Kim Jong-il pics used as target in S Korea
LONDON: A number of South Korean army training centres are using pictures of North Koreas leader Kim Jong-il and his son Kim Jong-un,as targets on rifle ranges,a top official said. Each centre has freedom to decide its own training procedures,The Daily Telegraph quoted a South military spokesperson saying.
75 more bodies from 2009 air crash
PARIS: The gendarmerie said 75 more bodies have been pulled from the Atlantic in the past week,two years after the crash of an Air France flight. Data recorders showed the Airbus 330 went into aerodyanamic stall that the pilot could not rectify,perhaps because of incorrect speed readings.
UK delays release of anti-terror cartoon
LONDON: A British government-funded cartoon tackling the issue of Islamic extremism has been delayed. The government said the cartoon wasnt ready,but those behind the film say officials got cold feet. Wish You Waziristan, follows the journey of two brothers to a Pakistani terrorist training camp.