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  • Taliban Claim Indian Hostage's Killing

    A kidnapped Indian telecommunications worker has been found beheaded in southern Afghanistan, police said on Sunday. The body found near Kandahar in Afghanistan is that of K Suryanarayan, 41, the abducted Indian engineer, the office of the Indian prime minister, Mamohan Singh, said on Sunday. Suryanarayan was kidnapped on Friday with his driver.. More

  • US is Broken in Iraq, Says Al-Zawahiri in New Video

    Al-Qaeda's second in command has said that hundreds of martyrs have broken the back of the US military in three years of war in Iraq. In a video posted on the internet on Saturday, Ayman al-Zawahiri, said that US and British forces had become bogged down in Iraq and "have achieved nothing but loss, disaster and misfortune". The Egyptian , who is.. More

  • US Officer Charged over Iraq Jail Abuse

    The US army has charged the former head of the interrogation centre at Abu Ghraib jail in Iraq with maltreatment of detainees, interfering with investigators and other counts. Lieutenant Colonel Steven Jordan was charged by the military district of Washington on Friday. He faces 12 criminal counts relating to seven different charges, making him the.. More

  • Thousands Rally against Kyrgyz President

    Thousands of protesters have rallied in Kyrgyzstan's capital demanding that the president stand byhis pledges to fight crime and corruption - or quit. Making a surprise appearance atthe opposition rally in Bishkek, Kurmanbek Bakiyev was booed and whistled at by about 10,000 people. "I am not Akayev, I will not run away from my people, I am not afraid,".. More

  • Chirac Calls for Fund to Pay Palestinian Salaries

    France hascalled for the creation of a World Bank fund to pay the salaries of Palestinian officials. Jacques Chirac, the French president, proposedit on Friday beforehe met withMahmoud Abbas, hisPalestinian counterpart in Paris. Jerome Bonnafont, Chirac's spokesman said France will raise the issue during talks on May 9 with the United Nations, the.. More

  • Dubai Riots again

    More than 2,500 Asian construction workers went on the rampage, smashing equipment and vehicles in protest over wages and working conditions. The riot at the Dubai Marina was the second violent protest by construction workers in two months. Witnesses said workers employed by Al Ahmadiah Contracting company demonstrated for more than four hours, clashing.. More

  • Fresh Calls for Blair to Quit

    A whirlwind of problems to hit Britain's Tony Blair has prompted new questions about how long he can hold on to his job, particularly as his Labour party faces a tough time in local elections next week. He faced fresh calls to resign yesterday after three senior cabinet ministers floundered in political and personal crises in one of the government's.. More

  • Egypt's Al-Jazeera Chief Charged

    The Cairo bureau chief of TV channel al-Jazeera has been charged with false reporting and released on bail after more than a day in custody. Police had questioned Hussein Abdel Ghani over his coverage of the Sinai bombs earlier this week. The interior ministry said the journalist had falsely reported a blast in eastern Sharkia province. "I'm fine.. More

  • Iraq Vice-President Sister Killed as Blast Kills 2 Italian Soldiers, 1 Romanian

    The sister of newly appointed Iraqi Vice-President Tariq al-Hashemi has been killed in a drive-by shooting in the capital Baghdad. Meysoun al-Hashemi and her bodyguard were gunned down while driving through the Hai al-Ilam part of the city shortly after leaving her home. The attack follows the killing of one of Mr Hashemi's brothers on 13 April... More

  • Israeli Air Strike Wounds Palestinians

    Israeli aircraft have fired three missiles at targets in the central Gaza Strip, critically wounding two Palestinian fighters. The Israeli militarysaid the air strikes on Thursdaywere aimed at a cell preparing to carry out an attack. It did not identify the targets. It said two vehicles were fired at, and one was hit. Pillars of smoke billowed from.. More

  • Iran to Retaliate if US Attacks

    Iran has threatened to retaliate to any US attack by attacking American interests worldwide. The Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khameni was quoted by state television on Wednesday as saying: "The Americans should know that if they assault Iran, their interests will be harmed anywhere in the world that is possible. The Iranian nation will respond.. More

  • Sri Lanka Stops Bombing of Rebel Areas

    Sri Lanka's military says that it has ceased bombing rebel targets, but has not ruled out more attacks as the island teetered on the brink of war. Brigadier Prasad Samarasinghe, the army spokesman, also said the crossing points to Tamil Tiger territory had reopened on Thursday While the heavy firing of Tuesday night and Wednesday has ceased, both.. More

  • Two Suicide Blasts Rattle Sinai

    Two men have blown themselves up in Egypt's north Sinai on Wednesday, one near an airport used by an international observer force andthe othernear the northern town of El Arish. According to an interior ministry statement, the bombs, which followed three deadly explosions in the east Sinai resort of Dahab on Monday, killed only the bombers. A spokesman.. More

  • Rumsfeld in Baghdad to Support New PM

    The US defence secretary has arrived in Baghdad on an unannounced visitintended to show US support for Iraq's new leadership. Donald Rumsfeld's visit tothe capital, aboard a military cargo plane, was his first to Iraq in 2006 andcomes just days after Shia politician Jawad al-Maliki was chosen as prime minister "The reason we're going into Iraq is.. More

  • Israel Launches Spy Satellite

    Israel has launched a highly accurate imaging satellite that will enhance its ability to spy on Iran. The Israeli Eros B satellite was launched from a mobile pad at the Svobodny cosmodrome in Russia on Tuesday at 8:47pm (1647 GMT), said Alexei Kuznetsov, a spokesman for the military space forces. About 20 minutes later, the satellite successfully.. More