Explosion, clashes kill 18 soldiers in Iraq
Baghdad: An explosion at a booby-trapped house, ensuing clashes with militants and a roadside bombing killed 18 soldiers in Iraq, authorities said.
Gunmen attack mosque in Nigeria, kill 20
Yobe: Survivors say suspected Islamic militants opened fire in a mosque in northeastern Nigeria and gunned down at least 20 worshippers.
9 killed over land dispute in Pakistan
Peshawar: Nine persons, including a minor, were killed on Saturday when rival groups resorted to indiscriminate firing over a land dispute in northwest Pakistan.
Quake jolts southwest China, 21 injured
Beijing: At least 21 people were injured and several houses collapsed when a 5.3-magnitude quake on Saturday struck a town in southwest China, where the country’s second biggest dam is located.
Priest faces deportation for molesting girl in US
Minneapolis (US): An Indian-origin priest has been sentenced to 25 years of supervised probation and faces deportation for sexually molesting a 12-year-old girl in the US state of Minnesota, local media reported. Father leo Charles Koppala, 47, pleaded guilty on March 17 to criminal sexual conduct charges involving a minor child.
Egypt tribal fighting over woman kills 23
Cairo: At least 23 people have been killed in tribal clashes in Egypt’s Aswan province after a man from one group sexually accosted a woman from another, officials said on Saturday. Tribal vendettas are common in the poor, rural south, but the violence that first erupted on Friday is the worst in recent memory, police said.
Japan whaling fleet returns from Antarctic
Tokyo: A whaling fleet anchored at a Japanese port on Saturday after Tokyo said it would cancel its annual hunt for the first time in more than 25 years to abide by a UN court ruling.
NASA to let you create your own space craft!
New York: Ever imagined creating your own space shuttleIJ If you are clueless how to start, here comes NASA to your aid. If you have studied rocket science, NASA would enable you to make your own space craft! From April 10, the US space agency is set to reveal its enormous database highlighting where to find software for more than 1,000 of its projects.