US releases detained Iranians A group of eight Iranians, including two diplomats, were released by US forces on Wednesday after being detained because unauthorised weapons were found in their cars, the US military said.
Allies slay 100 insurgents in Afghan battle
12 Koreans walk free Taliban militants on Wednesday released 12 of 19 South Korean captives they promised to free under a deal struck with the South Korean government to resolve a nearly six-week hostage crisis.
See in pictures, Dis early life Unpublished photographs of Princess Dianas early years before her marriage with Prince Charles are likely to be included in a book penned by Prince William as a tribute to his late mother, a leading daily reported here ...
Mandela to watch over British MPs The former South African president Nelson Mandela on Wednesday said he was honoured after his statue was unveiled opposite the Houses of Parliament in London...
A South Korean woman hostage, center, is accompanied by a foreign staff of the International Committee of the Red Cross as she and other four hostages were released, by the Taliban, in Ghazni province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday. AP
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