AP - Hezbollah instructors trained Shiite militiamen at remote camps in southern Iraq until three months ago when they slipped across the border to Iran — presumably to continue instruction on Iranian soil, according to two Shiite lawmakers and a top army officer.
AP - Not long after two top commanders of Latin America's last major rebel army were killed — one in a raid, the other by a turncoat bodyguard — Diego Canizares decided to call it quits.
AP - A 69-year-old Australian man was charged with hacking his two grandchildren and wife to death with an ax and badly wounding his daughter, police said Tuesday. -- read full article
Reuters - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged
the Group of Eight rich nations on Tuesday to stick with a
three-year old pledge to raise African aid levels to $25
billion a year, after a report the leaders may be about to
backtrack.
AP - U.S. imports of Venezuelan oil and oil products fell by 11.7 percent to a five-year low in the first four months of the year, the U.S. government said Monday, while Venezuela boosted oil shipments to its budding ally, China, instead. -- read full article
AP - As of Monday, June 30, 2008, at least 4,113 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. -- read full article
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AFP - Belgian-Brazilian brewing giant InBev stood by its takeover offer for Anheuser-Busch on Tuesday after being turned down last week, but left the door open for a hostile bid.
AP - Nepalese police detained 42 Tibetan monks and nuns Tuesday after the group trekked for five days through the Himalayas to protest China's crackdown on dissidents in their homeland, officials said. -- read full article
AP - Secrecy surrounded the start of talks between envoys of the Dalai Lama and the Chinese government on Tuesday aimed at easing tensions following anti-government riots in Tibet in March.
AP - Portuguese media are reporting that police are dropping their investigation into last year's disappearance of a British girl due to a lack of evidence. -- read full article
AP - Helicopters and a bomber attacked insurgents massing in eastern Afghanistan under cover of darkness, killing an estimated 33 people, the U.S.-led coalition said Tuesday.
AP - A 69-year-old man suspected of hacking his two grandchildren and wife to death with an ax and badly wounding his daughter has been arrested, police said Monday. -- read full article
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:10:48 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
Reuters - Envoys from six countries plan to
meet in Beijing next week to discuss how to advance an accord
under which North Korea promised to abandon its nuclear weapons
and programs, a U.S. official said on Monday.
