Army base attacked

MIRAN SHAH:

Assailants fired two rockets at a base for army troops in a tribal town in northwestern Pakistan, but no one was hurt, an intelligence official said on Monday. The rockets hit near a soccer field on the base on Sunday in Miran Shah, the main town in the North Waziristan tribal region, the official said on condition of anonymity. — AP

Storm affects Yangon

YANGON:

Heavy rains caused flooding in areas of the Myanmar capital Yangon, but the effects so far of tropical storm Vicente on the country were relatively mild, the director general of the Meteorological Department said on Monday. As of Monday morning, Myanmar had escaped severe storms and flash floods, said Dr San Hla Thaw. — AP

Winds clear haze

JAKARTA:

Winds helped to clear the sky on Monday over Indonesian Borneo which has been plagued by thick haze from forest and ground fires, officials said. — AFP

Rebels blow up bus

HYDERABAD:

Suspected communist rebels blew up an empty passenger bus in wouthern India on Monday, police said. There were no reports of casualties. Six armed guerrillas entered the state-owned bus, which was parked for the night in Vanipally.— AP