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Saudi Forces Kill Six Militants in Shootout

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Saudi security forces stormed a suspected Al Qaeda hideout in the country’s capital early Friday, killing six militants and arresting a seventh after an exchange of gunfire, the interior ministry said. One policeman was also killed in the clashes, the ministry said in a statement. The …

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Official: Top Bosnian War Crimes Fugitive Near Surrender

BELGRADE, Serbia-Montenegro – War crimes fugitive Gen. Ratko Mladic, accused of genocide and crimes against humanity stemming from the Bosnian war, has been located and authorities are negotiating his surrender, a top state security official said Tuesday. Mladic was located but “he has yet not been arrested,” the official, who …

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Thousands of Katrina Evacuees Booted From Hotels

NEW ORLEANS – Hauling everything he owned in a plastic garbage bag, Darryl Travis walked out of the chandeliered lobby of the Crowne Plaza, joining the exodus of Hurricane Katrina refugees evicted from their hotel rooms across the country Tuesday. The occupants of more than 4,500 government-paid hotel rooms were …

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