Foreign Desk
This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such articles but will seek to correct any errors, mis-categorizations or other problems introduced during transfer.
PERSIAN GULF
BOMB KILLS 20 IRAQIS; SIX U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS DIE
BAGHDAD, Iraq – A suicide bomber detonated a minibus yesterday in an outdoor market packed with shoppers ahead of a Muslim festival, killing about 20 people and wounding more than 60 in a Shiite town south of Baghdad, Musayyib. Six American troops were killed, two in a helicopter crash west of the capital. Also yesterday, the American command confirmed moves to step up training on how to combat roadside bombs.
– Associated Press
MIDDLE EAST
HAMAS REFUSES TO RENEW TRUCE WITH ISRAEL
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – The terrorist group Hamas said yesterday it would not renew an informal nine month-old truce, which expires at the end of the year, after Israel killed one of its leading activists in an air strike in Gaza. The truce was brokered by Egypt, which is expected to invite militant groups, including Hamas, to Cairo in the coming weeks to discuss extending the agreement.
Israeli troops yesterday entered the West Bank town of Qabatiyeh and killed an Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades terrorist, Rafat Turkman, residents said. After sundown yesterday, a mortar shell fired from Gaza exploded in Netiv Haasara, just north of the territory, the military said.
– Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS
BOLTON: AMERICA CONSIDERING RESOLUTION ON SYRIA
Days after demanding that Syria fully cooperate with a U.N. investigation, America is considering a new resolution on Syria, America’s ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, said yesterday, adding that concerns raised yesterday by the U.N. envoy to Lebanon, Terje Roed-Larsen, need to be addressed.
Mr. Roed-Larsen told the Security Council yesterday that while some of the provisions of Resolution 1559 have already been met, others have not. Most notably, the flow of arms into Palestinian Arab camps inside Lebanon has increased, he said.
– Staff Reporter of the Sun
SOUTH ASIA
OFFICIAL DEATH TOLL JUMPS TO MORE THAN 73,000 IN PAKISTAN QUAKE
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Pakistan’s official earthquake death toll jumped by 16,000, and officials warned yesterday that it is likely to rise further as relief supplies fail to reach thousands of victims stranded in remote parts of the Himalayas.
– Associated Press
EAST AFRICA
SECOND DAY OF RIOTING LEAVES 23 DEAD IN ETHIOPIAN CAPITAL
NAIROBI, Kenya – At least 23 people were killed and almost 100 wounded in Addis Ababa yesterday during a second day of riots sparked by allegations of vote rigging in Ethiopia’s May elections.
– The Daily Telegraph
CENTRAL AFRICA
CONGO ARMY FREES ELECTORAL OFFICIALS; 40 MILITIAMEN KILLED
KINSHASA, Congo – Congolese troops rescued four electoral workers from their militia captors in a raid that set off a battle that killed 40 militiamen and one soldier, officials said yesterday. Mayi-Mayi fighters had kidnapped the officials October 23 at Burondo in North Kivu province in northeastern Congo, and the army freed them late Sunday.
– Associated Press
WESTERN EUROPE
BRITISH CABINET MINISTER BLUNKETT RESIGNS
LONDON – A British Cabinet minister, David Blunkett, was forced to resign yesterday. Mr. Blunkett acknowledged he had breached ministerial guidelines by taking lucrative corporate positions during his brief spell out of office, and that his job as work and pensions secretary had become untenable.
– Associated Press