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  • Powers Agree Palestinian Aid Plan

    The "Quartet" of Middle East peace brokers have agreed on a plan to resume aid for Palestinians, frozen since the Hamas government took power. The scheme aims to release more than 120m dollar of EU funds to support local health services and cater for the basic needs of poor Palestinians. But funds will bypass the government, which refuses to recognize.. More

  • Fighters Defy Security to Hit Iraq

    About 30 people have been killed and 80 injured in a string of attacks in and around the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. The targets included a bus, two markets and two Iraqi security checkpoints. The attacks came in defiance of a major security clampdown launched in Baghdad on Wednesday, which has seen thousands of extra troops on the streets. The bombers.. More

  • Abbas Vows to Uphold Truce with Israel

    The Palestinian president has promised to continue a 16-month-old ceasefire with Israel- denying Hamas ever broke it. After meetingHosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, on Saturday, Mahmoud Abbassaid Hamas had not discarded the truce in the past week."Hamas did not break the truce, although some violations have happened, due to the killing of the.. More

  • Two Islamic Jihad Fighters Killed

    TwoPalestinianfighters have been killed and twoothers wounded in an Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip. Aljazeera, quoting Palestinian medical sources, saidthe fighters, who belonged to Islamic Jihad's al-Quds Brigades, were killed inside acar late on Friday in northern Gaza. Islamic Jihad identified the dead men as Emad Yassin and Habib Ashour. An.. More

  • Ethiopia Denies Crossing into Somalia

    Ethiopia has denied sending troops intoSomalia after the Islamic Courts Union leader accused its neighbour of deploying300 soldiers across the border. Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmad, chairman of the Islamic Courts Union, said the Ethiopian troops entered Somalia through the border town of Dolow in the southwestern region of Gedo at 8am (0500 GMT)."We want.. More

  • Violence Hits Iraq Despite Security Plan

    A bomber has killed at least six people and wounded 21in one of Baghdad's largest mosques, despite a security crackdown putting large numbersof Iraqi and US troopson the streets. The bomber attacked the Baratha mosque barely an hour before Friday's prayers, a security source said on Friday. The mosque, which is used by members of Iraq's Shia, had.. More

  • Islamists Advance on Key Somali Town

    Islamist militia have advanced on the Somali town of Baladwayne, beginning to flank the weak interim government's base in Baidoa. Residents said on Thursday they awoke to find the militia, supported by local clerics, in control of a key bridge and a prison without any fighting. The town near the Ethiopian border has been under the control of.. More

  • US Death Toll in Iraq Hits 2,500

    The number of US troops killed in Iraq has reached 2,500 with the death of a marine, the Pentagon has announced. It did not identify the 2,500th casualty, in line with US policy not to release details until 24 hours after the family has been informed. A Pentagon statement said 1,972 of those who died were killed in action. The campaign group Iraq.. More

  • Militants Fire Rockets at Israel

    Palestinian militants have fired four rockets into southern Israel, slightly injuring at least one person. The Islamic Jihad militant group said it carried out the attack on the town of Sderot. It came as Israeli officials said threats from Israel had stopped Hamas militants from firing rockets. Hamas ended an informal ceasefire amid escalating.. More

  • Sri Lanka Bus Blast Kills Dozens

    At least 61 people have been killed after a civilian bus was struck by a mine in northern Sri Lanka, police say. Another 45 people were wounded in the explosion in Anuradhapura district, 200km (125 miles) north of Colombo. T he government says the Tamil Tigers were responsible for what is the worst incident involving civilians since a 2002 ceasefire.. More

  • UN Told of Mass Darfur Killings

    The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says he has documented thousands of alleged direct killings of civilians in Sudan's Darfur region. Luis Moreno Ocampo, who is investigating crimes against humanity in the western region, says the killings include large-scale massacres. Mr Ocampo, in a report to the UN, also criticised Sudan's.. More

  • Many Dead in Afghan Clashes

    Sixteen people, includingtwo foreign soldiers, have been killed in the latest clashes in Afghanistan. Major Quentin Innes, a spokesman for international forces in southern Afghanistan, said on Wednesday that a US soldier had died in an ambush in the southern province of Helmand on Tuesday. The ambush caused a clash in which coalition forces backed.. More

  • Indonesian Shaykh Freed from Jail

    Indonesian shaykh "cleric" Abu Bakar Bashir has walked out of a Jakarta jail after serving time for links to the 2002 Bali bombings. He planned to return immediately to an Islamic school in central Java. Wearing his trademark white skullcap and shawl, Bashir on Wednesday was surrounded by supporters shouting "Allahu Akbar" (God is the Greatest) and.. More

  • Nine Killed in Israeli Air Strike

    At least11 Palestinians, including two children,have been killed in twoIsraeli air strikes in central Gaza City. Dr Jumaa al-Saqqa, a spokesman for al-Shifa hospital, told Aljazeera that a number of Palestinians were also wounded in the strike in Salah al-Din Street, the main road through the coastal strip. Hospital officials and witnesses are.. More

  • Bush Makes Surprise Visit to Baghdad

    President George Bush, seeking to bolster support for Iraq's fledgling government and US war policy at home, has made a surprise visit to Iraq. It was a dramatic move by Bush on Tuesday, traveling to violence-rattled Baghdad less than a week after the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the al-Qaeda in Iraq leader, in a bombing attack. Bush assured.. More