India has ended its unmanned moon mission after failed attempts to regain contact with the orbiter, an official said Monday.
India ends moon mission
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Egypt: 34 fishermen freed months after Somalia hijacking
Thirty-four fishermen are free four months after the two Egyptian vessels they were on were hijacked off the coast of Somalia, an Egyptian official said Friday.
At least 20 killed in Iraq blast
At least 20 people were killed and 30 wounded in a double suicide bombing Thursday in northern Iraq, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said. Two suicide bombers with explosive vests carried out the attack at a cafe in Sinjar, a town west of Mosul.
Man in custody after terminal at LaGuardia evacuated
Authorities have a man in custody after evacuating LaGuardia Airport’s Central Terminal early Saturday morning, a Port Authority official said.
Five die in Italian Riviera train-gas blast
A gas explosion from a cargo train carrying fuel tanks killed at least five people and injured 35 others Monday night in a town in western Italy, a local government official said. The train, traveling from La Spezia to Pisa, was carrying gas tanks and derailed while passing through the station in the coastal town of Viareggio, the official, Antonio Garufi, told CNN
U.S. tracking N. Korea ship with possible weapons, official says
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Suicide bomber kills 17 in Afghanistan
A suicide bomber blew himself up near a gas station in southern Afghanistan, killing 17 people and injuring 20 more, an official said Saturday.
Hamas, Fatah clash kills six in West Bank
Six people were killed Sunday when Fatah security forces got into a gun battle with Hamas militants whom they were trying to arrest, an official said.
Pakistan claims 10 killed in U.S. missile strikes
Ten people were killed early Saturday when suspected U.S. missile strikes hit a religious school in Pakistan’s tribal region along the Afghan border, a Pakistani intelligence official said.
American who swam to Suu Kyi’s home faces 3 charges
Three charges have been filed against a Missouri man who is accused of swimming across a lake and sneaking into the home of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi while she was under house arrest, a U.S. Embassy official said Friday. A hearing for John Yettaw was held Friday at Insein Prison near Yangon, where Suu Kyi also is being held.