They Shoot Horses in Rwanda!

Paris denounces Rwandan genocide claims and accuses Rwanda of "unacceptable accusations" after a report says France was actively involved in the 1994 genocide. An independent Rwandan commission has accused France, saying that Paris had been aware of the preparations for the genocide and the French troops had direct involvement in the killings when they trained the ethnic Hutu militia.

Paris has consistently rejected the claims and denied any responsibility for the genocide that left about 800.000 people dead.

A French foreign ministry spokesman said, "This report contains unacceptable accusations made against French political and military officials." Meanwhile, Rwandan Information Minister Louise Mushikiwabo said she hoped the French officials named would be indicted for war crimes. "The government has asked the courts to use this report. We hope that legal proceedings will follow," she is quoted as saying by the AFP news agency.

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They Shoot Horses in Pakistan!

At least 5 Pakistani troops and about 25 pro-Taliban militants have been killed in fierce clashes at a tribal area along side the Afghan border, officials say. The clashes took place in the Loi Sum area in Bajaur, which has seen missile attacks in the past.

BBC says this is the first time troops have fought militants there on the ground. Talks between Pakistan's new government and Taliban leaders broke down in June and security has deteriorated sharply in recent week along the frontier.

In other violence in the north-west, suspected militants burnt down a girls' college and a school in Swat district, police said. Pakistani officials say the fighting started after more than 200 troops moved to reoccupy a key border post abandoned several months ago following frequent Taliban attacks.

They Shoot Horses in Afghanistan!

They shoot even brides and grooms in Afghanistan. Late news from this devastated country said a bride and a groom were among at least ten people killed in an explosion that hit a wedding party bus in southern Afghanistan. Six other people injured in the blast that caused by either a mine or a roadside bomb in the Spin Boldak area of Kandahar.

"Enemies of Afghanistan" are responsible of the killings, said a police chief in the province to the Agence France Presse (AFP) news. Other reports from the police chiefs estimated that thirteen people killed in the blast. Several wedding parties have been hit by the US air strikes in cases of mistaken identity, the most recent just last month, when forty-seven people died in Nangahar province, BBC says.

They Shoot Horses in India!

One hundred twenty worshippers are reported killed in s stampede at a Hindu temple in the northern Indian state Himachal Pradesh, Indian police say. The stampede happened at the Nainadevi temple in the Bilsapur district of Himachal Pradesh state, during a nine-day Hindu religious festival.

Police said the victims included 30 children while more people were hurt and have been taken to hospital. Indian temples are regularly hit by stampedes, as huge crowds of Hindu devotees flock to make offerings at festival times.

There have been at least three fatal stampedes in the country so far during 2008, although the numbers killed were far smaller than in the latest incident, BBC says.

They Shoot Horses in Iraq!

Twelve people were killed and 34 people injured on Sunday in a series of new explosions in Baghdad. Associated Press (AP) said three of the injured were Iraqi police officers.

The heaviest causalities happened on a truck bomb that has killed at least 12 people and injured 14 near a passport office in a busy Sunni area of Baghdad. The parked truck exploded near al-Maghreeb Street in the northern district of Adhamiya, reports said.

They Shoot Horses in Sudan!

On Thursday, two courts sentenced 22 Darfur rebels to death for their involvement in a raid on the capital Khartoum in last May. That was the first time rebels had reached Khartoum. News said at the time the army noticed their move towards Khartoum and neglected it.