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  • U.S. Forces Leave Fallujah Mayor's Office

    The U.S.-appointed mayor of Fallujah said American forces withdrew from his office Friday - a highly symbolic gesture of confidence that local police can keep him safe in this city. At the same time, U.S. soldiers dramatically decreased their presence at Fallujah's police station after Iraqi officers complained they were in danger of being caught.. More

  • Two Killed in Karachi Explosion

    A huge bomb explosion ripped through a multi-storey building housing international businesses in the southern Pakistani port of Karachi Friday, killing two people and injuring four others, Pakistani police said. "It was a bomb explosion and the device was placed near a pillar at the entrance to the 12-storey plaza," said police officer Ajmal Magsi... More

  • Two US Soldiers Killed in Iraq Attacks

    At least two US soldiers were killed overnight in Iraq in separate attacks, the military said, as anti-American attacks showed no sign of abating, prompting Washington to look to its allies for support. One soldier was killed near the town of Mahmudiyah, south of Baghdad, when a convoy was ambushed with small arms fire at around 6:30 pm on Wednesday,.. More

  • Hamas Warns on Mid-East Truce

    The spiritual leader of the Palestinian Islamic group Hamas has warned that their patience "has its limits" as efforts continue to shore up the ceasefire with Israel. Sheikh Yassin said Hamas was still committed to the truce but would not retract its demand for the release of all Palestinians held in Israel prisons. The issue of how many prisoners.. More

  • Bush Visit to S. Africa Sparks Protests

    Rising anti-American sentiment fueled by discontent over the U.S.-led war in Iraq is casting a shadow over President Bush's visit to South Africa. Scores of disgruntled South Africans have protested this week outside the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria and the consulates in Johannesburg and Cape Town. "The whole African tour is a diversion away from Iraq,".. More

  • US Admits; Evidence against Iraq False!

    The White House has admitted for the first time that its claim that former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein had tried to buy uranium from Niger was false. In a surprising statement that has stunned the US capital, White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said on Monday that President George W. Bush made a **mistake*** when he said in his state of the union.. More

  • Ferry Capsizes near Dhaka, 600 Feared Dead

    A ferry carrying more than 700 people capsized in southern Bangladesh, and about 600 people were missing and feared dead, rescue officials said on Wednesday. The triple-deck ferry was traveling from Dhaka to the southern Bhola district when it sank late on Tuesday near Chandpur town, 64 km south of Dhaka, said Manzoor-e-Elahi, the area's government.. More

  • Islamic Jihad Branch behind Bomb Blast, Abbas Quits Key Post

    A branch of the Islamic Jihad group said it was behind explosion at a house near Tel Aviv, but the group's leader denied it had breached a truce called recently by Palestinian factions. The blast on Monday night was caused by Ahmad Yahya, a 22-year-old from a village near the West Bank town of Jenin. The explosion, which killed one female Jewish.. More

  • New 'Saddam' Tape Aired

    Another purported audiotape from Saddam Hussein taunted coalition forces three months after the Iraqi strongman's ouster, as attacks continued against US soldiers and their local allies eager to rebuild the country. The voice on the recordings, played on a Lebanese television station and Arabic satellite station Al-Jazeera, said: "Victory is coming... More

  • Deaths Reported in Lagos Riots

    Police in Nigeria's largest city, Lagos, have shot dead at least five protesters during unrest as a general strike enters its second week, union officials say. Police have not confirmed the deaths and deny responsibility for the violence. However, a BBC reporter in Lagos, the commercial capital, said one funeral had already taken place. Local.. More

  • Sudanese Plane Crashes Killing 115

    A Sudanese airliner crashed early Tuesday shortly after taking off from Port Sudan airport, killing 104 passenger and 11 crew. Only a child survived, Sudan News Agency reported. The Boeing 737 was on an internal flight to the capital, Khartoum, when its captain reported trouble, "but fate was quicker," the director of Sudan Airways, Ahmed Ismail.. More

  • Two Iraqi Police Officers Wounded in Baghdad

    Iraqi police came under attack in Baghdad overnight in what US-led authorities have described as a growing pattern of Iraqi strikes and threats against compatriots cooperating with the occupying forces. Unidentified assailants lobbed grenades at the police station in northern Baghdad, injuring two Iraqi policemen; no US soldiers were wounded in the.. More

  • Taylor Accepts Nigerian Asylum Offer

    Embattled Liberian President Charles Taylor accepted an offer of asylum in Nigeria to end a ruinous civil war but gave no indication when he would leave and stressed the need for an orderly departure. "We have accepted it," said Taylor, after an emergency meeting with Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo at Monrovia's Robertsfield airport. "We believe.. More

  • Palestinian Security Arrests Suspected Bomber

    Palestinian security forces said on Monday they had arrested a Palestinian woman from the Gaza Strip who was planning a bombing attack in Israel. A spokesman for Maj. Gen. Abdel Razek al-Majaydeh, whose troops received control of the parts of the Gaza Strip left by Israel, said an 18-year-old woman was arrested near an area used by Palestinians to.. More

  • New Attack in Ramadi, U.S. Soldiers Killed in Baghdad

    Two US soldiers and two Iraqis were killed as attacks against the US-led coalition escalated, while Ankara said the US arrest of Turkish troops had sparked a "crisis" between the NATO allies. The latest shootings -- which raised to three the number of US soldiers who died within 24 hours -- overshadowed the "historic" inaugural meeting of a Baghdad.. More

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