Forest fire in Russia kills 20

At least 20 people have died due to a wildfire in southern Russia that destroyed an entire people, government spokesmen said. Continue reading the printed articleAmong the dead were three firefighters.The fire has spread rapidly in recent days over 90,000 hectares (20,000 acres), after high temperatures and drought affected Russia for weeks. The fields and forests have dried up and many crops have been lost.July was the hottest month in Russia according...

18 dead and thousands homeless in Russia by forest fires

MOSCOW - Eighteen people were killed and thousands have lost their homes in the wildfires that have ravaged several districts in the west-central Russia, concerned over several weeks by an unprecedented heat wave, officials said Friday.Russian President Dmitri Medvedev ordered Friday to mobilize the army to fight the flames, his spokesman said Natalia Timakova, quoted by Russian news agencies."The president has ordered the Defense Ministry to mobilize...

A woman and a girl killed in an attack on a candidate for election in Kandahar

Kabul, July 30 - A woman and a child were killed in southern Afghan city of Kandahar victims of a bomb allegedly directed against a candidate in the upcoming parliamentary elections in Afghanistan, according to various sources.The bomb was placed on a motorcycle outside the house of an electoral candidate and exploded when he left his home, said in a statement ISAF International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).The candidate in question, Hamidzai...

Two mortar shells fired from the Gaza Strip in the Negev impact

MADRID - Two mortar shells fired from the Gaza Strip have struck Friday in Israeli territory in the Negev, causing no injury or materials, reports the Israeli press. Continue reading in freightThis incident occurred at noon, hours after a Palestinian rocket Katyusha reach a residential area in the Israeli town of Ashkelon, which experienced some damage in an apartment building and several cars were parked."No doubt this is the most serious since...