The US defence secretary has said that Nato forces are doing their best to avoid civilian casualties in Afghanistan, after an air strike killed 27 people, including women and a child. Pledging a thorough investigation into Sunday’s air strike, Robert Gates said he was “not defending” the incident in which Nato aircraft fired on three vehicles [...]
Some of Mahatma Gandhi’s ashes, kept for decades by a family friend, are scattered into the Indian Ocean off South Africa. Read More Gandhi ashes scattered into sea
Written By:BBC , Posted: Tue, Jan 19, 2010 Caption: Port-au-Prince’s port was badly damaged by last week’s earthquake, and many roads are still blocked by corpses and debris, hampering the delivery of fuel and other supplies. The US military has begun airdropping food and water supplies into earthquake-hit Haiti. Some 14,000 ready-to-eat meals and 15,000 litres of [...]