By Challiss McDonough Cairo 22 May 2007 Fighting between the Lebanese army and an Islamic extremist group raged on for a third day in a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon. At least 66 people are reported killed since the battles began Sunday,...
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 21 May 2007 Fighting between the Lebanese army and Islamic extremists has been raging around a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon. The death toll has climbed to more than 50 since the gunbattles started Sunday. VOA...
By Patricia Nunan New Delhi 02 August 2006 A civilian wounded in shelling by Tamil Tiger rebels receives treatment in a hospital in Trincomalee, about 230 kilometers (144 miles) northeast of Colombo In Eastern Sri Lanka, government forces are exchan...
By Sonja Pace Jerusalem 26 July 2006 Fierce fighting between Israeli troops and Hezbollah militants raged in southern Lebanon with the Israeli military saying eight of its troops have been killed and 20 others wounded. The Israeli military says doze...
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Dili 27 May 2006 The East Timorese capital, Dili, has descended into chaos, with gangs of youths armed with guns and knives torching houses and burning cars while international peacekeepers from Australia, New Zealand, and Ma...
By Cathy Majtenyi Gode 20 March 2006 The Somali region of southeastern Ethiopia is being hit by a drought that is also affecting parts of Kenya and Somalia. Residents and aid workers fear that widespr...