Suicide attack kills 18 Afghans, injures 31 At least 18 Afghans - 11 police officers and 7 civilians - were killed during a gun-battle and suicide attack by Taliban insurgents in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, officials said.
Former Iraq Dy PM's trial begins
The trial of former Iraqi deputy prime minister Tariq Aziz and seven co-defendants accused of involvement in the 1992 execution of 42 Baghdad food merchants opened on Monday.
Clinton leads in latest poll Bolstered by the critical Pennsylvania results, Hillary Clinton has now turned the momentum further up, emerging decisively ahead of presumptive Republican nominee John McCain in a new poll before upcoming contests in Indiana and North Carolina.
'Prolonged battle not good' In a round of network television appearances, Howard Dean warned that a prolonged battle between Clinton and Obama could hurt the party's chances in November's election against Republican John McCain.
'Bilawal should start from the grassroots like Rahul' Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, who has "inherited" the chairmanship of Pakistan Peoples Party, should start his political career from the grassroots level, like the Nehru family scion Rahul Gandhi has done in India, cricketer- turned-politician Imran Khan has advocated.
Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and North Carolina Governor Mike Easley (R) look into a microbiological cell reactor as they tour a biotechnology lab at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, on Tuesday. AP
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