North Waziristan: US drone attack kills 4 militants

According to sources, the drones fired two missiles on a house and killed four militants after which fear gripped the area.

The sources further said that the casualties in the attack are feared to be increased.

Plane with 68 onboard crashes in Cuba

HAVANA: A plane carrying 68 people crashed in central Cuba on Thursday night, the Cuban national television reported.

The ATR-72 turboprop plane of the state-run Aero Caribbean airline crashed near the village of Guasimal, 355 km east of Havana, in the central Sancti Spiritus province, the Civil Aeronautics Institute of Cuba (IACC) said.

There were no reports on the casualties so far.

The plane, with 61 passengers and seven crew members including 28 foreigners onboard, was flying to Havana from the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba at 4:45 p.m. (2145 GMT).

The plane lost contact with the control tower at 5:42 p.m. local time (2242 GMT).

An emergency committee has been formed to investigate the accident. An Il-18 plane of the Aero Caribbean airline crashed in mount Isabel de Torres in the Dominican Republic in 1992, killing all 34 people

Baghdad School Bombing, 5 killed

BAGHDAD: A bomb in a school in the Baghdad Shiite neighbourhood of Sadr City killed five people and wounded 34 on Monday, the majority of them children returning to class after a Muslim holiday, security and health officials said.

“Five people died and 34 were injured in the attack on the school,” a police officer said, speaking on condition of anonymity. The toll was confirmed by Sadr City Hospital.

The vast majority of the casualties from the 1:10 pm (1010 GMT) blast were pupils at the Abaa Dhar School, a primary school for boys in the Iraqi capital’s northeast.

The explosion, which left a crater around four metres (13 feet) in diameter, struck just outside the main entrance of the school and severely damaged three nearby houses.

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Baghdad School Bombing, 5 killed was first posted on December 7, 2009 at 5:57 pm.