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British helicopter pilot shot between the eyes by Taliban, manages to fly 20 to safety
A British Chinook helicopter pilot was shot between the eyes by a Taliban bullet, but still managed to fly on and saved all 20 aboard.
Malaysia canes three women for adultery 19.02.2010 | |
 Cambodia claimed on Thursday that the first-ever public test of Russian-made BM-21 multiple-military rocket launchers to protect against "invaders," was successful. |  Malaysia has for the first time punished three Muslim women, convicted of adultery by a shariah court of Islamic law, with caning. The women also received short jail sentences. |
Afghan official: Taliban using human shieldsALFRED de MONTESQUIOU and RAHIM FAIEZ AP 17.02.2010 | |
 Kim Jong-Il's only sister appears to be gaining more power in North Korea after returning to the public spotlight for the first time in nearly six years, according to South Korean reports. |  MARJAH, Afghanistan — Taliban fighters are increasingly using civilians as human shields in the assault on the southern town of Marjah, an Afghan official said Wednesday as military squads resumed painstaking house-to-house searches in the Taliban stronghold. |
Japan to question New Zealand anti-whaling activist BBC News 17.02.2010 | |
 A New Zealand activist who boarded a Japanese whaling ship in the Antarctic is being taken to Japan for questioning. |  SRI LANKA- General (retd) Sarath Fonseka yesterday filed a petition in the Supreme Court, requesting that the re-election of Mahinda Rajapaksa as President of Sri Lanka at the Jan. 26 polls be declared void. |
India Maoist rebels kill 24 troops in West BengalSubir Bhaumik BBC News 17.02.2010 | US missile kills 3 in northwest PakistanMunir Ahmad AP 17.02.2010 |
 At least 24 troops were killed when armed Maoists attacked a camp of the paramilitary forces in India's West Bengal state, officials said. |  ISLAMABAD — Pakistani intelligence officials say a U.S. missile strike has killed at least three people near the Afghan border. |
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