At least seven people were killed and nine wounded when a suicide bomber detonated at a security checkpoint near a military facility outside of the capital, Islamabad, police said.
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Reports: Shelling kills at least 30 in Somalia
At least 30 people died and 70 were wounded in shelling on a marketplace in the Somali capital of Mogadishu Thursday, according to journalists and emergency services.
Typhoon strengthens as it nears the Philippines
As the Philippines tried to recover from the one-two punch of deadly storms, another typhoon strengthened as it rushed toward it Tuesday. Typhoon Lupit, bringing winds of 121 mph (195 kph), was expected to hit part of the southeast Asian islands Thursday, the country’s National Disaster Coordinating Council said
Typhoon nears Philippines, as toll rises
A powerful typhoon lumbered toward the storm-battered Philippines on Monday, as the death toll from two devastating storms in the last month climbed to 858.
Strong quake rattles Indonesian capital
A strong earthquake rattled the Indonesian island of Java on Friday, sending panicked people into the streets of the capital city, Jakarta.
Tom Joyner gets justice for electrocuted kin, 94 years later
Nationally syndicated radio host Tom Joyner raised his hand in victory. Nearly 100 years had passed since his great-uncles, Thomas Griffin and Meeks Griffin, were wrongfully executed in South Carolina.
Cilic stuns Nadal to reach Beijing final
Marian Cilic will face second seed Novak Djokovic in the final of the China Open on Sunday after handing world No. 2 Rafael Nadal his first defeat in Beijing
Round-up of qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup finals
Qualifying for the 2010 World Cup finals is reaching its climax, with footballing heavyweights such as Italy, Germany, Argentina, France and Portugal still battling to be in the hat when the draw is made in Cape Town on December 4. Top seed Nadal, who won the tournament in 2005 and also claimed the gold medal at the 2008 Olympics, lost 6-1 6-3 to the eighth-seeded Croatian wildcard entry to end his 14-match winning run in the Chinese capital
Veil Opening: New Rights, and Challenges, for Saudi Women
Like those of its competitors in New York or London, the sleek glass and steel offices of media company Rotana are filled with preening attitude and fashion-conscious staffers: assistants teeter in shoes that might have absorbed much of their monthly paycheck; executives parade the halls in power suits and pencil skirts. But Rotana isn’t in New York or London; it’s in Riyadh, capital of Saudi Arabia, a country in which women normally adhere to a strict dress code in public — a black cloak called an abaya, a headscarf and a veil, the niqab, which covers everything but their eyes.
Safina and Venus crash out in Beijing
World number one Dinara Safina and third seed Venus Williams crashed out in major upsets at the China Open in Beijing on Monday. Venus was the first to go as she lost for the second successive week to Russian teenager Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.