Afghanistan's former King dies aged 92
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Former King Mohammad Zahir Shah, whose 40-year reign until his exile in 1973 coincided with one of the most peaceful periods in Afghanistan's recent history, died on Monday, aged 92.
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More than 20,000 Afghans gathered in Kabul on Wednesday to remember Northern Alliance military commander Ahmad Shah Masood, slain by al Qaeda operatives two days before the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.
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A British serviceman has been killed in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence confirms.
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A senior Taliban military leader has been killed in southern Uruzgan province, Afghan top security official confirmed Sunday. &quot;Mullah Abdul Ghafar along with his two colleagues
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A Taliban leader has been killed in Afghanistan, the country's government said today, as the deaths of a British soldier and a civilian translator were confirmed after an explosion in the country's south.
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The undisputed king of Bollywood's baddies, Amrish Puri, died on Wednesday at the age of 72 after a long illness, a hospital spokesman said in India's film capital.
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Chile's former military ruler General Augusto Pinochet died at the age of 91, Chilean TV reports.
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A senior Al-Qaeda leader in  Afghanistan, described by Western authorities as one of Osama  bin Laden's top six lieutenants, has been killed, U.S.  officials and an al-Qaeda-linked Web site said on Thursday.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Former dictator Augusto Pinochet, who polarized Chile during his brutal 1973-1990 military rule and spent his old age fighting human rights, fraud and corruption charges, died on Sunday at 91 years old.
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One of the Taleban fighters who masterminded the kidnapping of 23 South Koreans in July has been killed, Afghan officials say.
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Tributes are played to a British soldier killed in Afghanistan after he is named by the Ministry of Defence.
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Mohammad Zahir Shah returned to Kabul from exile in 2002. He had been deposed in 1973 after a 40-year reign.
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Indonesia's ex-leader, 86, Suharto dies after suffering multiple organ failure, police and hospital authorities say.
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Indonesia's former president Suharto, who ruled with an iron fist for 32 years, died on Sunday, a senior police official told reporters at the hospital where he was being treated.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, who ruled from 1973-1990, died on Sunday, a doctor from Santiago's military hospital said.
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Indonesia's former president Suharto,  whose legacy of economic development was marred by graft and  human rights abuses during his 32 years in power, died on  Sunday, aged 86, after suffering multiple organ failure.
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More than 20,000 Afghans gathered in  Kabul on Wednesday to remember Northern Alliance military  commander Ahmad Shah Masood, slain by al Qaeda operatives two  days before the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.