Taliban use child bomber at start of spring offensive
KABUL: On the first day of its promised spring offensive,the Taliban used a 12-year-old boy as a suicide bomber in an attack Sunday that killed four civilians,President Hamid Karzai said. It was one of several attacks across the country that killed seven people.
2009 Air France crash: Black box found
PARIS: Investigators recovered the memory unit of the flight data recorder above of a 2009 Air France flight a remarkable deep-sea discovery they hope will explain why the aircraft went down mid-Atlantic,killing all 228 people. Frances air accident investigation agency BEA said a search by a submarine probing some 3,900 metres below the oceans surface the black box Sunday morning.
Mans wallet found after 50 years
NEW YORK: A Florida man who lost his wallet during prom at his school got it back after 50 years. James Simpsons wallet was found stuck in a wall as workers prepared to knock down Mariemont school in Cincinnati,Fox News reported. The wallet had all the lost contents.
Hamas leader in Cairo to sign deal
CAIRO: Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal arrived here Sunday to sign a deal to end a rift between his group and President Mahmoud Abbas rival Fatah,Egypts state news agency reported. The accord provides for a unity government.