News for Sunday, March 11, 2007
• Bomb at Sunni Office in Mosul Kills Three Iraqi authorities say a bomb blast has killed three people in an office building in the northern city of Mosul.
• Taleban Militants Kill 8 Afghan Border Policemen in Ambush Afghan officials say Taleban militants have ambushed a police patrol in southern Afghanistan, killing eight officers and wounding two.
• Bush to Discuss Military Aid During Colombia Visit U.S. President George Bush makes a brief visit to Colombia Sunday to meet President Alavaro Uribe on the third stop of his five-nation Latin American tour.
• Rival Palestinian Factions Clash in Gaza Rival Palestinian factions have clashed in the Gaza Strip, ending a lull in infighting that lasted a month. A local militia leader was killed and seven people wounded. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem.
• Mauritanians Vote in Post-Coup Election Mauritanians are voting for a post-coup president of the newly oil-producing nation in west Africa. The vote marks the last step in an electoral process set in motion with the overthrow of the country's long-time president Maaouiya Ould Taya in August 2005. VOA's Nico Colombant reports from our regional bureau in Dakar.
• Adam Malysz Wins World Cup Ski Jumping Event in Lahti, Finland Polish ski-jumper Adam Malysz has overcome windy conditions to win the World Cup event in Lahti, Finland and move closer to overall leader Anders Jacobsen of Norway.
• Burma Reports Bird Flu Outbreaks in Two Towns Burma's official newspaper says experts have confirmed an outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus in two Burmese towns.
• Chinese Coal Mine Flood Kills 22 Chinese state media say a flood in a coal mine in northeastern China has killed 22 miners.
• Iraq Debate Heats Up In US Congress American lawmakers continue debating Democratic opposition to President Bush over new U.S. troop deployments to Iraq. Democrats in the House of Representatives have proposed legislation calling for U.S. troops to begin withdrawing from Iraq by 2008, at the latest. VOA's Stephanie Ho reports from Washington.
• France's FM: Iran Nuke Progress Possible With Firmness, Dialogue France's foreign minister says he believes progress on the Iranian nuclear crisis is still possible using a combination of firmness and dialogue.
• Exit Polls: Two Pro-Kremlin Party Will Win Local Russian Elections No summary available.
• Israeli-Palestinian Summit Yields Little Progress Israeli and Palestinian leaders have held a summit meeting in Jerusalem. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, the talks highlighted the deep differences between the two sides and made little progress toward finding common ground.
• US Condemns Arrests, Death At Zimbabwe Opposition Rally The U.S. government has condemned the actions of the Zimbabwe government which, it says, "attacked" citizens at a planned anti-government rally in Harare Sunday during which one person was killed, a number of people were injured and some 100 arrested.