New Mass Grave Found Near Kirkuk: Iraq
December 19, 2009 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
BAGHDAD: Iraqi government says a mass grave discovered in northeast Iraq contains 185 bodies, mostly of women and children believed killed during a crackdown against Kurds by former dictator Saddam Hussein.
Majid Abdullah Karim of the Iraqi Ministry of Human Rights said Saturday that the number could be lower because only bones were found.
Karim says the grave was discovered south of Kirkuk two years ago, though forensic pathologists only began examining it this week.
The grave was found at a former military camp used by Saddam’s forces. Authorities believe the remains date to between 1988 and 1991.
An estimated 180,000 Kurds were killed by Saddam’s forces during the late 1980s in a brutal crackdown on Kurdish insurgents.
New Mass Grave Found Near Kirkuk: Iraq was first posted on December 19, 2009 at 3:45 pm.
Four Trains Get Stuck Under English Channel
December 19, 2009 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
LONDON:Four trains have broken down in the Channel Tunnel due to cold weather, as snow is expected to cause further disruption in parts of Britain.
More than 2,000 people were trapped in the tunnel and some of the trains were without heating and lighting. The temperature difference between the cold air and warm tunnel caused the trains to break down, authorities said. Passengers from two of the services have been moved to different trains; the other trains are to be pushed out.
More snow and freezing temperatures are expected for parts of Scotland and south-east and eastern England. Two further trains travelling from Brussels and Paris heading for the tunnel were turned back.
Four Trains Get Stuck Under English Channel was first posted on December 19, 2009 at 3:51 pm.
