Three German soldiers have confessed their involvement in a scandal in which German peacekeepers in Afghanistan were shown in newspaper photos as playing with human skulls, the Luebecker Nachrichten daily reported on Tuesday.

At least four people were killed and six others were injured in clashes between the Tamil Tiger rebels and the government troops Tuesday, defense officials said.

Many Palestinian officials and analysts were pessimistic over the formation of a national unity government to replace incumbent Hamas-led one despite the so- called progress reported by local media.

The death toll of Palestinians killed by Israeli troops on Tuesday in the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis rose to three, local medics sources said.

The Sri Lankan government said Tuesday it hoped the Tamil Tigers to return to talks by acting more responsibility although the two sides failed to reach any agreement in their 2-day talks in Geneva.

The United States committed more than 200 cases of aerial espionage against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in October, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Tuesday.

Israeli warplanes flew low over Beirut, its southern suburbs and other areas in south Lebanon on Tuesday, witnesses and Lebanese security sources said.

Israeli warplanes flew low over Beirut, its southern suburbs and other areas in south Lebanon on Tuesday, witnesses and Lebanese security sources said.

Israeli warplanes flew low over Beirut, its southern suburbs and other areas in south Lebanon on Tuesday, witnesses and Lebanese security sources said.

Israeli warplanes flew low over Beirut, its southern suburbs and other areas in south Lebanon on Tuesday, witnesses and Lebanese security sources said.