A Kuwaiti court handed down death sentences today (Tuesday) to six Islamists linked to the al-Qaida terror network.
A wave of insurgent attacks across Iraq Monday killed at least 13 people, mostly Iraqi policemen.
Sri Lankan military officials say at least 10 soldiers were killed and several others wounded when an army bus hit a landmine today (Tuesday) in the northern Jaffna peninsula.
Former rebels in Indonesia's Aceh province have formally disbanded their armed wing as part of a peace accord to end 30 years of conflict in northern Sumatra.
South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun has publicly apologized for the deaths of two protesters who suffered fatal injuries during a clash with riot police last month in Seoul.
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