Nkorea Test-fires Missile, Slams Security Council (ap)
AP – North Korea defiantly test-fired another short-range missile Friday and warned it would act in “self-defense” if provoked by the U.N. Security Council, which is considering tough sanctions against the communist regime for conducting a nuclear test. Read more
Report: Nkorea Test-fires Short-range Missile (ap)
AP – A news report says North Korea has test-fired another short-range missile off its east coast. Read more
Police: Taliban Suspects Among Pakistani Refugees (ap)
AP – Police have arrested 39 suspected Taliban fighters hiding among refugees from a military offensive to rout militants from Pakistan’s Swat Valley, a senior officer said Friday. Read more
Pakistan’s Wali Of Swat Blames Taliban, Government (ap)
AP – His family once ruled the Swat Valley. Now he can only watch as his beautiful ancestral homeland is torn apart by clashes between the Taliban and the Pakistani military ? with millions of civilians forced to flee. Read more
Emotional Funeral For Skorea’s Roh Moo-hyun (ap)
AP – A sea of wailing mourners filled the streets of Seoul for the funeral Friday of ex-President Roh Moo-hyun, whose suicide six days earlier amid a deepening corruption probe plunged South Korea into grief and anger. Read more