UNITED KINGDOM - 'Cruel' Britons jailed
LONDON (Reuters): A judge jailed five "cruel and ruthless" Britons for life yesterday for plotting al Qaida-inspired bomb attacks on targets across Britain ranging from nightclubs to trains and a shopping centre.
US April death toll surpasses 100
BAGHDAD (Reuters): Five United States soldiers were killed in Iraq on the weekend, raising the number of American troops killed this month to over 100, and making April one of the deadliest of the war for U.S. forces...
ISRAEL - Inquiry into Lebanon war criticises Olmert
JERUSALEM (Reuters): Israel's Lebanon war commission levelled scathing criticism against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in an interim report yesterday that cast doubt on his political future, but did not call on him...
PERU - Miners' strike draws moderate support
LIMA (Reuters):Peru's largest mining union started a nationwide strike yesterday to demand better job benefits, but it was not clear what the impact would be as workers at many of the top pits reported for duty.The strike was supported by most workers...
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