Militants have targeted tourists in two separate attacks in Cairo Saturday, leaving three people dead and a number of others injured. A pair of veiled women opened fire on a tourist bus in the Egyptian capital near the populous Citadel tourist attraction. Both women were killed by security personnel. Earlier a suicide bomber blew himself up near the Egyptian museum in central Cairo. The explosion left four foreigners dead and several Egyptians injured. During the 1990s, Islamic militants carried out a number of attacks on foreign tourists visiting Egypt as part of their campaign to cripple the country's crucial tour Industry and bring down the government.

    In Iraq, militants have killed at least 5 Iraqis and injured several others. Four were killed in separate attacks in Baghdad. One died in the northern city of Mosul. US military officials say an American solider also killed Saturday, four other US soldiers were killed Friday in the northern town of Tal Afar, four dead American soldiers were among at least 30 people killed in Iraq Friday by a series of car bombs.

    Investigators have uncovered a mass grave in southern Iraq containing as many as 1,500 bodies. Forensic experts say most of those buried, were..., buried at the site near the town of Samawa, about 300 kilometers south of Baghdad, are believed to be Kurds. This is the Iraqi Human Rights minister Bakhtiar Amin
There are over 1,500 people buried here. There are just 5 men, all others are women and children.
Officials say the victims were most likely killed during the Anfal campaign of the late 1980's - a drive by Saddam Hussein's regime to exterminate the Kurdish community in southern Kurdistan.

    In Nepal, King Gyanendra has lifted the state of emergency imposed three months ago when he fired the government and assumed absolute power. Here is Anjana Pasricha.

    A proclamation lifting the emergency came on Saturday hours after King Gyanendra returned from a trip to East Asia. During which, he was advised to restore democracy to Nepal. His political opposition welcomed the move, but called on him to disband the powerful anti-graft commission, which critics say was established to target politicians. Yavraj Ghimre, editor of Nepal’s Samay magazine, says it is unclear if democracy has truly been restored.

    King continues to hear the council of ministers. In the same manner, the royal commission on corruption continues to function with sweeping powers. So we will see the state of emergency continues to impair the constitutional process.

    The king fired the government suspended civil liberties and arrested hundreds of politicians and journalists on February first, saying the government had done nothing to halt a communist insurgency. Anjana Pasricha, for VOA news New Delhi..

    A U.S. soldier at the center of the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal in Iraq is to plead guilty Monday to reduced charges. Army Reservist Lynndie England will plead guilty to various charges. Some charges will be dropped . one of her attorneys Captain Johnson Chrisp describes the pleas.

    She is pleading guilty to two specifications of conspiracy. She is pleading guilty to four specifications of cruelty and maltreatment. And she is pleading guilty to one specification of these acts.
Reservist Lynndie England could be sentenced to anywhere from 13 months to 11 years in prison.

    Iran says it may resume activities related to Uranium enrichment after failing to reach an agreement with the European Union over its nuclear program. But Tehran's chief nuclear negotiator says it is not likely the Uranium enrichment suspended as a confidence building measure during the talks will be resumed. Meanwhile the United States has warned members of the International Atomic Energy Agency that North Korea appears ready to conduct underground nuclear tasks. President Bush voices concern this week about Pyongyang’s nuclear capabilities.

    And the World Health Organization says hospitals in Angola are putting people at risk of catching the deadly Marburg virus by not following proper safety procedures. The death toll from the disease has climbed to 257. The U.N. agency says that in the last week, two doctors at a provincial hospital inn were directly exposed to blood from Marburg patients.