US ban

US ban

BAGHDAD – The United States has suspended all land travel by US diplomats and other civilian officials in Iraq outside Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, amid mounting public outrage over the alleged killing of civilians by the US Embassy’s security provider, Blackwater USA.

Wipha weakens * SHANGHAI – Typhoon Wipha weakened as it swept through eastern China, bringing torrential rains that flooded streets and disrupted air traffic but caused little damage in China’s financial centre of Shanghai. Monks’ protests * YANGON – Hundreds of Buddhist monks protested outside the locked gates of Myanmar’s most revered temple, challenging the country’s military rulers in the most sustained wave of demonstrations in a decade.Nato launch * KABUL – Nato forces launched a new military operation in Afghanistan’s most violent southern province, and investigated a shipment of weapons intercepted near the border with Iran, officials said – Nampa-APMonks’ protests * YANGON – Hundreds of Buddhist monks protested outside the locked gates of Myanmar’s most revered temple, challenging the country’s military rulers in the most sustained wave of demonstrations in a decade. Nato launch * KABUL – Nato forces launched a new military operation in Afghanistan’s most violent southern province, and investigated a shipment of weapons intercepted near the border with Iran, officials said – Nampa-AP

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