A house occupied by suspected plotters of the foiled assassination attempt on President Hamid Karzai was attacked early Wednesday by Afghanistan security forces.

Shrinking grain stocks, population growth and an increasing appetite for meat have collided with a shortage of fertilizer.

The Olympic torch has arrived in Hong Kong after the Chinese territory deported at least seven activists who planned to protest the flame.

The Olympic torch returned to China in preparation for its first relay on Chinese soil after a stormy global tour.

Afghan security forces raided the hide-out of militants with suspected links to an attack on President Hamid Karzai, sparking a clash that left at least seven dead.

Five suspected Taliban militants blew themselves up in a house close to Kabul?s old city, avoiding capture, an Interior Ministry official told Reuters.

The Olympic torch has arrived in Hong Kong after the Chinese territory deported at least seven activists who planned to protest the flame.

SAN’A, Yemen (AP) — A security official says an explosion went off near the Italian embassy in Yemen’s capital. No injuries were reported.

Investigators continued their inquiries into Josef Fritzl, but the head of the criminal investigations unit in Lower Austria, Franz Polzer, called the DNA tests ?decisive evidence.?

Arielle Martin left home to train for the BMX racing event in the Beijing Olympics on the same day that her husband was deployed to Afghanistan.