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Seven killed in Pak Swat Valley MINGORA, (Pakistan), Apr 10 : Seven suspected militants were killed early Sunday in a clash with Pakistani security forces in a northwest valley once controlled by the Taliban, police said. The suspects were believed to have been fleeing a Pakistani army operation in Mohmand, a tribal region bordering Afghanistan where dozens of insurgents have been killed and arrested in recent days. Two soldiers were wounded in the clash in the Sardam area of the Swat Valley, after residents alerted authorities to the militants' presence.--AP Syrian rights group says 26 killed in Deraa BEIRUT, Apr 10: A Syrian rights group said on Sunday that 26 protesters had been killed in the southern city of Deraa and two in the central province of Homs after security forces opened fire on a peaceful gatherings of protesters.-Reuters. Plane crash kills 2, injures 4 in Philippine city BAGUIO, (Philippines), Apr 10: A small plane with six people on board crashed in a popular mountain resort city in the northern Philippines Sunday, killing two people on board and seriously injuring four others, officials said. The six-seater Piper Aztec plane, with tail number RPC 5140, crashed and burst into flames in a hilly horse-riding trail in Camp John Hay, a former U.S. military recreation center, shortly after taking off from Baguio city's Loakan airport, regional military commander Lt. Gen. Gaudencio Pangilinan said.--AP Bomb kills 3 tribal elders in western Afghanistan KABUL, Apr 10: A roadside bomb killed three tribal elders in western Afghanistan on Sunday, possibly in retaliation for their cooperation with the government. The men were driving to a meeting with villagers and other tribal elders about what sort of projects the Afghan government and international donors should fund when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb, killing all of them, officials said.--AP Thai 'Red Shirts' mark anniversary of bloody clash BANGKOK, Apr 10: Thailand's anti-government "Red Shirt" movement has held a peaceful rally marking the anniversary of a street clash with the army a year ago that left 25 people dead. The rally Sunday, at the same place as last year's clash, also amounted to a pre-campaign rally for Red Shirt supporters ahead of general elections that Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has pledged will be held by early July.--AFP About 1,000 relics stolen during Egypt uprising MADRID, Apr 10: Thieves stole around 1,000 relics from museums and archeological sites across Egypt since protests against the government broke out in January, Egypt's minister for antiquities Zahi Hawass said Sunday in a newspaper interview. "We are investigating all the incidents to find the items. Up until now we have identified many culprits, criminals who were looking for gold or mummies and who lacked knowledge of the value of the items they stole," he told Spanish daily El Mundo.--AFP