A Palestinian youth on Tuesday takes cover in his shirt as he runs from tear gas during a demonstration against Israel’s separation wall in the West Bank village of Nilin.
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Students at South Korea’s Taesungdong elementary school on Tuesday participate in their athletic meet with U.S. soldiers from the United Nations Command, near the border village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone.
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A Pakistani worker on Tuesday prepares noodles for upcoming religious festival Eid al-Fitr, to celebrate the ending of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Multan, Pakistan.
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U.S. drone shot down?
Pakistani soldiers and tribesman shot down a suspected U.S. military drone close to the Afghan border Tuesday night, three intelligence officials said. If verified, it apparently would be the first time a pilotless aircraft was brought down over Pakistan and likely would add to tensions between Washington and Islamabad over recent American cross-border incursions.
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Elephant-bus crash
A five-ton elephant escaped from a circus and wandered onto a busy highway, where it was hit by a bus. Both the driver and pachyderm were killed early Tuesday. Bus driver Tomas Lopez, 49, was killed and at least four passengers were hospitalized after the pre-dawn collision in Ecatepec, Mexico.
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Leaders accidentally killed
American soldiers accidentally shot and killed the leader of a local U.S.-allied Sunni group Tuesday after coming under attack in a volatile area north of Baghdad, the military said. The military has credited the Sunni revolt against Al Qaeda in Iraq as a key factor in the sharp decline in violence over the past year.
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Puttar no Potter
“Hari Puttar” is set to hit cinema screens this week after an Indian court in Mumbai rejected a Warner Bros. lawsuit. The court said Monday that people who have watched the Harry Potter movies and read the books would know the difference between that and an Indian Punjabi film called “Hari Puttar — A Comedy of Terrors.”
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FROM NEWS SERVICES
