 South Korean prisoners of war have been held for more than half a century, all but certain to spend their final days in the secretive state without a chance of ever returning home.


Suicide bomb kills policeman in Russia's Ingushetia (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 10:03 PM PDT

Reuters - A suicide bomb went off near the police headquarters in a town in Russia's North Caucasus region of Ingushetia killing at least one policemen, a spokesman for the local interior ministry said on Monday.


Taliban holding Japan journalist in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 10:11 PM PDT

Map of Afghanistan locating Baghlan province, where a Japanese freelance journalist was kidnapped, according to media reports in Japan Monday.(AFP/Graphic)AFP - A Japanese freelance journalist missing in Afghanistan since last week is being held by the Taliban in the country's north, media reports in Japan citing unnamed insurgent sources said Monday.



At least 95 workers survive China mine flood: state tv

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 08:29 PM PDT

BEIJING -At least 95 miners have survived a mine flood in a north China colliery, state television said Monday, eight days after the disaster struck.

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More than 70 workers found alive in China mine: state tv

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 08:29 PM PDT

BEIJING - More than 70 workers have been found alive in a Chinese mine that flooded eight days ago, state-run China Central Television said Monday, citing rescue officials.

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Major Mexico quake also jolts LA

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 04:00 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES – A powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake in northwestern Mexico near the Mexico-US border rocked buildings as far away as Los Angeles, and was felt in a wide area in the two countries, officials said.

Mexican officials reported some minor injuries and damage to buildings in Mexicali, a border city near the

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Nato admits Afghan civilian deaths

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 09:49 PM PDT

Three women and two men were killed during night raid in Paktia province in February.


Pakistan's Army accused of extra-judicial killings

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 10:21 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pakistani army is facing fresh accusations of carrying out extra-judicial killings and torture, claims which could threaten U.S. funding for any units singled out for abuse.


Suicide bomb kills policeman in Russia's Ingushetia

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 10:03 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A suicide bomb went off near the police headquarters in a town in Russia's North Caucasus region of Ingushetia killing at least one policemen, a spokesman for the local interior ministry said on Monday.


War still raging for South Korean POWs in North

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 09:55 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - Somewhere in North Korea, more than 500 South Korean prisoners of war have been held for more than half a century, all but certain to spend their final days in the secretive state without a chance of ever returning home.