Indonesia volcano shoots new blast

Merapi has killed 38 people since it started erupting a week ago.
The mountain unleashed another powerful eruption yesterday, spewing searing clouds of gas and ash into the air to the sound of a booming explosion.
There were no immediate reports of new casualties.

Three Kiwis reported missing after tsunami

Three New Zealanders have been reported missing in the aftermath of the Indonesian tsunami which has claimed 431 lives, according to a report.
The Jakarta Globe reported that a woman had contacted the New Zealand embassy and told staff that her son and two of his friends had not been in touch since the October 25 disaster.

Robber held dying Diana

A man who held the hand of the Princess of Wales as she lay dying in a Paris car crash has been jailed after months on the run for robbing ATMs and handling stolen paintings.
Abdelatif Redjil, 54, opened the door of Diana's wrecked Mercedes, held her hand and tried to comfort her, he testified in 2007 at London's High Court during an inquiry into Diana's death.

Action man Putin

Vladimir Putin has posed for new photographs that portray him as a modern-day Marlboro man.

The photographs show the Russian PM riding a horse across a rugged landscape while shouldering a rifle and donning dark sunglasses.

Suspicious package sent to German leader

German police are investigating a suspicious package mailed to Chancellor Angela Merkel's office, hours after small mail bombs exploded outside the Russian and Swiss embassies in Athens.
Greek police destroyed at least three more suspected bombs in Athens.
No group claimed responsibility for

Tokyo recalls Moscow ambassador over Russia island row

TOKYO: Japan said Tuesday it will recall its ambassador to Moscow, heightening a long-standing row with Russia over four remote Pacific islands following a visit there by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

Thirty killed in car bombings in Shiite districts in Baghdad

BAGHDAD: Thirty people were killed and 75 wounded in 11 coordinated car bombings in different Shiite districts of Baghdad on Tuesday, an interior ministry official said.

Thirty killed in car bombings in Shiite districts in Baghdad

BAGHDAD: Thirty people were killed and 75 wounded in 11 coordinated car bombings in different Shiite districts of Baghdad on Tuesday, an interior ministry official said.

China launches sixth satellite orbiter

BEIJING: China on Monday successfully launched its sixth orbiter which will form part of its indigenous satellite navigation and positioning network.
A Long March-3C carrier rocket carrying the "Beidou," or Compass navigation satellite took off at 0:26 am today from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.

4 small mail bombs explode in Athens

ATHENS: Small mail bombs exploded outside the Russian and Swiss embassies in Athens on Tuesday and police destroyed at least three other packages as they tried to halt a wave of attacks blamed on far-left domestic extremists.