General News Archive - August 25, 2005
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Web sites in China are being used as a staging ground for attacks on computer networks in the U.S. Defense Department and other agencies, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.
By Park Sung-woo SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil surged to a record $68 a barrel before easing on Thursday, hounded by supply concerns due to a growing threat to oil facilities from an Atlantic storm and a large fall in U.S. gasoline stocks. U.S.
KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. and Afghan forces backed by a giant B-52 bomber, A-10 attack aircraft and helicopters killed an estimated 16 militants in southern Afghanistan in the past two days, the U.S. military said on Thursday.
By Park Sung-woo SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil surged to a record $68 a barrel on Thursday, hounded by supply concerns due to a growing threat to oil facilities from an Atlantic storm and a large fall in U.S. gasoline stocks. U.S.
KIRYAT SHMONA, Israel (Reuters) - A mortar fired from Lebanon slammed into a northern Israeli community on Thursday, an Israeli military source and witnesses said. Witnesses said the mortar struck a chicken coop, causing some damage but no casualties.
KIRYAT SHMONA, Israel (Reuters) - A rocket fired from Lebanon slammed into a northern Israeli community on Thursday, Israeli military sources and witnesses said. Israeli witnesses said the rocket struck a chicken coop, killing some chickens and causing some damage but no other casualties.
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil surged to a record $68 a barrel on Thursday, hounded by supply concerns due to a growing threat to oil facilities from an Atlantic storm and a large fall in U.S. gasoline stocks. U.S.
By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - Six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons program may resume on September 2 and are likely to make more progress than the previous round, China's top envoy to the forum was quoted as saying on Thursday.
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Thursday it was finalizing a new plan to resolve its atomic standoff with the West which would include broadening negotiations to involve nations outside the current trio of Britain, Germany and France.
