AFP
Fri Apr 7, 4:27 AM ET KATHMANDU - Hundreds more protesters have been arrested in Nepal on the second day of a general strike amid violent demonstrations demanding King Gyanendra restore democracy.
"At least 100 people from Nepali Congress and 100 from the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist) were arrested Friday morning" in the capital, said Nepali Congress Party secretary Shovarkar Parajuli. He vowed the protests, which have seen several hundred people arrested over the past two days, would go on. |
Reuters
April 7, 2006 KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A suicide car-bomber rammed a vehicle leaving a British military base in Afghanistan on Friday in the first suicide attack aimed at British forces stationed in the volatile south, police said.
Provincial police chief Abdur Rahman said two British soldiers were wounded in the blast just outside the base in Lashkar Ghar, capital of the southern province of Helmand, said The suicide bomber was killed, he said. |
Reuters
Fri Apr 7, 3:53 AM ET MOSCOW - Russia has bought a fleet of Israeli water cannon to douse anti-globalization protesters when second city St Petersburg hosts the Group of Eight summit this summer, a newspaper reported on Friday.
Restrictions on foreigners traveling to Russia and tight security at the July 15-17 summit make it unlikely there will be a repeat of the noisy protests seen at previous G8 gatherings. But Russian police are taking no chances. |
06/ 04/ 2006
RIA Novosti XIANGANG, Hong Kong - Customs officials in Hong Kong said Thursday they are continuing to investigate a Russian-made MiG-29 fighter plane allegedly being shipped by a Ukrainian firm to a U.S. company.
"We do not have evidence so far indicating that the fighter was being smuggled," a customs official told RIA Novosti. The official said the plane - missing engines, ammunition, and "some other parts" - was discovered among containers and goods during a routine customs check on board a ship traveling from Ukraine to the United States. |
AFP
April 7, 2006 PARIS - France's ruling party held a final day of talks with unions on Friday over a divisive youth jobs reform, as business leaders called for a rapid end to the crisis to avoid harming the French economy.
Unions and student groups - in a position of strength after two months of demonstrations that have drawn millions into the street - have threatened more mass protests unless the measure is abrogated by the end of next week. |
AFP
April 7, 2006 |
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