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- US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 642
(AP)
AP - As of Friday, July 3, 2009, at least 642 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Thursday at 10 a.m. EDT.
- Three people killed in tower fire
Two children and an woman have died and 30 people were rescued after a fire swept through a tower block in London. The children, a three-week-old baby and a seven-year-old, were caught up in the blaze at 12-storey Lakanal House on the Sceaux Gardens
- Israel Sends Subs through Suez Canal
The Israeli Navy has returned to sailing through the Suez Canal, recently sending one of its advanced Dolphin-class submarines through the waterway to participate in naval maneuvers off the Eilat coast in the Red Sea, the Jerusalem Post has learned.
- Irish aid worker kidnapped in Darfur: ministry
LONDON (AFP) An Irish aid worker has been kidnapped in the troubled Darfur region of Sudan, a spokeswoman for the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin confirmed Friday. 'An Irish citizen has been kidnapped in the region,' the spokeswoman said, after
- Trapped in 'le jungle' ? but still dreaming of El Dorado
Calais/Afghan migrant refugees at a car park feeding station wait for handouts. Photograph: Martin Argles Amid the crowds of young men sleeping rough in a fetid squat in the Calais sand dunes, Naseer, 15, stood out as a new arrival. The eager Afghan
- Despite the risk, site is a lure for the desperate
Calais/Afghan migrant refugee with temporary shelter in sand dunes Photograph: Martin Argles In 1999, at the request of the French government, the Red Cross opened the Sangatte camp, close to the Eurotunnel complex, to shelter and feed migrants. A
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