Taliban insurgents claimed responsibility for the violence, saying they have also captured several Afghan policemen in what is being described as the deadliest raid on coalition forces for more than a year
South Korea's Unification Ministry says that it has no intention of returning the defectors, because they expressed their desire to settle in the South
One in 10 displaced Iraqi families are headed by females and about one-quarter of these families have limited or no access to basic health and social welfare services
Constitutional court says court has completed recounting every return from the more than 2,800 polling stations and will rule on the validity of poll soon