2 Afghan police die, NATO chopper crashes in east

KABUL, (Afghanistan), Apr 23 : Militants ambushed an Afghan police vehicle, killing two Saturday and a coalition helicopter crashed in eastern Afghanistan with no fatalities, NATO and Afghan officials said. The Afghan Ministry of Interior said insurgents attacked the policemen in Dara Nur district in the northern tip of Nangarhar province. -AP Clash kills 2 outside Tibetan monastery BEIJING, Apr 23: Two people have died in a clash with Chinese police raiding a Tibetan Buddhist monastery where tensions have run high over the recent suicide of a monk, an activist group said Saturday. The reported incident marks some of the worst violence in the ongoing troubles at Kirti monastery located high in the Himalayan foothills in a traditionally Tibetan area of Sichuan province in the country's west -Xinhua Tornado hits St. Louis airport ST. LOUIS, Apr 23: St. Louis' main airport was closed for business Saturday while crews cleaned up after an apparent tornado tore through a terminal, causing several injuries and sending people scurrying for shelter as plated glass shattered around them. Friday evening's storm at Lambert-St. -BBC Nigeria violence an echo of nation's bloody past KAFANCHAN, (Nigeria), Apr 23: Whole sections of towns are burned out, the smell of rot is in the air, and people are escaping with whatever they can carry across the rural lands that separate Nigeria's Christian south and Muslim north. The religious rioting that swept Africa's most populous nation days after its presidential election likely killed hundreds of people, though government officials remain hesitant to offer death tolls for fear of sparking more violence. -AP Christians celebrate last Easter in united Sudan KHARTOUM, April 23: Easter in Sudan this year should be an occasion to celebrate the imminent secession of the mostly Christian south, but tribal violence and threats to reinforce sharia law in the north have muted festivities. "Our church here, it is a church of struggle. -AFP Two US soldiers killed in Iraq: military BAGHDAD, April 23 : Two American soldiers have been killed during a mission in southern Iraq, the US military said on Saturday. The fatalities raised to 4,450 the number of US soldiers who have died in Iraq since the 2003 US-led invasion to oust Saddam Hussein. "Two US service members were killed yesterday (Friday) while conducting operations in southern Iraq," the military said in a statement without giving any other details. -AFP