The United States, having sent troops on a raid into Pakistan, may be employing a new strategy against militants staging attacks on Afghanistan.

Text of report by Zulfiqar Ali headlined "Airfield

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan _ Hundreds of Islamic militants overran and occupied a fort near Pakistan's border with Afghanistan in a bold assault that left as many as 47 people dead.

Fuel spill damages Puerto Rican shore GUANICA, PUERTO RICO - Miles of rocky shoreline and mangrove thickets have been fouled by a fuel spill drifting along Puerto Rico's southwest coast, environmental officials said Friday.

KARACHI (Reuters) - Pakistani security forces have arrested an Uzbek al Qaeda militant suspected of helping to plan a suicide car bombing that killed a U.S. diplomat and three others outside the U.S. consulate in Karachi in March, officials said on Wednesday.