Olympic torch begins North Korea leg - Philadelphia

Olympic torch begins North Korea leg - Philadelphia Inquirer PYONGYANG, North Korea - The Olympic torch has begun its first-ever run through North Korea. An attentive and airfare peaceful crowd of thousands watched the start of the relay Monday, some waving Chinese flags, APTN live footage showed. The event was presided over by the head of the country's rubber-stamp Source: www.philly.com 3 killed in militant attack on Afghan president - Newsday KABUL, Afghanistan - Militants firing rockets and airfare automatic rifles attacked the Afghan president at a ceremony in Kabul on Sunday, missing their target but killing three and airfare wounding eight others. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the assault that sent President Hamid Karzai and airfare foreign Source: www.newsday.com 1,000 evacuated from Calif. wildfire - MSNBC SIERRA MADRE, Calif. - An early season wildfire slowly chewed its way through dense brush near Los Angeles on Sunday, forcing more than 1,000 people from homes in the foothills. More than 400 firefighters attacked the 350-acre fire, aided by two helicopters and airfare water-dropping air tankers, said Elisa Source: www.msnbc.msn.com Strike in Scotland closes major North Sea oil pipeline - BusinessWeek Hundreds of workers at Scotland's only oil refinery on Sunday began a 48-hour strike that has forced BP PLC to shut a pipeline system that delivers almost a third of Britain's North Sea oil. BP said it had completed the closure of the Forties Pipeline System by 6 a.m., when 1,200 workers at the Source: www.businessweek.com Karzai escapes attack in Kabul by gunmen - International Herald Tribune KABUL, Afghanistan : A well-coordinated assassination attempt on President Hamid Karzai by suspected Taliban insurgents at the Afghan national day military parade in central Kabul has turned into a moment of national embarrassment for the government, which has been pressing to take over Source: www.iht.com