PESHAWAR Pakistan Reuters - Twelve children who mistook a bomb for a toy were killed on Saturday

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Twelve children who mistook a bomb for a toy were killed on Saturday when it exploded as they played with it in a restive region of Pakistan, police said World"Seven of the children belonged to the same family. Five of them are girls," a police official, Said Zaman, told Reuters from Low Dir district, where the incident took place.Zaman said the bomb resembled a football and the children found it near their school as they were returning to their homes. Pakistani officials say they are trying to use political means in order to combat violence.(Writing by Zeeshan Haider; Editing by Mark Trevelyan) World. HAVANA (Reuters) - More than 100 years too late, Galveston, Texas, finally paid attention to Cuba's knowledge of hurricanes.

weather officials heeded Cuban warnings, the island city would have been better served in 1900, she said, when a massive hurricane similar to Ike struck Cuba, then headed across the Gulf of Mexico toward Galveston.In those days before satellites and radar, Cuba forecasters warned the storm was going toward Texas, but U.S. experts disagreed, saying it would veer northeast to the mid-Atlantic coast.On September 8, 1900, the hurricane struck Galveston with 135 mile per hour (217 kpm) winds and a massive storm surge, leading to the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history, the full extent of which has never been determined."The (United States) weather bureau chose to ignore the warning, and 6,000 to 10,000 people lost their lives," Thomas said.Cuba prides itself on suffering few hurricane deaths, which Havana portrays as evidence of its concern for its people.Thomas said not everything she learned in Cuba can be applied to the United States.In Cuba, storm evacuations are compulsory, a major reason few people are killed in storms."We have a different form of government in the United States," Thomas said. "When we call for a mandatory evacuation and citizens are warned they may be left without water, medical care and resources, (but) they still have the right to tell their government they do not wish to leave their homes."She was visiting Cuba under the auspices of the Washington-based Center for International Policy, which works to improve U.S.-Cuba relations by fostering contacts between the long-hostile countries."Our visit simply points up the fact that we can only gain through dialogue," said Wayne Smith, director of the center's Cuba program, and former head of the U.S. Interests Section in Havana."One way to emphasize the need for dialogue is to focus on subjects that bring us together," he said.(Editing by Patricia Zengerle) U.S. Cuba Mexico. After suffering a third loss in a row in Philadelphia, the Habs are back home trailing the series 1-3.

Carbonneau's men will work hard to avoid early vacations on Saturday at the Bell Centre.The good news is that Montreal did not lose more than three games in a row in the regular season.The challenge is enormous for the team, but it is far from being impossible. On 20 occasions, we've seen teams come from a 1-3 deficit to win a series It happened five times since the year 2000. The last team to accomplish such thing was in 2004, and Montreal was that team to eliminate Boston in seven."There are teams that were successful in winning a series after trailing 1-3, says Guillaume Latendresse. We have played better than them (Philadelphia) in the last three games. We remain positive and we all know we can win this series."Eight actual Habs' players were among that 2004 group when the team eliminated the Boston Bruins in seven games. Captain Saku Koivu knows better than anybody else that coming back is not impossible."All we need to do is continue to do what we do well, says Koivu. We dominated our rivals in all four games but they won three."Habs' players enjoyed a day off yesterday to recharge batteries and spend some time with family."The important thing is to be mentally ready," added Koivu."The most important thing, is to forget what just happened to us.