Pakistan market bomb toll rises to 20
The death toll from a bomb attack in a Pakistan
cattle market rose to 20 on Friday, including 14 militants and six
local tribesmen, intelligence and administrative officials said.
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UNDP Chief hails truce in Yemen
The administrator of the UN Development Program
(UNDP) Helen Clark on Thursday extended a welcome to the ceasefire
in Yemen, saying the UN development agency “will work with all
parties in support of recovery and development of the region
affected by the conflict.”
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Niger President seized in military coup
Mutinous troops led by an army colonel captured
Niger’s President Mamadou Tandja after a gun battle on Thursday, and
said they were suspending the constitution and dissolving all
political institutions.
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