Kabul bombing kills 4

Kabul, June 16 (Reuters): Taliban suicide bombers launched a second day of attacks in Afghanistan today, killing at least four people in the capital and a northern city, raising tensions in areas that had been considered relatively secure.

A suicide car-bomber attacked a military-civilian convoy in Kabul this morning, killing at least three civilians and wounding five others.

Korea UN

Singapore (Reuters): North Korea has invited a delegation of the UN nuclear watchdog to visit the country in what could be a first step toward implementing an international agreement intended to curb its nuclear programme.

US troops

Baghdad (Reuters): US troops found the identity cards of two US soldiers who have been missing for nearly a month in a raid on an al Qaida safe house north of Baghdad, the US military said on Saturday.

Designer ill

Rome (Reuters): Italian fashion designer Gianfranco Ferre is in a critical condition in a Milan hospital after suffering neurological problems. Ferre, 63, was admitted to the intensive care unit of Milan’s San Raffaele hospital.