(9/06)

KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide bomber assassinated an Afghan provincial governor on Sunday, as NATO said it killed almost 100 more Taliban fighters in its biggest offensive against the resurgent Islamist group.

(8/05)

BEIJING (Reuters) - Waters are rising in a flooded Chinese coal mine where the chances of finding 102 trapped miners alive are slim, Xinhua news agency said on Monday of the latest in a grim series of colliery disasters.