MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – More than 700 people were killed during a five-day uprising by a radical Islamic sect in northern Nigeria and the search for bodies is continuing, Red Cross and defence officials said yesterday.
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SULAIMANIYA, Iraq – Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and President Masoud Barzani held a rare meeting yesterday, agreeing only to further talks to solve a row over land and oil seen as the greatest threat to Iraqi security.
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WASHINGTON – Top U.S. officials said yesterday it may be necessary to extend jobless benefits to firm up an economic recovery unlikely to create jobs until next year and declined to rule out future tax increases to tame massive budget deficits.
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KABUL – Three Americans were among five foreign troops killed in Afghanistan yesterday, continuing a deadly trend ahead of a presidential election this month.
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MOSCOW – Three workers from Russia’s Emergency Ministry were gunned down in the Ingushetia region yesterday and a policeman was shot dead overnight in nearby Dagestan, underscoring simmering tension in the country’s south.
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JERUSALEM – Israeli police evicted two Palestinian families yesterday from homes in Arab East Jerusalem and Jews moved in, despite pressure from Israel’s main ally, the United States, to freeze settlements.
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MINGORA, Pakistan – Pakistan re-opened schools over the weekend in the Swat valley where troops have been fighting Taliban guerrillas for over three months.
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TBILISI – President Mikheil Saakashvili said Georgia knows it cannot take back its Russian-backed rebel regions militarily but fears Moscow has designs on Tbilisi.
