DELARAM, AFGHANISTAN Since taking over as the top U.S and NATO commander in , Gen. has cautioned his troops against relying on aircraft to bomb targets unless there is a clear insurgent threat, as such bombings have killed civilians and inflamed anti-American sentiment among Afghans.Still, the use of Predator and Reaper drones to fire missiles, while not as frequent as in , is increasingly comm
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – The tiny bodies of children lay in piles next to the ruins of their collapsed school.People with faces covered by white dust and the blood of open wounds roamed the streets.Frantic doctors wrapped heads and stitched up sliced limbs in a hotel parking lot.The poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, still struggling to recover from the relentless strikes of four cat
AMSTERDAM – An ArkeFly flight carrying 235 people from Amsterdam to Aruba in the Caribbean was forced to divert to Ireland on Wednesday after an unruly Dutch passenger made false bomb threats during the flight.ArkeFly said Flight 361 landed at Shannon Airport, where the man was handed over to authorities.There were 224 passengers and 11 crew aboard the Boeing 767.Irish police gave the all
CAIRO – Coptic Christians protested in Cairo on Wednesday at last week's killing of six Copts in southern Egypt, accusing state officials of responding inadequately and demanding that the culprits face justice.The protesters, who chanted anti-government slogans and addressed President Hosni Mubarak by name, said there was unequal treatment of minorities in the Muslim country. Mubarak why a
KABUL The survey, by the U.N's human rights office in , said the new American commander, Gen.Stanley A.McChrystal, had largely succeeded in his goal of reducing Afghan civilian deaths by sharply restricting the use of airstrikes.But at the same time, the report said, the Taliban has stepped up efforts at intimidation through mass-casualty suicide attacks, the use of more powerful roadside bombs a
The U.S military is urgently dispatching a Navy aircraft carrier and large-deck amphibious ship, as well as military transport aircraft and assessment teams, to Haiti to assist with the earthquake relief effort, a senior U.S military official said Wednesday. We are massing our forces to provide as much support as we can as quickly as we can, said Air Force Gen.Douglas Fraser, head of U.S Sout
GENEVA – Sniffer dogs, high-energy biscuits and tons of emergency medical aid were heading to Haiti on Wednesday as governments and aid groups launched a massive relief effort for the estimated 3 million people reeling from a devastating earthquake.Aid officials in the impoverished Caribbean nation worked to clear rubble from roads, build makeshift hospitals and remove bodies from the rubbl
As Haitians pick through rubble in the wake of last night's 7.0 earthquake, aid groups around the world are mobilizing at a breakneck pace to help the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation recover.The good news: Many aid groups have operations in Haiti, which has long been crippled by political instability and was pounded by a series of hurricanes in 2008.But the bad news is that many of the buildi
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