three US soldiers were shot dead in northern Iraq on wednesday according to a report in the times on-line - that's the good news
'Relations between Zimbabwe and the West hit a new low yesterday after a convoy of British and American diplomats on their way to meet opposition activists was attacked by President Mugabe’s militiamen and police.
Five American and four British diplomats were detained for several hours after the confrontation at a police roadblock, during which officers slashed their tyres, seized their mobile phones and beat up a driver employed by the US Embassy.' www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article4075775.ece