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322 People, Including 155 Children, Killed in Russian School

Some 322 people, including 155 children, were killed in the three-day hostage siege in a southern Russian school on the edge of Chechnya, said Russia's Deputy Prosecutor General Sergei Fridinsky. "We are still identifying the bodies. We have recovered 322 bodies, 155 of them are children," Fridinsky told reporters. "These are not the final figures,.. More

70326 04/09/2004
Boy, 17, Given Life for Video Game Murder

A teenager who battered his younger friend to death as he allegedly acted out scenes from the violent computer game "Manhunt" was detained for life yesterday by a court in central England. Legal experts said that Warren Leblanc, 17, would likely be held at a juvenile detention centre until his 18th birthday, after which he would be sent to an adult.. More

70316 04/09/2004
Anwar Ibrahim Calls for Malaysian Reforms

Former Malaysian deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim has vowed to push for democratic reforms as he savours his first days of freedom in six years, after a sodomy conviction was overturned. "It's an indescribable feeling to be among family and friends," said Anwar on Saturday, looking far more relaxed than during a tense appearance on Thursday, when.. More

70315 04/09/2004
Hopes Rise for Release of French Journalists

Despite conflicting reports, hopes are growing that two French journalists kidnapped a fortnight ago in Iraq will be released. An influential Iraqi cleric from the Association of Muslim Scholars (AMS) said on Friday that Christian Chesnot and Georges Malbrunot were safe and would be released soon. "They are out of danger as Shaikh Hareth al-Dhari.. More

70276 03/09/2004
Russian School Slaughter

Scores are feared dead as Russian troops storm a school and battle an armed group while hundreds of hostages flee under fire. Gunbattles continued into Friday evening, hours after Russian commandos appeared to have ended a two-day siege at the school in the town of Beslan in the province of North Ossetia. Officials said they feared as many 150 people.. More

70275 03/09/2004
UN Calls for Syrian Withdrawal

By a vote of 9-0, with six abstentions, the UN Security Council has passed a resolution calling on Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon and warning against external interference in its presidential elections. Late on Thursday evening, the US and France toned down a draft UN resolution demanding Syria withdraw its forces from Lebanon. The move has been rejected.. More

70244 03/09/2004
Thatcher Son Posts Bail in Equatorial Guinea Coup Case

Mark Thatcher paid two million rand (250,000 euros/ 300,000 dollars) in bail to end a nine-day house arrest imposed after he was charged with bankrolling a coup plot in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, a source close to him said. The 51-year-old millionaire businessman son of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher was charged on August 25 and placed.. More

70243 03/09/2004
Bush Aides 'Knew of Israeli Spy Probe'

President George Bush's security advisers knew years in advance about an FBI investigation into whether classified information was being leaked to Israel. US officials on Thursday said national security adviser Condoleezza Rice and her deputy Stephen Hadley were appraised of the counterintelligence investigation more than two years ago. The counterintellig.. More

70242 03/09/2004
Massive Blast Disrupts Oil Exports as more Captives Killed in Iraq

Iraq's northern oil exports were dealt a massive blow when a vital pipeline to Turkey was hit by its largest post-war attack, halting exports only days after Iraq clinched its first term contract. The pipeline with Turkey was shut down on Thursday, said Ahmad Hassan Ghafif, head of security for gas and oil pipelines in northern Iraq. "The Iraq-Turkey.. More

70227 03/09/2004
1.2 Million People Told to Flee Fla. Hurricane

Residents and tourists in cars, trucks and campers clogged highways along the state's Atlantic coast on Thursday, fleeing inland as mighty Hurricane Frances threatened Florida with its second battering in three weeks. About 1.2 million residents were told to evacuate ahead of what could be the most powerful storm to hit Florida in a decade. Others.. More

70226 03/09/2004
Israel Destroys Dozens of Palestinian Homes in Gaza

Israeli occupation forces have blown up two Palestinian housing blocks in a Gaza refugee camp. Just hours after a helicopter gunship fired four missiles into Khan Yunis on Thursday, troops pushed into the camp to destroy two 10-storey apartment buildings that overlook a nearby illegal Jewish settlement. The army justified evacuating 150 Palestinian.. More

70181 02/09/2004
Malaysia's Anwar Ibrahim Freed from Jail

Malaysia was rocked by a political shockwave as former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim was unexpectedly freed from nearly six years in jail after winning a last-chance appeal against a sodomy conviction. The popular and charismatic Anwar, 57, immediately vowed to carry on his battle for political reform, as huge cheers rang out from hundreds of his supporters.. More

70180 02/09/2004
U.S. Strike on Fallujah Kills 18 Civilians Including Children

A U.S. airstrike on the city of Fallujah early Thursday killed eighteen civilians, including children, and wounded six others, hospital officials said. The strike, which hit a residential house in the southern neighborhood of al-Jubail, came just after midnight, witnesses said. U.S. forces have repeatedly carried out airstrikes in Fallujah, west.. More

70109 02/09/2004
Armed Group Seizes 400 Hostages at Russia School

Armed attackers seized a school in southern Russia near Chechnya on Wednesday, took up to 400 children and adults hostage and threatened to blow up the building if police tried to storm it, news agencies said. In an assault that bore the hallmarks of a Chechen operation, the group, numbering up to 17 heavily-armed men and women, stormed into the secondary.. More

70081 01/09/2004
India Plans to Build Missile with Israel

India, which tested an indigenously-built ballistic missile on Sunday, is holding talks with Israel about joint production of a long-range missile, the country's chief military scientist announced yesterday. "Wherever they have strengths, we want to jointly develop the missiles so that both countries can benefit and share designs, costs and risks,".. More

70078 01/09/2004

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