NATO hits Taliban compound outside of besieged southern Afghan town
Herald Tribune - KANDAHAR, Afghanistan: A NATO airstrike targeted a compound housing Taliban fighters outside a southern Afghan town that the militants took control of two weeks ago, a resident said. The airstrike, which hit the compound at about 6 a.m. on Wednesday
11 dead in Iran bomb attack on elite force
Forbes - The bus was taking the guards from their housing compound in the city of Zahedan to a military base when gunfire forced it to stop in front of the booby-trapped car, which then exploded. An attack of this size and nature -- a bomb strike on an elite
Vegas race will have cars with smaller fuel cells
ESPN.com - DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- NASCAR will use a smaller fuel cell and a different tire compound for the Nextel Cup and Busch races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway March 10-11. "We decided to go with a 13-gallon fuel tank for Las Vegas," said Pemberton. "We
Report: Newsprint Prices Expected to Ease
Editor and Puplisher - Appert notes that while the cost per ton of newsprint has grown at a compound annual growth rate of 1.8% since 1980 -- below the rate of inflation -- producers responded by cutting capacity giving them more control over pricing. Our sense
Somalia: Inhabitants in the Somali Capital Flee As Violence Increases
AllAfrica.com - Former Digfer hospital in south of Mogadishu has entirely been vacated as the Ethiopian troops made their military base in Digfer, which is currently a refugee compound. Fadumo Ali, a refugee mother of five children, told Shabelle Tuesday that she and
CHRONOLOGY-Nigerian militant attacks on oil, gas industries
Reuters - One near the compound of Italy's Agip and the second in the Shell residential compound. There are no casualties. -- Dec. 21 - Armed militants storm the Obagi field facility in Rivers State, operated by Total, killing three people. -- Militants plant a
NATO airstrike targets Taliban leader
Deutsche Welle - NATO planes have pounded a compound in southern Afghanistan in a strike targeting a senior Taliban commander. The International Security Assistance Force said it believed the strike had killed the commander, who was linked to a spike in attacks in
Airstrike Kills Taliban Chief, 10 Others
ABC News - KANDAHAR, Afghanistan Feb 14, 2007 (AP) A NATO airstrike early Wednesday destroyed a compound housing a Taliban leader blamed for a wave of violence across southern Afghanistan, killing him and at least 10 others, NATO said. NATO said the slain
