Topic: International News

The new items published under this topic are as follows.

Articles: Cops warned over beating

Posted by admin on Friday, June 25, 2004 - 01:43 AM

	Officials vowed yesterday that any officers who broke the law during a videotaped beating of a black man will lose their jobs and be brought to justice. "We've worked too hard to build our relationship with the community to have it jeopardized by thoughtless actions of a few," Mayor Jim Hahn said. Read full article: 'Cops warned over beating'

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Articles: Senate Approves $416 Billion for Pentagon

Posted by admin on Friday, June 25, 2004 - 01:40 AM

	A $416 billion Pentagon spending bill for next year was passed unanimously by the Senate in a move aimed at providing funding relief to a military strapped by two wars and counter-terror efforts. Read full article: 'Senate Approves $416 Billion for Pentagon'

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Articles: Bush interviewed about CIA agent leak

Posted by admin on Friday, June 25, 2004 - 01:37 AM

	A team of federal prosecutors interviewed President Bush in the Oval Office for more than an hour yesterday as part of their investigation into whether administration officials illegally disclosed to a journalist the identity of an undercover CIA officer, the White House said. Read full article: 'Bush interviewed about CIA agent leak'

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Articles: 200 feared dead after tanker truck hits bus in Tehran

Posted by admin on Friday, June 25, 2004 - 01:34 AM

	Up to 200 people were feared dead after a tanker truck caught fire following a collision outside the southeastern city of Zahedan, Iranian state television said, quoting a Red Crescent official. Read full article: '200 feared dead after tanker truck hits bus in Tehran'

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Articles: Explosions in Turkey kill four, injure 17

Posted by admin on Friday, June 25, 2004 - 01:31 AM

	Small explosions struck Turkey's two largest cities yesterday, killing as many as four people and injuring 17 others, only days before the start of a huge NATO summit to be held in Istanbul. Read full article: 'Explosions in Turkey kill four, injure 17'

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Articles: Freed servicemen arrive in Kuwait

Posted by admin on Friday, June 25, 2004 - 01:30 AM

	Eight British servicemen held by Iran this week after straying into its waters have arrived in Kuwait from where they flew out to their base in southern Iraq, witnesses and British army officials say. Read full article: 'Freed servicemen arrive in Kuwait'

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Articles: Bush to seek more world help for Iraq

Posted by admin on Friday, June 25, 2004 - 01:27 AM

	President Bush will continue to push for more international help for Iraq this weekend when he travels overseas on a five-day trip to Ireland and Turkey just before Iraq regains sovereignty on Wednesday. Read full article: 'Bush to seek more world help for Iraq'

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Articles: 100 die as wave of killing sweeps Iraq

Posted by admin on Friday, June 25, 2004 - 01:25 AM

	Iraqi insurgents painted red the treacherous road to sovereignty yesterday, launching a five-city killing spree that left about 100 people dead and 320 wounded. Read full article: '100 die as wave of killing sweeps Iraq'

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Articles: Zimbabwe set to try suspected mercenaries

Posted by admin on Thursday, June 24, 2004 - 02:47 AM

	The men, all South African citizens, were arrested in March after their plane landed in Harare en route to what Zimbabwe officials said was a mission to oust President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea. Read full article: 'Zimbabwe set to try suspected mercenaries'

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Articles: U.S. offers N. Korea deal

Posted by admin on Thursday, June 24, 2004 - 02:44 AM

	On the first day of the third round of six-nation talks being held in Beijing, Washington offered its first detailed plan for North Korea's nuclear disarmament since President George W. Bush took office. Read full article: 'U.S. offers N. Korea deal'

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