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  • Somali Islamists Seize Key Port

    Islamists in control of much of southern Somalia have seized a key port without any fighting, in a new blow to the country's weak interim government. Residents said fighters from the Islamic Courts Group (ICG) drove into Hobyo at dawn to take control of the town.A surrender was negotiated the previous evening with forces there loyal to the local commander,.. More

  • Two Killed in Gaza Airstrike

    Two people havebeen killed and at leastten wounded in an Israeli airstrike on a house in Gaza early on Wednesday. The strike blew up a house in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis. The attack completely destroyed the two-storey house, killingtwo menwho were inside and woundingat least ten, some in the house and some from neighboring homes.. More

  • Lebanese Army Prepares to Move South

    Lebanon's army is preparing to move into south Lebanon as theUnited Nationsplans tosendan initial forceof 3,500 troopsto the regiontoenforce the truce between Israel and Hezbollah. The Lebanese army will begin moving 15,000 troops south of the Litani river on Thursday in line with a UN resolution to end the fighting, a senior Lebanese political source.. More

  • Laborers Killed in Baghdad Blast

    A roadside bomb in the Iraqi capital Baghdad has killed at least seven civilians and wounded 18 others. The attack occurredunder a highway flyover and near a hospital in the east of the capital on Wednesday morning, a police source said. The dead werereportedly day laborers looking for casual work. Iraqi and US troops are currently struggling to.. More

  • Hamas: Mossad Assassination Bid Fails

    Israeli intelligence services planned to assassinate Khalid Mishaal, the head of the political wing of Hamas, last month sources in the group say. Israel's intelligence and special operations force, Mossad, sent a team tothe Syrian capital in July to carry out the killing, Hamas sources said on Wednesday quoting "Western intelligence sources". Khalid.. More

  • Resistance Shows Arab Strenght, Says Asad

    The Syrian president has said that resistance against Israel is necessary because the world will not consider Arab interests "unless we are strong". In a speech to the Arab Journalists Association conference, held in Damascus, Bashar al-Assad praised Lebanon's Hezbollah for fighting offIsrael fornearly five weeksand said that their actions would make.. More

  • Sunni Group Calls for Speaker to Quit

    The largest Sunni group in Iraq's parliament has joined Kurdish and Shia parties in calling for the removal of the body's Sunni Arab speaker. The Iraqi Accordance Front, a Sunni bloc that has 44 seats in the 275-member parliament, has been under pressure from the dominant Shia and Kurdish parties to oust Mahmoud al-Mashhadani because of remarks he.. More

  • British Muslims Criticise Profiling

    A leading British Muslim policeman hassaid that moves to "terror profile" airline passengers would create a new offenceof "travelling whilst Asian". The British government is reportedly planning a system of profiling where security staff focus their attention on people whose ethnicity or religion makes them statistically more likely to attempt to blow.. More

  • Both Sides Claim Victory

    Israel and Hezbollah both claimed victoryas aUN-brokered truce to end the month-old fighting took effect. Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, said his guerrillas had achieved a "strategic, historic victory" against Israel. "We came out victorious in a war in which big Arab armies were defeated [before]," he said in a pre-recorded address.. More

  • Nigeria Hands over Disputed Land

    Nigeria has completed the handover of the oil-rich Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon incompliance with a World Court ruling. Bayo Ojo, the Nigerian justice minister and his Cameroonian counterpart, Maurice Kamto, signed the documents transferring sovereignty at a ceremony on Monday witnessed by UN, French and US officials. The Nigerian flag was lowered.. More

  • Colombo Blast Kills Seven

    At least seven people have been killed and 17injured by a bomb blast in the Sri Lankan capital after a military convoy was hit in thecentre of the city. "Seven people were dead on arrival. We have 17 other people who are injured and being treated now," said Colombo National Hospital director Hector Weerasinghe. The convoy wasescorting a Pakistan.. More

  • Israel Approves UN Ceasefire Deal

    The Israeli cabinet has approved a UN resolution calling for a halt to the month-old war in southern Lebanon. The prime ministers of both Israel and Lebanon have agreedto a cessation of hostilities beginning at 0500 GMT on Monday. Tzipi Livni, the Israeli foreign minister, said the Israeli army "will withdraw as the Lebanon army and the international.. More

  • Gaza Hopes Fade after Withdrawal

    One year after Israel's pull out from the Gaza strip, the mood in Palestine is one of crushed hopes as restrictions continue to hamper development of the area and limit Palestinian ambition. "We had withdrawal, but we don't have freedom. It is now clear, one year after the departure of Israeli forces that the occupation is continuing," Hani Habib,.. More

  • Deadly Rocket Attack Hits Baghdad

    At least 20 people have been killed and70wounded after a rocket attack demolished a building and a carbomb hit rescuers rushing to the scene in Baghdad. The twin explosions on Sunday knocked down a four-storey building in the Zafaraniyah district of the Iraqi capital, an interior ministry officialand a witness said. "A Katyusha rocket landed on a.. More

  • Israel Wages Broader Lebanon Attack

    At least 15 people have been killed or injured as Israel launches a wider offensive against Hezbollah just hours after the UN passed a resolution to stop the fighting. Backed by war planes and tanks, Israeli ground troops have started pushing deeper into Lebanon, reaching Ghanduriya, 11km north of the border. The broad offensive comes despite a unanimous.. More