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  • Saddam Judge Relative Shot Dead

    A brother-in-law of the judge trying Saddam Hussein on genocide charges has been shot dead by gunmen while driving in western Baghdad. One police source told Reuters news agency that the 10-year-old nephew of chief judge Muhammad al-Uraybi and a third person in the car were also wounded in the attack on Thursday evening. A second source said the.. More

  • Israeli Killed in Mysterious Explosion

    An explosion in a carsouth of the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv has killed at least one person and wounded three others, rescue and ambulance services said. Police at the scene said that the blast appeared to be the work of criminals because the bomb was under the driver's seat and only the driver was killed. "I can confirm an explosion took place.. More

  • More Iraqis Killed in Iraq Violence

    At least 23 people were killed in scattered violence around Iraq on Wednesday, while the mutilated corpses of another fifteen apparent death squad victims were discovered. Police said that nine corpses were pulled out of the Tigris river and turned in to the mortuary in Kut, 160km southeast of Baghdad. They had been blindfolded, had their hands and.. More

  • Bush Calls for Pakistan-Afghan Cooperation

    The US president has urged the leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan to put aside their differences and work together to find ways to stop the Taliban and al-Qaeda on their shared border. Standing between General Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistani president, and Hamid Karzai, his Afghan counterpart, George Bush emphasised "the need to co-operate, to make.. More

  • Suspects Held over Somali Assassination Attempt

    Police investigatingan assassination attempt on the Somali president have arrested two people and recovered explosives, officials say. Ahmed Madey Issaq, governor of the city of Baidoa, said thatpoliceraided a house on Thursday morning after a tip that a car usedin the assassination attempt was seen leaving the house on the day of the attack. Hussein.. More

  • Palestinian Girl Killed in Fresh Israeli Strike

    An Israeli warplane bombed and destroyed a home in the Gaza Strip early on Wednesday, killing a teenage girl in a neighbouring building and wounding 10 other people. The Israeli army confirmed it had fired at a house which it said was camouflaging a weapons-smuggling tunnel in the southern Gaza town of Rafah, on the Egyptian border. Dr. Ali Mousa,.. More

  • Karzai Softens Opposition to Waziristan Deal

    Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who met US President George W. Bush at the White House on Tuesday, has apparently softened his opposition to the North Waziristan peace deal. “So, from our side, it’s a wait-and-see attitude,” he told a joint news conference at the White House with President Bush. “But, generally, we will back any move, any deal.. More

  • Russian Soldier Sentenced to Four Years for Brutal Bullying

    A Russian soldier has been sentenced to four years in prison for brutally bullying a younger recruit. Junior Sergeant Alexander Sivyakov was told that he abused his position in a case that has highlighted the widespread physical violence in Russia's military. The victim's family was upset at the sentence saying it did not reflect the irreversible damage.. More

  • Hamas and Fatah Call off Talks

    Hamas and Fatah called off top-level talks on forming a Palestinian unity government in the latest indication of difficulties in bridging their huge ideological differences. Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president and the head of Fatah, postponed his planned trip to Gaza for talks with Ismail Haniyeh, the prime minister and Hamas leader, and both.. More

  • US Marines to Face Courts-Martial

    Three US marines will face courts-martial for the murder of an Iraqi man in Hamdania in April, but they will not face the possibility of the death penalty. The three -John Jodkam, Marshall Magincalda and Jerry Shumate - were among seven marines and one navy corpsman charged with kidnapping and murdering 52 year-old Hashim Ibrahim Awad on April 26. According.. More

  • African Union to Expand Darfur Force

    The African Union is to expand its peacekeeping force in western Sudan's Darfur province, according to an organization official. An extra 4,000 troops will be added to the Darfur mission, bringing the number of police and soldiers to 11,000. On Monday, Assan Ba, spokesman for the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa, said: "The Peace and Security Council.. More

  • Islamic Courts Take Main Somali Port City

    Forces belonging to the Islamic Courts Union have captured the southern Somali port city of Kismayo after the regional commander ruling the region fled. "Kismayo has fallen and not a single bullet was fired,"an Islamist source in the capital Mogadishu told Reuterson Monday. The Islamic militia moved into the city after Colonel Abdikadir Adan Shire,.. More

  • Bush Criticized over Iraq War Report

    George Bush, the US president, has been criticised by democrats after a report by US intelligence agencies concluded thatthe Iraq war had increased the threat of terrorism. The report, Trends in Global Terrorism: Implications for the United States, which representsthe views of at least 16 spy agencies within the US government, said: "The Iraq war.. More

  • PKK Takes Responsibility for Igdir Killings

    Kurdish guerrilla group PKKhas claimed responsibility fortwo bomb attacks, one of which injured 17 people on Saturday. The armed wing of the Kurdistan Workers Party said on its website that it organisedan attack near a police guest house in the eastern city of Igdir that injured the 17, according to the pro-Kurdish Firat news agency. The group also.. More

  • Gunmen Say Basque Separatists Will not Disarm

    At an open-air homage to dead ETA members, three men read out a document saying that the group will not lay down its arms until the Basque country achieves independence. Claiming to represent ETA, they also said a ceasefire declared in March will be respected and negotiations with the Spanish government will continue. Classed as a terrorist organisation,.. More