http://www.coloradodaily.com/articles/2008/02/10/news/beyond_boulder/news2.txtBy BRADLEY S. KLAPPER Associated Press Writer GENEVA (AP)
Sunday, February 10, 2008 9:18 PM MST
Up to 12,000 refugees fled Sudan's Darfur region to neighboring Chad over the weekend following air strikes by the Sudanese military and thousands more may be coming, the U.N. refugee agency said Sunday.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7225613.stmLast Updated: Monday, 4 February 2008, 07:08 GMT
The US military has admitted accidentally killing nine Iraqi civilians, including a child, during raids south of Baghdad.
In a statement, it said the civilian deaths occurred on Saturday near the town of Iskandariya, 50km (30 miles) from the Iraqi capital.
It added that three more civilians, two of them children, were wounded "as coalition forces pursued al-Qaeda".
Witnesses say 20 people were killed in an US air strike in the area.
They said the dead included 17 members of the same family.
In a statement, the US military said: "Shortly after the incident, coalition forces leaders met with a sheikh representing the citizens of the local area.