Lucknow, India (AFP) Jul 29, 2006 - Another 21 people died from lightning and house collapses in northern India, an official said Saturday, taking the nationwide death toll to at least 328 since the monsoon began two months ago.
Beirut (AFP) Jul 29, 2006 - Israel's bombardment of fuel tanks at a power plant in southern Lebanon has caused the biggest environmental catastrophe ever in the Mediterranean, Lebanon's environment minister charged on Saturday.
Washington (AFP) Jul 29, 2006 - The US military's rules of engagement in Iraq go on trial next week with the start of an inquiry into the killing of three Iraqi men who were shot after being captured by US soldiers.
Camp Asaka, Japan (AFP) Jul 29, 2006 - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Saturday drew the curtain on the deployment of Japanese troops in Iraq, a historic mission he had initiated to put Japan on the map of global turmoil.
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Jul 29, 2006 - Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri said a powerful new nuclear reactor under construction was safe in our hands and would not spark an arms race with rival India.
Beirut (AFP) Jul 29, 2006 - Israeli air forces Saturday renewed raids on Beirut's southern suburbs, a stronghold of the Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah, destroying a four-wheel-drive vehicle in a missile strike, the state news agency ANI said.
New Delhi (AFP) Jul 29, 2006 - Pakistan's Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said India does not share Islamabad's passion for peace between the South Asian rivals in an interview published Saturday.
Beijing (AFP) Jul 29, 2006 - US retail giant Wal-Mart Stores saw its first trade union formed Saturday for workers at one its 60 shops in China where it started doing business in 1996, state media reported.
Islamabad (AFP) Jul 29, 2006 - At least 30 people were feared dead after flash floods swept them away overnight in northern Pakistan, an official said Saturday.
Beirut (AFP) Jul 29, 2006 - The Mediterranean is threatened by its worst ever environmental disaster after Israel's bombing of a power plant in Lebanon sent thousands of tonnes of fuel gushing into the sea, the environment minister charged on Saturday.
Kabul (AFP) Jul 29, 2006 - The British commander of NATO forces in south Afghanistan said Saturday that his troops would focus on helping rebuild the country rather than hunting for Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants.
Kabul (AFP) Jul 29, 2006 - A major part of the violence in southern Afghanistan is due to opium poppy cultivation and drug trafficking, the commander of NATO forces in the troubled country said Saturday.
Kathmandu (AFP) Jul 29, 2006 - Nepal's new government has promised to continue its one China policy and said it will not allow any anti-Chinese activities in the Himalayan nation, a minister said Saturday.
London (AFP) Jul 29, 2006 - Two US cargo aircraft carrying weapons for Israel are due to make stop-overs at a Scottish airport over the weekend with the approval of the British government, airport authorities said Saturday.
Madrid (AFP) Jul 29, 2006 - A 74-year-old man became the 12th victim of the heatwave sweeping much of Spain after he died in hospital at Castellon near Valencia in the southeast of the country after several days in a coma, Spanish media reported Saturday.
Beijing (AFP) Jul 29, 2006 - The toll from an explosion that ripped through a chemical plant in eastern China rose on Saturday to 22 dead and 29 injured, state media said.
