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  • Saddam Hussein Ready for Trial

    Saddam Hussein has returned to court, with the presiding judge reading the charges against him. Saddam's seven co-accused, including his half-brother Barzan al-Tikriti, were not present as the proceedings started. Monday's session will be the 23rd in the trial and defence witnesses are expected to take the stand. Saddam and his co-defendants are.. More

  • Putin and Abbas Set for Key Talks

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has arrived in Russia ahead of talks with President Vladimir Putin in the Black Sea resort of Sochi. Top of the agenda is likely to be Russia's financial aid for the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority. Funding dried up from the US and Europe after Hamas won elections earlier this year. But Russia has continued.. More

  • British Soldiers Wounded in Fresh Iraqi Attack

    Fighters have fired more than 30 mortar rounds at a British military camp in southern Iraq, wounding four soldiers. Also on Monday, the US military saidfighters shot down a US helicopter during fighting south of Baghdad on Sunday, killing two soldiers. The incident took place near the town of al-Yusifiya, 15km south of the capital. The area is a stronghold.. More

  • Blair to Quit next July?

    British Prime Minister Tony Blair has told ministers that he plans to leave office next summer, according to news reports yesterday. Blair's Downing Street office refused to comment on the reports. The Mail said senior government sources had told it that Blair told Brown in February that he would resign in July 2007. Blair has said he plans to serve.. More

  • At Least Seven Palestinians Killed by Israeli Troops

    Israeli troops have killedseven Palestinians in two separate raids,in the deadliest singleday of violencein theWest Bank in several weeks. In the first raid Palestinian security officials say soldiers encircled a building next to Palestinian intelligence headquarters in Jenin on Sunday. Gunshots were heard and the bloodstained body of Ali Jabarin,.. More

  • Many Killed in Fresh Iraqi Violence

    Five roadside bombs and two car bombs near the airport have exploded one after the other around Baghdad, killing at least 26 Iraqis and wounding many more. The first two roadside blasts on Sunday were in separate areas of Palestine Street, a main thoroughfare in eastern Baghdad. Police said the first hit a police patrol at 9am, wounding two policemen.. More

  • Thousands Flee Dangerous Indonesia Volcano

    Thousands of people fled the fertile slopes of Indonesia's most dangerous volcano Saturday as glowing lava oozed down the side and ash and rock spewed from the mountaintop, leading authorities to warn that an eruption could come soon. Villages on Mount Merapi were left virtually empty, although some residents returned to its slopes Sunday to tend.. More

  • Majority Disapprove of US Phone Taps

    While George Bush istrying to persuade the senate to approve his choice as thehead of the CIA, an opinionpoll shows thata majority of Americans actually disapprove of a phone database compiled by his candidate's former agency. Bush's nomination of General Michael Hayden has provoked concern over an active-duty military officer heading the civilian.. More

  • Attacks on Police Leave 30 Dead in Brazil

    A series of overnight attacks on Sao Paulo police stations left 30 people dead and 29 injured, in apparent reprisal for the transfer of gangsters to a high-security prison, officials said. The onslaught began at 2300 GMT and ended early Saturday after 23 police officers, five assailants and two civilians were killed in 55 attacks on installations.. More

  • Clashes in West Bank over Wall

    More than 2,000 Palestinians and 150 Israeli peace activists have clashed with Israeli soldiers in Al-Ram, north of Jerusalem, during a rally against the Israeli separation barrier. Soldiers on Saturday fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the demonstrators after some protesters threw rocks at them, an AFP photographer witnessed. It was the.. More

  • Thousands Mourn Pakistani Student

    Tens of thousands of mourners have attended the funeral of a Pakistanistudent who died in a German jail while awaiting trial for the attempted murder of a newspaper editor. Amer Cheema, 28, died in custody 10 days ago after being arrested in March on charges of attempting to kill the editor of Die Welt for reprinting cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.. More

  • Two Aid Workers Die in Afghan Attack

    An Afghan doctor and driverhave diedafter fighters attacked their vehicle with rockets near the westerncity of Herat. A third personwas seriously wounded in the incident, which was condemned by Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, as a "despicable act of terrorism". Thetwo deadworked for Malteser International, a worldwide relief agency based in Germany... More

  • Israeli Supplier Cuts Gas to Palestinians

    Dor Energy, the Israeli company that provides fuel to the Palestinian areas, has cut off supplies due to growing debts. Palestinians said the measure would deepen a humanitarian crisis brewing in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. The head of the Palestinian petrol commission, Mujahid Salama, said on Wednesdayhe expected petrol supplies to run.. More

  • Pakistan Police School Blasts Kill Six

    At least six police officershave beenkilled and dozens wounded in a series of blasts at a police training school in southwestern Pakistan, officials said. Five landmines blew up on Thursday as the police officers were taking partin target practice on a firing range at the facility in Quetta, the capital of troubled Baluchistan province. No one claimed.. More

  • Almost 120 Killed in Somalia Fighting

    Fierce clashes between Somali gunmen killed at least 20 people overnight, including a pregnant woman and her three children, a militia leader said on Thursday, bringing the death toll in five days of fighting to almost 120. The third round of Mogadishu street battles this year between gunmen allied to Islamic courts and militia from a self-styled.. More