The Iraqi government raised the death toll on Saturday from a truck bomb in the town of Tal Afar to 152, making it the deadliest single bombing of the four-year-old war.Interior Ministry spokesman Brigadier Abdul Kareem Khalaf said 347 people were wounded in Tuesday's attack on a Shi'ite area. There was another truck bomb in the mixed northwestern town on Tuesday, but it was small. Khalaf said 100 homes had been destroyed in the main blast, which officials have blamed on al Qaeda. The explosion left a 23-meter (75-ft)-wide crater. "It took us a while to recover all the bodies from underneath the rubble of the homes … what did they achieve by using two tons of explosive to kill and wound 500 in a residential area?" Khalaf asked at a news conference. ...
http://abcnews.go.com
censor News |
Editor - 09:01:00 03-31-07
|
 Hugo Chavez Imposes Easter Ban on Alcohol Sales in Venezuela |
| President Hugo Chavez has taken his country by surprise, imposing a ban on alcohol sales during Holy Week that has prompted a run on liquor stores by an alarmed public.Aimed at reducing the spike in alcohol-lin.. full News |
Editor - 09:00:00 03-31-07
|
| List of recalled pet foods grows longer |
| The recall of contaminated pet foods expanded Saturday to include a new brand, even as investigators puzzled over how a chemical called melamine would kill dogs and cats. Nestlé Purina PetCare Co. said it was r.. full News |
Editor - 08:59:00 03-31-07
|
| Car Going Wrong Way Hits Greyhound Bus Head-On in Alabama, Killing 1 Person and Injuring 20 |
| A car going the wrong way on a divided highway collided head-on with a Greyhound bus early Saturday, killing one person and injuring 20, police said. The car, driven by a young woman, was headed southbound in a.. full News |
Editor - 08:57:00 03-31-07
|
| Body lies in driveway during 16-hour police standoff |
| A 16-hour standoff between police and a man, who shot and killed his mother in the driveway of the house he was holing up in, ended early Saturday in the man's death, police said.James "Mike" Peters, 42, is bel.. full News |
Editor - 08:56:00 03-31-07
|
| Landmark Nepalese cabinet delayed |
| The expected swearing-in of a new cabinet in Nepal to include Maoists for the first time has been postponed until Sunday over a last-minute hitch. It is reported to have arisen over the nominee for the post of .. full News |
Editor - 08:55:00 03-31-07
|
|
| post The Good, The Bad and The Ugly |
|
|
