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U.S. Soldiers Killed near Mosul, Iraqi Council Fails to Choose a President
Two soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division were killed and another wounded early Sunday when their convoy came under rocket-propelled grenade and small arms fire in northern Iraq, the U.S. military said. All three soldiers were rushed to a nearby military hospital, where two of them died, said Corp. Todd Pruden, a spokesman for the military in.. More -
Chaos at Heathrow as BA Staff Walk out
Europe's largest airline British Airways has cancelled yet more flights today after check-in staff at London's Heathrow Airport staged a surprise strike. More than 10,000 passengers were left stranded at Terminal One, from where most of BA's domestic and European flights depart. The industrial action followed a wildcat walkout on Friday evening by.. More -
Fierce Fighting in Liberia
Refugees are flooding towards the centre of the Liberian capital Monrovia, away from clashes between government troops and rebels on the outskirts. Rebel forces have launched a fresh attack, pinning back the army of President Charles Taylor and seizing two strategically vital bridges. During a similar assault last month, hundreds of people died and.. More -
Blair Feels the Heat after Scientist's Suicide Confirmed
British Prime Minister Tony Blair is facing one of the toughest tests of his leadership. It follows the suicide of a scientist embroiled in a row between the BBC and the government over claims that ministers exaggerated intelligence to justify the Iraq war. Dr David Kelly was found dead just miles from his home in Oxfordshire, southern England. Dave.. More -
Three Coalition Soldiers Wounded in Afghanistan
At least three soldiers from the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan have been wounded in a bomb attack on a convoy in the east of the country, the U.S. military said Saturday. The bomb detonated in the middle of the convoy about 5 miles south of the town of Asadabad in Kunar province Friday afternoon, Lt. Col. Douglas Lefforge told a news briefing... More -
Body 'Matches' Iraq Expert
A body matching the description of Dr David Kelly - the weapons expert at the centre of the Iraq dossier row - has been found at a beauty spot close to his home in Oxfordshire. The government says an independent judicial inquiry will be held into the circumstances of his death if the body is confirmed to be that of the MoD adviser. The discovery.. More -
Two American Soldiers Killed in Iraq
Iraqi resistance fighters attacked a convoy with explosives, killing one American soldier, and shot and killed another in the Iraqi capital on Friday, while a prominent Iraqi cleric urged Iraqis to politically oppose a U.S.-appointed government. The two American deaths Friday brought the total U.S. personnel killed in combat since the March 20 start.. More -
Philippines OKs Cease-Fire With MILF
The Philippine government announced a cease-fire deal with a Muslim separatist group Friday, agreeing to drop arrest warrants against its leaders for alleged terrorism to pave the way for peace talks as early as next week. The deal was reached with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, which has been fighting for an independent Muslim territory in Mindanao.. More -
8 Die When Car Plows Into Calif. Market
A car driven by an elderly man plowed through a crowded farmers market Wednesday, killing nine and injuring up to 45 others as the vehicle hurled victims through the air, smashing through market tents and boxes of produce. Police said 14 victims were critically injured, and a 3-year-old girl was among those killed along three downtown blocks closed.. More -
Abbas to meet Bush in Washington
The pace of Middle East peacemaking is picking up in a new round of diplomacy, most significantly a planned meeting between Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas and US President George Bush. It will be Abbas' first talks in Washington although he met Bush at a Middle East summit in Jordan last month. Bush is likely to urge Abbas to follow-up on.. More -
Karzai Names Loya Jirga to Draft Constitution
American-picked Afghan president Hamid Karzai issued a decree establishing the procedure for choosing delegates to a new traditional assembly, which is to adopt the country's next constitution in October. After the constitutional loya jirga approves the draft in October, preparations may begin for elections to be held by June 2004 under the Bonn.. More -
Dagestan; Three Dead in Blast
A suspected bomb has killed three people including a woman, a small child and a policeman after it exploded outside a police building in the town of Khasavyurt in the Russian republic of Dagestan. As many as 20 policemen and local residents were injured after the device, thought to have been contained in a moped, blew up some five metres from the.. More -
US Soldiers in Iraq Criticise Rumsfeld
A demoralised and weary group of American soldiers stationed in Iraq have publicly aired their grievances. Told several times they would be going home only to have their hopes dashed, soldiers from the 3rd Infantry division imagined what they would like to say to Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. "I would ask him why we are still here. I don't have.. More -
Journalists' Group Protests over Sharon's "Boycott" of BBC
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) protested over Ariel Sharon's "boycott" of the BBC during his current British tour, saying the Israeli Prime Minister's behaviour sent a dangerous message to the Arab world on press freedom. The Brussels-based group, which represents around 500,000 journalists in more than 100 countries, said Sharon.. More -
Irishman's Arrest 'a Mistake'
The arrest of an Irishman in the West Bank was a "mistake", Israeli radio has reported. The station quoted officials saying that there were "increasing doubts" that the man who was arrested near Ramallah was the person Israeli police had intended to detain. Sean O Muireagain, 40, from west Belfast, was arrested on Saturday by Israeli security forces.. More
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