KABUL – Taliban gunmen killed a Christian aid worker in Kabul as she was walking to work yesterday, and the militant group said it targeted the woman because she was spreading her religion.
Tainted medicine suspected in baby death * BEIJING – Chinese health authorities ordered hospitals to stop using an herbal drug after it was suspected of causing the death of a newborn and triggering “adverse effects” in three others, a state news agency reported yesterday. Six killed in S Korean arson, stabbing spree * SEOUL – A financially strapped South Korean man went on an arson and stabbing rampage in Seoul yesterday, leaving six people dead and seven others wounded, police said.Iraq, US in joint heritage programme * BAGHDAD – The United States and Iraq have announced a $14 million programme to set up a conservation and historic preservation institute, refurbish the National Museum in Baghdad and enhance the training of museum and archaeological professionals in Iraq.Six killed in S Korean arson, stabbing spree * SEOUL – A financially strapped South Korean man went on an arson and stabbing rampage in Seoul yesterday, leaving six people dead and seven others wounded, police said.Iraq, US in joint heritage programme * BAGHDAD – The United States and Iraq have announced a $14 million programme to set up a conservation and historic preservation institute, refurbish the National Museum in Baghdad and enhance the training of museum and archaeological professionals in Iraq.
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