(8 stories) Palestinians hurl shoes at visiting UN chief

World News - News February 2, 2012 See World News Weather Palestinians hurl shoes at visiting UN chief (The State) Palestinians tried to block the U.N. chief from entering the Gaza Strip and flung shoes at his armored convoy on Thursday, the second day of Ban Ki-moon's mission to the region to keep informal peace talks alive. Philippines: Most-wanted terror leader killed (York Dispatch) The Philippine military said it killed Southeast Asia's most-wanted terrorist and two other senior militants Thursday in a U.S.-backed airstrike that would mark one of the region's biggest anti-terror successes in recent years. Aussie claim about comrade's Afghan death rejected (York Dispatch) A military inquiry on Thursday rejected an Australian soldier's allegations that a comrade died unnecessarily during a gunbattle in Afghanistan because the U.S.-led coalition provided inadequate air support. Passenger Ferry Sinks Off Papua New Guinea (Ananova) An airplane from Australia, three helicopters and six ships are scouring the search area after the MV Rabaul Queen went down while travelling from Kimbe on the island of New Britain to coastal town of Lae on the main island, Australian Maritime Safety Authority said in a statement. Vietnam reports 2nd bird flu death in a month (York Dispatch) A Vietnamese official on Thursday confirmed the country's second human death from bird flu in less than a month, after it went nearly two years with no reported fatalities. Juarez police leave their homes after 5 are slain (York Dispatch) Every police officer in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez has been ordered to leave home and stay in a hotel after the killing of five officers by a local drug cartel. Panetta: U.S. Combat In Afghanistan To End In 2013 (KHQ-TV Spokane) USATODAY.COM - U.S. and other international forces in Afghanistan aim to end their combat role next year and switch to training and advising Afghan forces through 2014, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday. Nigeria secret police: Sect spokesman arrested (The Kansas City Star) The purported spokesman for a radical Islamist sect responsible for hundreds of killings in recent weeks in Nigeria has been arrested, the country's secret police said Wednesday.An official with Nigeria's State Security Service declined to give many details about the man known by the nom de guerre Abul-Qaqa, simply saying that officers are ... (more) More World News News...

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