A bus in the Indian controlled part of Kashmir has hit a land-mine, killing at least 26 paramilitary border guards and wounding a dozen other people,Kashmir's leading rebel group, Hizbul Mujahideen, has claimed responsibility for the attack.
At least 20 people have been killed in the southern Iraqi town of Kufa, during a clash between the U-S troops and fighters loyal to radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.
The New York Times report says international inspectors have found evidence North Korea secretly supplied Libya with almost two tons of uranium in early 2001.