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  • Iraq's Kirkuk Rocked by Bombings

    At least 16 people have been killed in a series of bomb attacks in Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk. The attacks came a day after al-Qaeda named a successor to its Iraq leader, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and vowed to take revenge for his killing. PM Nouri Maliki has launched a security crackdown in Baghdad to try to build momentum following Zarqawi's death... More

  • Nine Killed in Israeli Air Strike

    Nine Palestinians, including two children, have been killed and up to 20 others hurt in an Israeli air strike in Gaza, witnesses and doctors say. The Israeli army confirmed the attack, saying it had targeted "a car that was heading to fire rockets at Israel". The Islamic Jihad militant group said some of its members died in the blast. Rockets.. More

  • Hamas Delays Referendum Challenge

    Hamas has backed away from a parliamentary showdown with the president over his planned referendum on a statehood manifesto, saying it would allow more time for talks to resolve the dispute. The Palestinian parliament convened on Monday to consider a motion by Hamas to declare illegal the July 26 referendum over the political document, which implicitly.. More

  • Autopsy: Zarqawi Died of Blast Wounds

    Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the al-Qaeda in Iraq leader, died of grievous internal injuries to his lungs caused by the shockwaves from a US strike on his hideout, the US military has said. The military, which said DNA analysis confirmed the identity of the corpse as al-Zarqawi's, revealed that he died nearly one hour after US-led forces dropped two227kg.. More

  • Anger Erupts in Saddam Courtroom

    One of Saddam Hussein's co-defendants, former Iraqi intelligence chief Barzan al-Tikriti has been thrown out of court as their trial resumed in Baghdad. Mr Tikriti was dragged from the court by security guards after angry exchanges with the chief judge. Saddam Hussein and seven co-defendants are being tried for crimes against humanity in connection.. More

  • Zarqawi Followers 'Vow Revenge'

    Al-Qaeda in Iraq will launch "major attacks" to avenge the death of leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a web statement thought to be from the group has said. The attacks would "shake the enemy from its sleep", the statement said. The organization said it had renewed its allegiance to Osama Bin Laden, but no successor to Zarqawi has been named. The statement.. More

  • Guantanamo Inmates Commit Suicide

    Three Guantanamo Bay detainees have committed suicide at the US prison in Cuba, using nooses made of sheets and clothes to hang themselves. The three detainees - whose names were not released - were the first reported deaths among hundreds of detainees held at the isolated base, some for as long as four and a half yearswithout charge. Two men from.. More

  • Israeli Air Strike Kills two Hamas Men

    An Israeli air strike has killed two Hamas fighters in the northern Gaza Strip andwounded three others, Palestinian medics said. The Israeli military said it launched a strike on a field near Bait Lahiya in the Jabalya refugee camp on Sunday at fighters attempting to fire rockets. The killing of the Hamas fighters was the first by Israel since the.. More

  • Abbas: Referendum on July 26

    The Palestinian president has announced that he will hold a referendum on July 26 on the establishment of a Palestinian state side by side with Israel, Aljazeera reports. Mahmoud Abbas made the televised declaration on Saturday despite pleas by the ruling Hamas party to hold off on the vote and amid rising tensions in the area. He set the July.. More

  • Attacks Leave Many Dead in Iraq

    Two bombs aimed at police patrols exploded on Saturday in Baghdad as a series of attacks killed at least 24 people nationwide. The first explosion missed the police patrol but struck the Sadriya market in a mixed Shia-Sunni Arab neighborhood in central Baghdad, killing four people and wounding 27, according to police Lieutenant Ali Mitaab and Lieutenant.. More

  • Funerals for Gaza Beach Victims

    Thousands of people have attended the funeral of seven members of a Palestinian family killed in an explosion on a Gaza beach on Friday. There were emotional scenes as the bodies of a husband, wife, four daughters and a son were carried to the cemetery in the town of Beit Lahiya. Palestinian militant group Hamas accuses Israel of killing the family... More

  • Al-Qaeda Opposes Palestinian Referendum

    Aljazeera has aired a video in which al-Qaeda's number two leader urges Palestinians to reject the referendum proposed bytheir president and praises Abu Musab al-Zarqawi without mentioning his recentdeath in Iraq. In the video telecast on Friday, Ayman al-Zawahiri said addressing Muslims in general: "I call upon them to reject any referendum on.. More

  • Palestinians Killed on Gaza Beach

    Seven people, including three children, have been killed by Israeli shells which hit a beach in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials say. At least 30 people were wounded in the shelling, they say. The Israeli military says it has halted all shelling of Gaza and has launched an inquiry into whether ground-based artillery could have been.. More

  • Israeli Air Strike Kills Gaza Official

    A senior Palestinian security official in the Hamas government has been killed in an Israeli aerial attack in the southern Gaza Strip. Witnesses said Jamal Abu Samhadana, also a member of the Popular Resistance Committees group, was among four people killed in a PRC-run camp near Khan Yunus. An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed the strike late.. More

  • Curfew Follows al-Zarqawi Killing

    The Iraqi authorities have placed Baghdad under a partial curfew in the wake of the killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq. The curfew bans all vehicles from moving along the streets of Baghdad and nearby Baquba - where al-Zarqawi was killed - between 11am (0700 GMT) and 5pm, coinciding with Friday prayers. An Iraqi defense.. More