A recent string of attacks killed troops from Italy and Germany, pivotal American allies that are facing strong opposition to the Afghan war at home.
He was to assess North Korea's interest in returning to six-party talks on denuclearisation, but officials said he would offer no fresh incentives for it to do so.Iraq and ruinA string of bombs killed at least 120 people in or near government buildings in Baghdad, including a courthouse.
Apple chief executive Tim Cook was prompted in January to appoint an external auditor, the Fair Labor Association, to evaluate conditions throughout its supply chain after a string of workers killed themselves and there was a lethal explosion at the company's Chengdu plant, thought to have been caused by combustible dust.
"The main thing is that the string of leaders killed gets longer," he said.
The government's announcement Thursday came just two days after a string of bombs killed 10 people throughout the capital.
A5 Car Bombs Kill 13 in Iraq A string of car bombs killed at least 12 people in neighborhoods in and around Baghdad and a child in Mosul, the latest in a four-day surge in bloodshed that began with the announcement of Iraq's new cabinet.
A12 At least 10 Iraqis were killed in attacks by militants, including a prominent Sunni Arab sheik from Kirkuk, one in a recent string of tribal sheiks killed apparently in retaliation for associating with American and Iraqi government officials.
A string of attacks overnight killed 39 police officers and a civilian at security posts across Nepal on the eve of the new king's birthday, officials said today.
Mr. Putin's pledge followed a recent string of bombings that killed at least 33 Russian troops and police officers, including members of a police unit from Chelyabinsk, a city in the Russian Urals.
He was found guilty in 2004 of orchestrating a string of attacks that killed 27 people, including the 12 who died in the Tokyo subway attacks when Aum members boarded busy commuter trains and released bags of sarin among the passengers.
