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Sudan bus crash claims 21 lives
 KHARTOUM  – Twenty-one Sudanese were killed yesterday when a bus they were travelling in collided with a truck, police said.  Fifteen people were also injured in the accident, which took place on a road 40 kilometres south of the capital Khartoum, a police officer said.

Sudan bus crash claims 21 lives
KHARTOUM – Twenty-one Sudanese were killed yesterday when a bus they were travelling in collided with a truck, police said. Fifteen people were also injured in the accident, which took place on a road 40 kilometres south of the capital Khartoum, a police officer said.

Karzai asks Nato to explain civilian deaths
KABUL – The top US general in Afghanistan said yesterday there wasn’t enough money in the world to replace the loss of an Afghan civilian, in comments that followed repeated calls by President Hamid Karzai for explanations of civilian deaths.

Basque separatist leader arrested in France
MADRID – French police arrested the suspected leader of Basque separatist group ETA as part of joint cross-border raids, Spain’s Interior Ministry said yesterday. He was among nine alleged ETA members arrested in recent days.

5 Houston children dead in swamped car
HOUSTON – Five Houston children died on Saturday after their sedan slid into a rain-swollen ditch when the driver lost control while trying to answer a cell phone, authorities said.