Aug 03, 2008

Furnished Nazi bunkers surface in Denmark, 60 years on (AFP)

Tommy Cassoe, an electrician who has been fascinated by the existence of the bunkers since childhood, stands in front of one that was burried under the sand on the Krylen beach, Western Denmark. This bunker and three others, entombed under the sand dunes were uncovered a few months ago by a violent storm when giant waves swept away the sand.(AFP/File/Slim Allagui)AFP - With a tight grip on his flashlight, Tommy Cassoe looks like a Danish Indiana Jones as he crawls out of a bunker buried under the sand, one of 7,000 the Nazis built along Denmark's western shores to fend off an allied invasion.



Aug 03, 2008

U.N. council must increase sanctions on Iran: U.S. (Reuters)

Iraqi national police arrive in the area as they take part in joint search operations with the Iraqi military and U.S. forces for al-Qaeda militants in the Hamrin mountains area near the Iraqi-Iranian border August 3, 2008. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ)Reuters - The United States said on Sunday that Iran has left the U.N. Security Council no choice but to increase sanctions on the Islamic Republic for ignoring demands that it halt sensitive nuclear activities.



Aug 03, 2008

No deal on election bill, bomb kills 12 in Baghdad (AP)

A person injured in a truck bomb blast lies in a hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2008. A truck bomb exploded during rush hour Sunday on a busy commercial street in northern Baghdad, killing at least 12 people and wounding about two dozen, Iraqi police and health officials said. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizba)AP - Despite intense U.S. pressure, Iraqi leaders failed Sunday to resolve differences over how to govern the oil-rich city of Kirkuk ? a dispute that is blocking provincial elections and stoking tension in the volatile north.