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  • Fatal Shooting at Amish School

    A gunman killed three schoolgirls and then shot himself after entering a school in Pennsylvania's Amish community on Monday. The attacker was namedas Charles Carl Roberts, a local 32 year-old truck driver who was not Amish.Police found the bodies of three girls and Roberts when they entered the building. Jeffrey Miller, the state police commissioner,.. More

  • Lebanon Raises Flag after Israeli Pullout

    Lebanon's army commander has raised his country's flag on a ridge overlooking the border with Israel, reclaiming the area after Israel's pullout from nearly all of south Lebanon. But the dispute over a divided border village and farmlands marred Lebanon's reclamation of its territory on Monday. Emile Lahoud, the Lebanese president,accused Israel.. More

  • Explosion Shakes Turkish City

    At least seven people have been injured in an explosion in the Turkish city of Izmir. The blast occurred at a café in the affluent Alsancak area of the Aegean port city. "Two grenades were thrown into the cafe and exploded, but the attack has no political links," Izmir police chief Huseyin Capkin told reporters. He did not give details. The.. More

  • Palestinian Rivals Clash in Gaza Strip

    Rival Palestinian factions have exchanged fire in the Gaza Strip for a second day, despite appeals for calm from the president and the prime minister. A gunfight broke out on Monday after protesters from Fatah threw stones at the house of a Hamas minister and chanted anti-government slogans in Bait Hanun in the northern Gaza Strip. There were no.. More

  • Big Turnout in Key Bosnian Elections

    With the end of international supervision in sight, there was plenty at stake as Bosnians went to the polls. Haris Silajdzic is leading in the race for the Muslim member of the state presidency, according to partial results. They show Nebojsa Radmanovic has all but secured his widely-expected election as the Serb member while Croat presidency member.. More

  • Serbia Tightens Grip on Kosovo

    Serbia will hold an early election after a referendum in four weeks on a new constitution reasserting its sovereignty over Kosovo, the prime minister has said. Vojislav Kostunica said the new constitution, approved unanimously by parliament on Saturday, would ensure that "Serbia will defend Kosovo with all democratic and legal means". "Kosovo is ours,".. More

  • First Brazil Crash Bodies Found

    Rescue workers have recovered the first two bodies from the wreckage of the Brazilian airliner that crashed on Friday and say that all 155 on board were killed. They found the first two bodies at the crash site in the Amazon jungle before halting breaking their search when night fell, a statement from the Brazilian air force said on Sunday. The corpses.. More

  • Putin Accuses Georgia of Terrorism

    The Russian president has accused Georgia of "state terrorism with hostage-taking" in unusually harsh language suggesting a tough Russian response to Georgia's arrest of four Russian officers last week for spying. Vladimir Putinalso ordered the defense ministry on Sunday to continue the planned withdrawal of Russian troops from Georgia despite last.. More

  • UN: Israel Pullout Still Incomplete

    The Israeli army has withdrawn its troops from the south of Lebanon except for one divided border village north of the Blue Line separating the two countries, UN peacekeepers say. Major-General Alain Pellegrini, the commander of UN Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) said on Sunday the Israeli army had withdrawn its troops from the south, except from.. More

  • Palestinian Cabinet Building Stormed

    A Palestinian government compound has been stormed by protesters in the West Bank after at least four people died and at least50 people were injuredin similar clashes in Gaza. The cabinet building in the WestBank city of Ram Allahwas stormed by supporters of Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, on Sundayas clashes between rival factions Fatah.. More

  • Al-Qaeda Fugitive Killed in Yemen

    Yemeni security forces have killed Fawaz al-Rabai, a man suspected of being an al-Qaeda memberand who was convicted of plotting the bombing of the French supertanker Limburg in 2002. Al-Rabai was killed after anti-terrorism troops carried out a dawn raid on a house in the capital, Sanaa, based on a tip, security officials said. The forces killed.. More

  • One-Day Curfew in Baghdad

    Cars and pedestrians have been ordered off the streets of Baghdad after the Iraqi government announced a one-day curfew. No reason has been given for the curfew, which the prime minister's office said would last until 6am on Sunday. US commanders have said that the first week of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan has seen a record number of suicide.. More

  • Israel Destroys Palestinian Home

    An Israeli missile has destroyed the home of a senior Hamas commander in the Gaza Strip, causing no casualties, Palestinian witnesses said. The witnesses said the family had evacuated the building, in the town of Khan Yunus, after they were told by telephone to flee minutes before the attack on Friday. Israeli troops killed two Palestinians in north.. More

  • Extra $70 billion for Pentagon

    The US congress hasapproved a billcommitting an extra 70 billionUS dollar to fundthe wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The bill passed on Friday nightbrings the amount spent by the US on the wars and other military operations to 507 billion since September 11. Congress also passed other legislation dealing withnational defence,internal securityand illegal.. More

  • Two Boys Killed in Israeli Gaza Strike

    Two teenage boys have been killed by an Israeli military strike in northern Gaza. Witnesses said that the two boys were riding bicycles in the street near the entrance of Bait Hanun town when a missile fired by an Israeli reconnaissance plane hit them. An Aljazeera correspondent saidtheirbodies were badly lacerated, making it difficult to identify.. More