2008-10-11
LHASA, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake followed by some 1,000 aftershocks has affected more than 60,000 people in the Tibet Autonomous Region this week, the local government said in a news conference Saturday.
AFP - Friday, October 10
WASHINGTON (AFP) - - The situation in Afghanistan is liable to get worse in 2009, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff has warned, amid reports of a bleak draft US intelligence assessment that details a slide into corruption, drugs and insurgent violence.
The US must increase its nuclear arsenal in response to China's growing military might, according to a State Department report.
By Malcolm Moore in Shanghai Last Updated: 7:47PM BST 09 Oct 2008
US told to increase nuclear arsenal as China threat looms
The report said the US had allowed its nuclear stockpile to 'deteriorate'
A suspected U.S. missile strike killed three people late Saturday in a town near the Afghan border, the latest in a series of attacks in a region where top al-Qaida leaders are believed to be living, two intelligence officials said.
Hundreds of terrified Christian families have fled Mosul to escape extremist attacks that have increased despite months of U.S. and Iraqi military operations to secure the northern Iraqi city, political and religious officials said Saturday.
