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  • Sri Lanka Says Air Strikes not a Return to War

    The Sri Lankan government has said that four days of air strikes on rebel Tamil Tiger positions that have left at least 15 dead were a limited operation and not a return to full-scale war. The defence ministry said the attacks were aimed at ending a Tiger blockade of an irrigation canal that had deprived water to thousands of farmers in the island's.. More

  • Hezbollah Strikes Deep into Israel

    Hezbollah has fired a new rocket at Israel, striking deeper than ever before, asIsrael continued to pound Lebanese targets and battleresistance fighters on the ground. Hezbollah said it fired a new rocket, called the Khaibar-1, striking near the Israeli town of Afula, south of Haifa on Friday, Aljazeera learned. Micky Rosenfeld, an Israeli police.. More

  • Iran Draft Resolution Agreed

    The UN security council would consider sanctions against Iran if it does not halt uraniumenrichment by August 31, under a resolution drawn up by the UK, China, France, Russia, the US and Germany. A text of the proposed resolution was distributed to the 15 council nations on Friday, and John Bolton, the US ambassador to the UN,said that a vote could.. More

  • Somali Minister Shot Dead

    A minister in Somalia's transitional national governmenthas been shot dead in a new blow tothe country's internationally recognised but virtually powerless administration. Abdallah Deerow Isaq, the Constitution and Federalism Minister, was killed as he left Friday prayers in the town of Baidoa - seat of the fragile interim Somali government. "It looks.. More

  • Israel Authorised to Continue Attacks

    Israel has said it has received implicit "authorisation" from internationalpowers to continue its attacksin Lebanon. The Israeli justice minister,Haim Ramon,said Israel had "in effect obtained the authorisationto continue our operations" by Wednesday's 15-nation Rome conference on the crisis in Lebanon. Ramon said on Thursday the conference had.. More

  • Al-Zawahiri Urges Attacks on Israel

    Al-Qaeda's deputy leader has urged Muslims to attack Israel and its allies over the violence in the Middle East. In a taped message broadcast on Aljazeera, Ayman al-Zawahiri saidal-Qaeda would notstand by while "these [Israeli] shells burn our brothers" in Lebanon and Gaza. He called on Muslims to join forces and fight what he called the "Zionist-crusader.. More

  • Sri Lanka Bombs Rebel Airfield

    The Sri Lankan military has carried out an airstrike against an airfield being built by the Tamil Tigers rebel group, the defence ministry has said. The group had cleared a section of jungle north of the Trincomalee district and had begun building an airstrip, the ministry said on Thursday. "The operation was conducted to prevent the construction.. More

  • Rome Talks Upset Arabs, Please Israel

    Arab countries have expressed disappointmentat the Rome talks' failure to demand aceasefire in the Middle East, while Israel says the talks gave it "authorisation" to press its offensive in Lebanon. Ahmed Abul Gheit, the Egyptian foreign minister, said the international conference in Rome "failed to meet Arab demands", the official Middle East NewsAgency.. More

  • 25 Iraqis Killed in Fresh Violence

    At least 25 people have died in a car bombing and mortar attack on a busy commercial district in the centre of Baghdad. An interior ministry official said that at least three mortar rounds were fired after the car bomb was detonated in the Karrada district. At least 45 people were reported injured in the attacks A witness said two buildings had been.. More

  • Many Die in Afghan Helicopter Crash

    A helicopter crash in an area of southeastern Afghanistan where Taliban fighters are active has killed all 16 people onboard. The civilian MI8 helicopter crashed into mountains near the southeastern Paktia province. Colonel Tom Collins, a spokesman for the US-led multinational force in Afghanistan, said 12 bodies had been recovered from the site,.. More

  • Chad and Sudan Unite over Rebels

    Chad and Sudan have signed a deal agreeing not to host each other's rebel groups on their territory. The two countries have not resumed diplomatic relations, but have agreed to respect previous accords. Chad cut off ties with its neighbour in April after repelling a rebel attack on the Chadian capital, N'Djamena. The accord calls for a joint military.. More

  • Hezbollah Leader Threatens a wider War as 12 Israeli Soldiers Killed at Bint Jbail

    The leader of Hezbollah hasthreatened a new phase inthe war with Israel andsaid his fighters will not accept any "humiliating" conditions for a ceasefire. In a televised address on the eve of an international conference in Rome designed to find a solution to the two-week-old conflict, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said Hezbollah would reject any deal.. More

  • Israel Troops Kill Seven Palestinians in Gaza, including Toddler

    Israeli forces have killed seven Palestinians, including a three-year-old girl, in two attacks on northern Gaza. Palestinian medicssaid an Israeli tank shell killed five and an air raid killed two fighters on Wednesday. The Israeli army said both hits were from air strikes, not tank shells, and said the latest attack in the town of Jabalya was against.. More

  • Saddam Forced to Courtroom

    Saddam Hussein, who has been receiving medical care for his hunger strike to protest against his trial for crimes against humanity, has said that he was brought to court against his will. The defence team for the former Iraqi leader and seven co-accused boycotted the latest session in a trial approaching its conclusion. "It was not my choice.. More

  • Israel Bomb Kills Four UN Observers in Lebanon

    Four United Nations observers have been killed in an Israeli air strike on an observation post in south Lebanon. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said he was "shocked" at the "apparently deliberate targeting" of the post. Israel earlier said it would control an area in southern Lebanon until international forces deployed. The force will be.. More