"“We have lent a huge amount of money to the U.S. Of course we are concerned about the safety of our assets. To be honest, I am definitely a little worried.” "


Chinese premier Wen Jiabao 12th March 2009


""We have a financial system that is run by private shareholders, managed by private institutions, and we'd like to do our best to preserve that system."


Timothy Geithner US Secretary of the Treasury, previously President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.1/3/2009

Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Afghan bombs kill 12 wound 11 in Kandahar

The BBC report that at least 12 people, mostly policemen, were killed in a powerful bomb explosion in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar.

Eleven others are said to have been injured in the blast which took place outside the police headquarters.

A policeman told a news agency that the bomb may have been "attached" to a motorcycle parked outside the building.

Recent bombs

2 February: Three killed by attacker in south-eastern city of Khost
16 January 2006: Two attacks in Kandahar province kill 24 people
15 January 2006: Canadian diplomat and 2 Afghan bystanders killed in Kandahar
5 January 2006: 10 killed in Tirin Kowt, Uruzgan
November 2005: 3 civilians killed in Kandahar
September 2005: 12 killed outside Afghan army base in Kabul
May 2005: 3 killed in Kabul internet cafe
June 2005: 20 killed in Kandahar mosque

at 2/07/2006 08:01:00 am

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

(C) Very Seriously Disorganised Criminals 2002/3/4/5/6/7/8/9 - copy anything you wish