AP - U.S. military deaths plunged in May to the lowest monthly level in more than four years and civilian casualties were down sharply, too, as Iraqi forces assumed the lead in offensives in three cities and a truce with Shiite extremists took hold.
AP - A weak tropical storm formed Saturday off the Yucatan Peninsula and quickly made landfall at the Belize-Mexico border, dumping rain and kicking up surf.
AP - A referendum began Saturday on whether to overturn a Supreme Court ruling that bars Swiss communities from putting citizenship applications to a popular vote.
AFP - Two supporters of Zimbabwe’s ruling party have been shot dead in the country’s northeast, state radio reported Saturday, amid mounting violence ahead of a presidential run-off next month.
AP - A suicide bomber blew himself up at a police checkpoint west of Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least 10 people including the local police chief, an official said.
AFP - China on Saturday made final preparations to drain a dangerous “quake lake” in an audacious attempt to avert a disaster that could flood the homes of over a million people.
AP - Chinese authorities prepared on Saturday to drain a swelling lake formed by a devastating earthquake, completing work on a drainage channel to divert water that threatens hundreds of thousands downstream.
AFP - Striker Ryan Babel has been ruled out of the Euro 2008 tournament starting next week after sustaining an injury in training, Dutch football officials said on Saturday.
AP - U.S. military deaths plunged in May to the lowest monthly level in more than four years and civilian casualties were down sharply, too, as Iraqi forces assumed the lead in offensives in three cities and a truce with Shiite extremists took hold.
Reuters - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin
said he approved of a plan to give Georgia’s breakaway region
of Abkhazia autonomy but not full independence.
