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  • Raise Readiness, Assad Tells Syrian Army

    Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told the Syrian military on Monday to raise its readiness, pledging not to abandon support for Lebanese resistance Israel. In an annual address on the anniversary of the foundation of the Syria Arab Army, Assad called on the military to "work on more preparedness and raise readiness of all units. "We are facing.. More

  • Dozens Abducted in Baghdad

    Unknown attackers wearing uniforms of Iraqi security forces have kidnapped 25 people from an office in central Baghdad in broad daylight, police said. The men pulled up in 15 four-wheel-drive vehicles and kidnapped employees and customers atan office on a street in Arasat al-Hindiya, once a thriving commercial district andupmarket residential neighbourhood. .. More

  • UN Impotent to Solve Conflict

    UN Security Council has revealed its impotence in its response to Israel's conflict with Hizbollah, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said as Israel vowed to carry out its battle against Hizbollah. As Lebanon mourned for the 52 victims of an Israeli bombardment on the southern village of Qana, Zionist jets pounded Lebanon's Masnaa border crossing with.. More

  • Serbia Rejects Kosovo Trade-Off

    Serbia's Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica has insisted that Kosovo will remain part of Serbia - even if that means delaying EU membership. Kostunica told the Belgrade daily Danas that EU membership conditions did not include "territorial concessions". "Therefore, Serbia cannot be asked to do anything of the kind," he said. Some parts of the internation.. More

  • Global Outrage Greets Israel War Crime in Qana

    Israel's air strike on the Lebanese village of Qana sparked global outrage, with the UN Security Council deploring the deaths and Arab and Muslim leaders and thousands of livid protesters in the Middle East branding the assault a war crime. Diplomats said the United States again forced the emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to water down.. More

  • Israeli Tank Shell Kills Palestinian Boy in Gaza

    An Israeli tank shell has killed a 16-year-old Palestinian civilian in Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza, Palestinian emergency services said. An Israeli army spokeswoman said the shelling on Mondaywas aimed atareas from whichPalestinian militants had fired rocketsat the Israeli town of Sderot, just across the Gazaborder. At least 151 Palestinians, around.. More

  • Israel ‘Justifies’ Qana Attack

    Israel has rejected international criticism over its air strike on the Lebanese town of Qana. More than 60 people died in the attack. Most of them were women and children. That figure looks sure to rise as rescue workers continue to pull bodies from the rubble.Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has said all civilians had been warned to leave the area before.. More

  • Civil War Restarts in Sri Lanka

    Tamil Tiger rebels have said that Sri Lanka's four-year ceasefire is now void and the island's two-decade civil war back on as guerrillas and the military entered a sixth straight day of fighting. S. Elilan, the head of the Tigers' political wing in the restive eastern district of Trincomalee, said on Monday, "The war is on and we are ready. "The.. More

  • 50,000 Protest in Bangladesh

    More than 50,000people have marched through the Bangladeshi capital to press for electoral reforms. Carrying replicas of boats - the traditional election symbol of the main opposition Awami League party - and chanting slogans such as "No reforms, no polls" and "Accept reforms before it is too late", the demonstrators marched from Gabtali,about 20km.. More

  • More than 60 Killed, Including 37 Children in Fresh Israeli Raid

    At least37 children are believed to beamong more than60 civilianskilledafter an Israeli raid destroyed a building in the southern Lebanese town of Qana, Aljazeera's correspondent reports. Lebanese media reported that dozens of people remain trapped inside the three-storey building which was sheltering several families, some of whom had fled the.. More

  • Sunni Mosques Attacked in Baghdad as US more Soldiers Killed in Anbar

    Armed men have attacked two Sunni mosques in Baghdad and the US military has announced the deaths of four marines in the west of the country. Men in two cars fired at the Rassulluallah mosque early on Saturday, shatteringwindows and damaging walls, police said. Anhour later,the Ashra al-Mubashara mosque was stormed, but the attackers fled when Iraqi.. More

  • Immigrants Journey to Europe Ends in Tragedy

    A search for a better life in Europe has ended in tragedy. Thirteen would be migrants have died during their crossing from Libya, the rest of the group were rescued by the Italian navy. Seven of the men are in a critical condition with two in a coma. Lampedusa, between Sicily and North Africa, is a major route into Europe for immigrants, travelling.. More

  • Mother and Six Children Killed in Israeli Air Attack

    Fourteen civilians, including a mother and her six children, were killed yesterday in a new wave of Israeli air raids on Lebanon. The seven members of the Kharakeh family were crushed to death along with another man under the rubble of their two-storey house in Nabatiyeh. The father, Adnan Al Kharakeh, an official with the Lebanese civil defence,.. More

  • Iran Signals Its Rejection Of UN Resolution

    An Iranian state radio commentary says Tehran intends to reject a proposed UN resolution that calls for it to suspend uranium enrichment or face the threat of international sanctions. The radio commentary broadcast in Tehran today said Iranians will not accept an "unfair" decision. Tehran has not issued its official reaction to the draft resolution,.. More

  • Pollution Threatens Lebanese Beaches

    Along Lebanon's sandy beaches and rocky headlands now runs a belt of black sludge. Between 10,000 and 15,000 tonnes of oil have spilled into to Mediterranean Sea after Israel bombed a power plant. Lebanon's Environment Minister, Yaccoub Al-Sarraf, says the country has neither the money or expertise to deal with the disaster. "The spill we're experiencing.. More