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Car bomb kills 7 Iraqi policemen
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ASIANAGE on 29 June, 2008 03:00:19
 
Baghdad: A car bomb in the central Iraqi town of Dhuluiya on Sunday killed at
least seven policemen and wounded two more, the town’s police chief said.
Lieutenant Colonel Mohammed Khalid said the explosion occurred at around 7.30 am
in the town 70 km north of Baghdad in the central Sunni province of Salaheddin.
"The police received a call about an abandoned car on a road. A team of
policemen went to check and as they reached the car it exploded," Mr Khalid
said. The latest attack came as the Salaheddin authorities gave insurgents until
July 8 to surrender to US and Iraqi forces. —AFP
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China will resume Tibet talks in July
Beijing: Chinese authorities will resume talks with representatives of the
Dalai Lama in early July following a request from the exiled Buddhist spiritual
leader. "Our door is always open for the dialogue with the Dalai Lama," Xinhua
news agency quoted a government spokesman as saying on Sunday.
"(We) hope that the Dalai Lama would treasure this opportunity and give
positive response to the requirements of the central authorities." No precise
date was given for the resumption of talks. —AFP
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PAF gets 4 more F-16s from US
BY OUR PAKISTAN CORRESPONDENT
Islamabad
June 29: The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has received four more F-16 aircraft.
A ceremony for handing over F-16 aircraft was held at the PAF Base Mushaf in
Sargodha district on Saturday. Air Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman received the
Fighting Falcons from Lt. Gen. Gary L. North, commander, 9th Air Force and USAF
central command, said a PAF statement. "The aircraft which arrived on Saturday,
have the same operational capability as of the already owned F-16 aircraft by
the PAF." the statement said.
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11 killed in Afghan violence
Herat, Afghanistan: About 150 Taliban militants stormed a government building
in southwestern Afghanistan on early Sunday, killing at least four policemen and
losing seven of their own fighters, officials said.
The rebels stormed the building in Farah province in an attempt to capture a
remote town, the deputy provincial governor said, sparking a gun-battle between
the militants and the police. "Four policemen and seven Taliban attackers were
killed in fighting," Mohammed Younus Rasouli said, adding five other officers
and three rebels were injured in the clashes, which started shortly after
midnight.
—AP