Kabul- A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-filled vest inside a ministry in the centre of Kabul Thursday, killing five people and wounding 12, while four police officers were killed in a roadside blast in southern Afghanistan, officials said.
Security guards at the Ministry of Information and Culture opened fire on the bomber but he managed to enter the building and blow himself up, said a ministry official, who did not want to be named.
Witness Mahmoud Jan said he heard of small-arms fire after the blast.
Pretoria - South African security forces will have six extra helicopters at their disposal for the 2010 World Cup in the country, Nathi Mthethwa, the Minister of Safety and Security confirmed Thursday.
Two helicopters have already been purchased while a further four will be delivered by the end of the year.
"The security preparations and equipping of the police for the 2009 Confederations Cup and the 2010 World Cup are progressing well," said Mthethwa.
Jerusalem - In what was said to be "the most significant archaeological discovery in Israel since the Dead Sea Scrolls," archaeologists have unearthed the earliest known written Hebrew text, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem announced Thursday.
The 3,000-year-old 15 x 15 cm osctracon (pottery shard inscribed with writing in ink) comprises five lines of text divided by black lines and and was found at excavations carried out at a 10th century BCE fortress.
Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh), Oct 30 : Prison inmates in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior Central Jail on Thursday celebrated the festival of ''Bhai Dooj'' with great fervour and enthusiasm.
Hundreds of women thronged the prison to be with their brothers to celebrate ''Bhai Dooj'' with them.
The women applied vermilion on their brother''s forehead and prayed for their safety. They also exchanged sweets on the occasion.
For the brothers serving sentences in the prison, the occasion provided a wonderful chance to be with their sisters.
Munich - Several leading Italian clubs are interested in signing Bayern Munich's Bastian Schweinsteiger, but club manager Uli Hoeness said Thursday he was confident of keeping the midfielder at the German champions.
The 24-year-old Germany international's current contract expires at the end of the season and Hoeness said Inter Milan, AC Milan and Juventus had shown an interest in the player.
However Hoeness said Bayern "would come up with something" to keep Schweinsteiger at the club he has played for since joining as a youth team player.
Hoeness said Bayern would also be offering midfielder Ze Roberto a new contract although the 34-year-old Brazilian has said he wants to leave at the end of the season.
Kabul- A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-filled vest inside a ministry in the centre of Kabul Thursday, killing five people and wounding 12, while four police officers were killed in a roadside blast in southern Afghanistan, officials said.
Pretoria - South African security forces will have six extra helicopters at their disposal for the 2010 World Cup in the country, Nathi Mthethwa, the Minister of Safety and Security confirmed Thursday.
Jerusalem - In what was said to be "the most significant archaeological discovery in Israel since the Dead Sea Scrolls," archaeologists have unearthed the earliest known written Hebrew text, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem announced Thursday.
Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh), Oct 30 : Prison inmates in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior Central Jail on Thursday celebrated the festival of ''Bhai Dooj'' with great fervour and enthusiasm.
