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Six Aid Workers Released in Darfur
Rebels in Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur region have released six aid workers taken as hostages over the weekend, a World Food Programme (WFP) spokesman told AFP. "The three WFP staff members and three members of Sudanese Red Crescent (SRC) were released by the SLM (Sudan Liberation Movement) this morning," Peter Smerdon told AFP by phone on Wednesday. .. More -
Chalabi Escapes Assassination Bid
Iraqi politician Ahmad Chalabi has survived an assassination attempt while mortar rounds have exploded near the Green Zone where Iraq's new National Council is meeting for the first time. The former Iraqi Governing Council member escaped unhurt early on Wednesday after unidentified assailants opened fire on his convoy in southern Baghdad as he returned.. More -
Twin Blasts Leave many Dead in Israel
Two bombs exploded simultaneously on two buses in a southern Israeli city killing at least 16 people and wounding 80 in the first major Palestinian attack inside Israel in nearly six months, Aljazeera correspondents and agencies reported. Two bombers are also thought to have died in the attacks on Tuesday. Quoting Israeli radio and medical sources,.. More -
Moscow Car Blast Kills Seven
At least seven people were killed and 20 others injured after an explosion outside a Moscow subway station that the Russian security service blamed on a female bomber. The explosion caused carnage outside the station and came just a week after 90 were killed in twin plane crashes over Russia that officials blamed on Chechens. An interior ministry.. More -
Abu Ghraib Witness Claims England Abused Prisoners
The first US soldier convicted in the Iraq prisoner abuse scandal has testified that Private First Class Lynndie England, the soldier photographed holding an Iraqi on a leash, stomped on prisoners' fingers and toes. Private Jeremy Sivits on Monday testified at the resumption of a military court hearing for England, the pregnant 21-year-old soldier.. More -
Palestinian Boy Killed in Israeli Raid
A Palestinian boy has been shot dead by Israeli occupation troops during a raid into a refugee camp in the southern Gaza strip. Palestinian medical sources early on Tuesday named the victim of the attack as 14-year-old Mazin al-Agha from Rafah. The teenager received multiple wounds from a machine gun mounted on a tank. Numerous armoured vehicles and.. More -
Milosevic Opens Defence at Trial
Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic has opened his much-delayed defence at his trial at The Hague. He said accusations that he masterminded the 1990s Balkans wars were "unscrupulous lies". Milosevic faces charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes for his alleged role in the conflicts in which tens of thousands were killed... More -
Palestinian Hunger Strike Resumes
About 800 Palestinian prisoners have gone back on hunger strike after claiming conditions in an Israeli jail have not changed. However the Israeli Prisons Authority denied the inmates were back on strike, saying they had food in their cells and were eating. But in reference to the 800 Palestinians in Ashkelon prison, Isa Qaraqi, head of the Palestinian.. More -
Jew Held for Torching Jewish Centre
A man who has been arrested in connection with an arson attack on a Jewish social centre in France is Jewish and worked there, French police say. The 22 August attack, which gutted the centre, was at first believed to be the work of an anti-Semitic group. Although police on Monday refused to identify the man, investigators said the man had worked.. More -
Iraq Oil Pipeline Attacks Cease Exports
Oil exports from southern Iraq have grounded to a complete halt because of a spate of attacks on pipelines. Speaking on condition of anonymity, a senior Iraqi official from South Oil Company said oil flows out of the country's key southern pipelines ceased late on Sunday. The official said exports were not likely to resume for at least a week. "Oil.. More -
Koirala Flight Row Sparks Strike
Angry activists of the Nepali Congress party yesterday stoned several vehicles for operating during a strike called in Kathmandu to protest alleged mistreatment of NC leader Girija Prasad Koirala, police said. Amid this protest, three people were killed and four seriously injured when a bus they were travelling in was blown up by a landmine in eastern.. More -
France Begins Hostage Release Talks
The French foreign minister is to begin negotiations for the release of two journalists taken hostage in Iraq. In a televised address after a day of government crisis talks, President Jacques Chirac on Sunday confirmed he had sent Michel Barnier to Egypt to bring about the reporters' release by the self-styled Islamic Army in Iraq. The group has demanded.. More -
Three Die in Palestinian Camp Clash
Armed clashes broke out yesterday between Palestinian supporters of Yasser Arafat and Islamic activists in Lebanon's largest refugee camp, and officials said three people were killed, including a teenage girl on a balcony outside the camp who was hit by a stray bullet. At least seven people were wounded when machine-gun fire erupted in the Ein el-Hilweh.. More -
Kremlin's Candidate Wins Chechen Vote
Kremlin-backed Interior Minister Alu Alkhanov has been elected President of Russian- controlled Chechnya. According to partial results quoted by Russian news agencies on Sunday, Alkhanov took 72.2% of the vote. ITAR-TASS also quoted Moscow's interim president of the republic, Sergei Abramov, as saying 80% of the electorate had turned out to cast a.. More -
Pentagon Rocked by Israeli Spy Case
The FBI is investigating an analyst, named by US media, who is suspected of passing secret documents about Iran to Tel Aviv. The US Defence Department confirmed on Saturday that the FBI was questioning a high-placed official suspected of spying for Washington's close ally but did not name him. The Washington Post's website, however, quoted two sources.. More
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