25 Taliban die, wounded in Afghanistan

KABUL – United States-led coalition and Afghan troops clashed with and called in airstrikes on Taliban militants in western Afghanistan, killing and wounding more than 25 insurgents, an Afghan official said yesterday.

US B-52 crashes off Guam * WASHINGTON – A US Air Force B-52 bomber crashed off the coast of Guam in the central Pacific killing two crew members and leaving four others missing, navy officials said yesterday. Cambodia seeks UN help in temple row ago * SINGAPORE – Cambodia has asked the United Nations Security Council for an emergency meeting to resolve a military stand-off with Thailand over an ancient temple on their border.Ancient Egyptian boat to be excavated * CAIRO – Archaeologists will excavate hundreds of fragments of an ancient Egyptian wooden boat entombed in an underground chamber next to Giza’s Great Pyramid and try to reassemble the craft, Egyptologists announced Saturday.China pulls troops from quake zone * BEIJING – China on Monday began withdrawing the first batch of 40 000 troops from three provinces hit by the massive May 12 earthquake, as authorities shift their focus away from rescue and toward reconstruction work.Cambodia seeks UN help in temple row ago * SINGAPORE – Cambodia has asked the United Nations Security Council for an emergency meeting to resolve a military stand-off with Thailand over an ancient temple on their border.Ancient Egyptian boat to be excavated * CAIRO – Archaeologists will excavate hundreds of fragments of an ancient Egyptian wooden boat entombed in an underground chamber next to Giza’s Great Pyramid and try to reassemble the craft, Egyptologists announced Saturday.China pulls troops from quake zone * BEIJING – China on Monday began withdrawing the first batch of 40 000 troops from three provinces hit by the massive May 12 earthquake, as authorities shift their focus away from rescue and toward reconstruction work.