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  • Mortar kills Baghdad schoolgirls

    Five female students have been killed in a mortar strike on a girls' secondary school in Baghdad, one of a series of bombings across the Iraqi capital.At least 15 other people were also killed on Sunday in a series of bombings across the city, where Iraqi and US authorities are preparing for a broad offensive against armed groups.Fawziya Swadi, the.. More

  • Hamas calls halt to unity talks

    Hamas has accused Fatah of mounting a plot to overthrow the Hamas-led government and vowed to avenge its members killed in factional fighting. Referring to unity talks, Ayman Taha, a Hamas official, said on Saturday: "As long as the leaders of the coup within Fatah are continuing the killings, there can be no dialogue." But Tawfiq Abu Khoussa, a Fatah.. More

  • Washington rally urges end to war

    Chanting "bring our troops home," tens of thousands of anti-war protesters have rallied outside congress to pressure the government to get out of Iraq. Veterans and military families joined some congressmen, peace groups and actors to urge congress and George Bush, the US president, to stop funding the war and pull troops from Iraq. "I thought I was.. More

  • Teheran officials deny MP's centrifuge claims

    An Iranian nuclear official has rejected a statement by a Tehran MP who said Iran had begun installing 3,000 new atomic centrifuges for uranium enrichment. Hossein Simorgh, the head of public affairs at Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation, said on Saturday that no such new devices had been fitted at its Natanz uranium enrichment facility. Alaeddin.. More

  • Hamas calls halt to unity talks

    Hamas has accused Fatah, the Palestinian president's movement, of mounting a plot to overthrow the Hamas-led government and vowed to avenge its members killed in factional fighting. Referring to unity talks, Ayman Taha also said on Saturday: "As long as the leaders of the coup within Fatah are continuing the killings, there can be no dialogue." But.. More

  • Saudi warns 'interfering' Iran

    Saudi Arabia's king has said Iran is putting the Gulf region in danger and has advised Tehran leaders to know "their limits".In an interview published in Kuwait's al-Seyassah newspaper on Saturday, King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud said attempts by Iran to spread Shia beliefs in Sunni communities would fail.King Abdullah said: "Saudi leaders and.. More

  • Suicide bombers strike in Baghdad

    At least 15 people have been killed and 55 injured in twin suicide car bomb attacks in Baghdad. The bombs exploded in quick succession near a market in the mainly Shia New Baghdad district, in the east of the city, Iraqi police sources say. There has been a string of attacks on markets. The worst killed 88 people. The attacks come despite the.. More

  • Army ends Beirut curfew

    Traffic began to return to the streets of mainly Sunni districts of Beirut after the army lifted the curfew at 6am (04:00 GMT), but some feared that there would be more violence.It was the first night curfew on Beirut since the 1975-90 civil war.As-Safir newspaper's headline on Thursday read: "God damn whoever awakened it!"A vegetable seller in a religiously.. More

  • Many die in Iraq pet market blast

    A bomb detonated at a Baghdad pet market has killed at least 15 people and injured 35 others, police say. The blast ripped through the Ghazil market in the city centre, a popular destination which sells dogs, cats, birds and other animals. Baghdad's markets are now a regular target for bombers aiming to kill and maim high numbers of civilians. Officials.. More

  • US to boost Afghan troop numbers

    The United States military has said it will extend the tours of 3,200 troops in Afghanistan in order to counter an expected spring offensive by Taliban fighters.Also on Thursday, Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, said the US government would ask congress for an additional $10.6 billion in military and civil aid to Afghanistan.The troops.. More

  • Sentence delayed on Saddam deputy

    An Iraqi has judge postponed a session in which Taha Yassin Ramadan, Saddam Hussein's former deputy, had been expected to be sentenced to death after his lawyers failed to attend court. Aan appeals court ruled last month that Ramadan's previous sentence of life in prison was too lenient and that he should receive the death penalty. Ramadan was accused.. More

  • US holds talks with Islamic courts

    The US ambassador to Kenya has held talks with a key leader of Somalia's Islamic courts movement to urge him to have his supporters renounce violence. US officials said Michael Ranneberger met Sharif Ahmed in Nairobi, where he has been in the protective custody of the Kenyan authorities since turning himself in. Details of the meeting were not clear,.. More

  • US troops in Baghdad battle

    US-led forces have battled fighters in what they said was an operation to regain control of a major street cutting through the heart of Baghdad. "There is a fight going on. Units are engaged," Steven Lamb, a US military spokesman said on Wednesday, confirming an operation was under way to restore control to the mainly Sunni Arab area. Thirty suspected.. More

  • US Senate panel rejects Iraq plan

    A US Senate committee has rejected President Bush's plan to send extra troops to Iraq, passing the measure to the full Senate for a vote next week. The Democratic-controlled Senate Foreign Relations Committee dismissed Mr Bush's policy as "not in the national interest" in a 12-9 vote. It comes a day after the president gave his State of the Union.. More

  • Olmert urges president to go

    Ehud Olmert, the Israeli prime minister, has called for the president to resign over allegations of rape and sexual assault.On Wednesday, Olmert said he had "no doubt" that Moshe Katsav, Israel's president, could not fulfil his responsibilities and should stand down.Olmert said: "I have no doubt that the president cannot continue and fulfil his position.. More