Student attackers

    CHINESE Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying yesterday urged France to punish three men who allegedly attacked several Chinese students.

    Iraq attacks

    THREE bomb attacks in Iraq including a blast inside a roadside restaurant killed 12 people yesterday, officials said, the latest in a surge of violence that has left nearly 2,000 dead since the beginning of April.

    10 soldiers killed

    A CAR bomb targeting a checkpoint near a military airport in Damascus has killed 10 soldiers and wounded 10 others, activists said yesterday.