European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 4, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 stars and stripes in the world june 2007 suicide bomber targets somali prime minister by salad Uhul the associated press Somalia a group linked to Al Aida tried to assassinate the somali prime minis Ter in a suicide bomb attack in front of the premiers House that killed and injured an unknown number of the Deputy de sense minister it is at least the third attempt on prime minister a Mohamed be Dis life since he returned to Soma Lia in May it was a suicide they Are terrorists linked to they planned to kill the prime min he escaped their assassination he is and now he is in a Safe Deputy de sense minister salad a Jelle Paddy spokesman of the african Union peacekeeping Force in said that a number of people were killed and others african Union troops Are Busy evacuating the Nkunda Nkunda said that within min utes of the peacekeepers sealed off the area around be Dis House and took charge of Secu the peacekeepers Are based at president Abdullahi Yusuf s res the main International air port and Mogadishu Sasaye Mohamed who lives in the said he was standing near the prime ministers House when he saw the car Force its Way through a guards outside the premiers House opened fire and then the car rammed into a Wall and he Ali was waiting for a Friend who was inside the premiers House when the explosion he said he hid behind a Wall to protect the last attempt on prime minis Ter a Mohamed Gedis life was on May when a bomb exploded As Gedis Convoy was on its Way to the capitals no one was injured and no vehicles were dam aged in that no one has claimed responsibility for the Russia warns not build up missile defense Rome russian president Vladimir Putin warned that plans to build a missile defense system in Eastern Europe would Force mos cow to target its weapons against the in an interview published sunday in Italy corriere Della Sera and other foreign marked one of Putin most strident statements to Date against the plans and came just Days be fore he is to join president Bush and other leaders at a group of eight Summit in militants in Lebanon attack army checkpoint Lebanon suspected members of a militant islamic group fired a at a lebanese army checkpoint Sun Day near a palestinian refugee Camp close to this Southern wound ing two Security officials the attack comes As lebanese troops Are launching a major attack on another militant islamic Fatah in the palestinian refugee Camp of Nahr Elba red near the Northern City of report turkish military shells Iraq kurdish area Turkey turkish troops shelled a Border area in North Ern Iraq Early sunday in an attack on kurdish rebels based a pro kurdish news Agency citing the kurdish rebel group the Belgium based Firat news Agency said turkish artillery targeted the Hak urk area in Northern Iraq and that no casualties were turkish troops have occasionally launched raids in Pursuit of guerrillas in Northern Ahmadinejad israels destruction is close Iran Iran president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sun Day said the world would witness the destruction of Israel the official islamic Republic news Agency Ahmadinejad said last Summers War Between Israel and Hezbollah showed for the first time that the Hegemony of the occupier regime Israel had and the lebanese nation pushed Button to begin counting the Days until the destruction of the zionist Irna quoted him As god in the near future we will witness the destruction of the corrupt occupier Ahmadinejad was quoted As saying Dur ing a speech to foreign guests who attended ceremonies marking the 18th anniversary of the death of Ayatollah Ruh Puah known As the father of Iran 1979 islamic from the associated press Qin a resident clears the debris of his House following a Strong earthquake sunday in Ninger in Southwest chivas Yunnan China earthquake kills 3 thousands forced to evacuate the associated press Beijing a Strong earthquake Shook a Hilly southwestern China Region near the Border with Laos killing at least three injuring hundreds and forcing people from their state Media the quake struck the county seat of Ninger shortly after said chivas official Xinhua news citing the governments seismological the geological Survey measured the quakes magnitude at i didst notice the initial quake and was Woken up by my and we ran out of our said a woman in her 20s who lives in Ninger county but who declined to give her name when reached by she said the initial quake lasted about a minute and that Many residents fled their Homes to find safety in open others moved into tents after their Homes were said a retired schoolteacher who Only gave her Many especially those built in the either have cracks in the Walls or have Dong news footage aired on China Central television showed partly collapsed Brick Homes and soldiers knocking Down unstable doctors and nurses treated the injured in a Large Rescue teams with thousands of quilts and other Relief supplies were Rushing to the Xinhua m o cd o z us Tai the air Force Reserve takes care
