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Published on Friday, May 16, 2008
1NIGERIA
Fuel blast kills 100
A road-grader accidentally tore open a fuel pipeline Thursday and sent an inferno raging over houses and a school, setting off a stampede of terrified children and killing about 100 people and injuring 20, a Red Cross official said.
2ZIMBABWE
Date for runoff set
The presidential runoff between President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will be held by July 31, election officials said — but the opposition insisted Thursday that it should be next week. An official government notice issued late Wednesday extended the deadline for holding the runoff to 90 days — beyond the legally required 21 days — after the release of election results, the Herald newspaper, a government mouthpiece, reported Thursday.
3IRAQ
Al-Qaida targeted
U.S. and Iraqi troops moved against al-Qaida on two separate fronts Thursday, with house-to-house searches in Mosul and an operation in the desert to staunch the flow of insurgents and weapons to that northern city.
4LEBANON
Factions reach deal
The Hezbollah-led opposition and U.S.-backed government agreed Thursday to hold political talks that will lead to the election of Lebanon's army chief as president, an Arab mediator said. The feuding factions reached the deal one day after the Cabinet reversed measures aimed at reining in Iranian-backed Hezbollah. In return, the opposition removed a roadblock that had shut down the country's international airport for a week.
5AFGHANISTAN
Secret raids alleged
Foreign intelligence agents are leading secret, deadly raids on suspected insurgents in Afghanistan and shirking responsibility when innocent civilians are killed, a United Nations official alleged Thursday. Philip Alston, a special investigator for the U.N. Human Rights Council, referred to three such recent raids in the country's south and east. While he didn't specifically mention any intelligence agencies, he appeared to imply American involvement. U.S. military officials declined to comment on the allegations.
6INDONESIA
Flu data shared
Indonesia announced Thursday it would end a yearlong boycott and start sharing all information about its bird flu cases with a new global database to monitor whether the disease is mutating into a dangerous pandemic strain. Experts said participation by Indonesia, the country hardest hit by avian influenza, will be a great help.
Compiled from wire reports.
1NIGERIA
Fuel blast kills 100
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