Deadly blast hits Afghan market

A suicide attack in south Afghanistan has killed at least 21 people, many of them children, police say.

The bomb was detonated in a market in the Deh Rawud district of Uruzgan province at about 1030 local time.

Provincial police chief Jumma Gul told the BBC that a suicide bomber on a motorbike had struck a police vehicle.

Militants in Kunar province attacked a Nato outpost, leading to clashes and casualties on both sides, said a statement by the alliance.

It said insurgents had been using shops and the mosque in the village of Wanat for cover.

"There have been casualties on both sides of the fight, but accurate numbers could not be confirmed as the fighting is ongoing," the announcement by the International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) said.

And US forces said 40 insurgents had been killed in Helmand province in the past 24 hours.

There is no confirmation.

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Sudan: Genocide charges a big mistake

KHARTOUM, Sudan (CNN) -- Facing a possible arrest warrant for genocide, Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir got a show of support Sunday as he arrived for an emergency meeting of his cabinet.

Al-Bashir would be the first sitting president indicted by ICC for genocide.

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A crowd of about 2,000 people, some chanting "Down, down, USA," greeted the president with rousing cheers when he appeared on his way to the council of ministers meeting.

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court may seek an arrest warrant for al-Bashir on Monday, charging him with genocide for a five-year campaign of violence in the country's Darfur region, the Sudanese ambassador to the United Nations told CNN Friday.

The warrant from Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo would make al-Bashir the first sitting president to be indicted by the ICC for genocide.

"We have been hearing that this prosecutor is going to announce some names, possibly the leadership of the country, that will be indicted," said Sudanese Ambassador Adbalmahmood Abdalhaleem Mohamad. "It is a criminal move that

should be resisted by all."

When he saw the crowd Sunday, al-Bashir climbed onto a pickup truck and pumped his fist in the air, whipping the group into a frenzy.

Some held signs saying, "You are joking... Ocamp-who?" and "Death to America."

A high-ranking ambassador at the presidential palace called the possible prosecution stupid and malicious, and warned that the Sudanese people would see it as proof of a larger conspiracy

against the country.

Doctor: Angelina Jolie gives birth to twins

PARIS, France (AP) -- The Brangelina twins are here: Angelina Jolie has given birth to a girl and a boy.

Angelina Jolie and her partner, Brad Pitt, are welcoming the arrival of twins.

The obstetrician who delivered the twins, Dr. Michel Sussmann, told The Associated Press that the actress, the babies and Jolie's partner, actor Brad Pitt, "are doing marvelously well."

Sussmann said Jolie gave birth to a boy, Knox Leon, and a girl, Vivienne Marcheline, by Cesarian section on Saturday night.

He told the AP on Sunday morning that the boy weighed 5.03 pounds and the girl 5 pounds.

Pitt was there during the operation, said the doctor, who delivered the twins at the seaside Lenval hospital in Nice in southern France.

"Everything is going well," said Sussmann. "The mother, the babies, the father are doing marvelously well."

He said the Cesarian was moved forward from its originally planned date "for medical reasons" so that the babies could be born "in the best conditions." Sussman did not give details.

He said Jolie is expected to stay in the hospital for a few more days.

Jolie and Pitt already have four children: Maddox, 6; Pax, 4; Zahara, 3, and Shiloh, 2.

Jolie had checked into the hospital late last month to rest and be monitored by her doctor before the birth.

Before that, she, Pitt and their children had moved into a large estate, Miraval, in the French hamlet of Correns, which is just a short helicopter ride from the hospital. Correns is about 60 miles from Nice, a resort on the Mediterranean.

Though the lenses of the world's paparazzi had been trained on maternity wards across the French Riviera, Jolie managed to slip unobserved into the clinic, reportedly arriving by helicopter on the hospital's rooftop helipad.

Pitt was seen coming and going after Jolie's hospitalization became public.

The first photos of the new twins are expected to fetch millions of dollars.

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