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  • Egypt Reports Second Bird Flu Death

    An Egyptian woman has died of the H5N1 strain of bird flu, the second fatal case in the country, a health official said. Fatima Mohamed Yussef, 30, from Khanka village in the Qaliubiya governorate, died at Cairo's Abbassiya hospital, where she was taken when she first became ill, said Abdel Rahman Shahin, head of the government's anti-bird flu committee. Sh.. More

  • Arab Nations Refuse to Cut Aid to PA

    Arab foreign ministers havedismissed Western explanations for cutting aid to the Palestinian Authority after Hamas's election victory but have offered no additional aid. The ministers, meeting in the Sudanese capital Khartoum before an Arab summit this week, renewed a promise to give the Palestinians about $50 million a month and left open the possibility.. More

  • Israeli Airstrike Kills Palestinian in Gaza

    The Israeli army has killed a Palestinianwho was among a groupof fighters firing grenades into Israel from the northern Gaza Strip. An army spokesman said they had "specific inside information" that Israeli targets were going to be attacked. "We fired at them, including from the air, and we saw that they were hit," the army spokesman said. Islamic.. More

  • Nigerian Separatists Free Hostages

    Nigerian separatists have released three oil workers after holding them hostage for more than a month. Abel Oshevire, a Nigerian official, said that Cody Oswald and Russell Spell, both Americans,and John Hudspith, a Briton,had been handed over to officials after being held captive in the swamps of the Niger Delta. "They're all here. They're all OK,".. More

  • Three Killed in Pakistan Gunfight

    Two tribal militants and a paramilitary trooper have been killed in a gun battle in the troubled Pakistani province of Baluchistan, bordering Afghanistan. Elsewhere in the province, two home-made bombs exploded outside the house of the provincial chief minister, and militants blew up a natural gas pipeline, but there were no casualties in these incidents. S.. More

  • Arabs to Push for Greater Role in Iraq

    Fears of an increasing Iranian role in Iraq appears to loom over the annual summit of Arab leaders as the Arab League chief warnedof marginalising therole of Arabsin the war-torn country. The two-day summit starts on 28 March in the Sudanese capital Khartoum. Amr Moussa, the Arab League's secretary-general,said on Saturdaya resolution stressing the.. More

  • Rabat Pushes W Sahara Proposal

    Morocco's kinghas wrapped up a six-day visit to Western Sahara with talks on a plan to give the territory greater autonomy which will be submitted soon to the UN. Mohammed VI met the 140 members of the Consultative Council for Saharan Affairs, headed by Khalli Henna Ould Errachid, former minister of Saharan affairs and a member of the influential Rguibat.. More

  • Violence Spirals in Somalia

    Warring factionshave clashed for the fourth consecutive day in the north of the Somali capital,Mogadishu, as heavy gun battles claimed five more lives, bringing thedeath toll to 52 and more than 200 injured. Eyewitnesses and medics on Saturday reported unabated violence and a climbing death toll. "Warring militamen in the capital are fighting heavily.. More

  • Malaysian Police Quash Protests

    Malaysian riot police have used water cannon to break up a protest against fuel price rises, the latest in a series of anti-government protests in Kuala Lumpur. At least seven people were arrested during the rally, which took place outside the 88-storey Petronas Twin Towers in the capital. About 300 protesters, led by the country's largest labour.. More

  • US Activists Rally for Immigrants

    About half a million activists have rallied in Los Angeles in the US state of California to protest against plans to criminalise undocumented workers. Organiser Javier Rodriguez said demonstrators wanted an immigration system that was humane and not racist. The House of Representatives has passed a bill that would make it a felony for immigrants.. More

  • Khartoum Rejects UN Force for Darfur

    Sudan has asked for Arab support for its stance againstsending UN peace keeping forces to Darfur. "We reject sending any further troops to Darfur," Lam Akol Ajawin, Sudan'sforeign minister, told ameeting of Arab foreign ministers in Khartoum on Saturday. Heasked theministers for their countries' support on Sudan's position. The ministers are in the.. More

  • More Deadly Attacks Hit Iraq

    A bombing outside an Iraqi mosque has left at least five Iraqis dead and 17 wounded, while the bodies of 15 moreapparent victims of sectarian violence have been found in different parts of Baghdad. The latest bombing came as the Sunni Muslim worshippers were leaving the Saad Ibn Abi Wakkas mosque in Khalis, 80km from the capital, after Friday prayers. Anoth.. More

  • Abbas Moots Secret Talks with Israel

    Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has proposed secret peace talks with Israel, a leading Israeli paper has quoted him as saying. Abbas suggested the idea in talks with US officials and former Israeli PM Shimon Peres, Haaretz says. He told the paper he was convinced that a peace agreement could be signed within a year of such talks starting. Abbas.. More

  • French Prime Minister Refuses to Back down over Labour Law

    France's Prime Minister has fended off senior trade union officials over his controversial youth labour law, but the crisis has deepened as student leaders refuse their turn to talk. So far there is little indication that Dominique de Villepin is about to budge,although after the meeting with union leaders he tried to put an up-beat spin on the gathering. H.. More

  • Hamas to Miss Arab Summit

    Hamas yesterday said its presentation of a new Palestinian government for parliamentary approval next week would force the group to miss a two-day Arab summit due to begin on Tuesday."Hamas will not participate in the Arab Summit in Sudan because some Palestinian parties have delayed the measures related to the presentation of a Hamas government to.. More