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  • Four US Soldiers Killed in Afghan Blast

    Four US soldiers have beenwhen their vehicle hit a suspected bomb in central Afghanistan, the US military said. A Taliban spokesman said the guerrilla group's fighters were responsible for Monday's attack in Uruzgan province, where Dutch Nato peacekeepers are to be based this year. The US military said in a statement that patrolling US and Afghan.. More

  • Saddam Trial Adjourned

    The trial of Saddam Hussein and seven co-defendants has been adjourned until Tuesday after a stormy session in which the former president angrily sparred with the judge during his trial on charges of crimes against humanity. A fiery Saddam was back in court on Monday after boycotting his trial, but said he was forced to appear. As soon as he arrived.. More

  • Hamas Reiterates Peace Terms

    A leader of Hamas has stated again that the only thing needed for it to halt its armed struggle is forIsrael to withdraw from the Palestinian territories it occupies. In an interview with the Russian daily Nezavisimaya Gazeta, published on Monday, Khalid Mishaal said: "If Israel recognises our rights and pledges to withdraw from all occupied lands,.. More

  • Two Killed in Afghan Militia Ambush

    Taliban fighters have ambushed a militia unit working with US forces in southern Afghanistan, killing two men and capturing six. Dawood, the milita commander,said on Monday that the ambush took place late on Sunday in the troubled province of Helmand, where 3300 British troops will soon be based as part of a Nato plan to expand its Afghanistan peacekeeping.. More

  • Jewish Settlers Desecrate Mosque

    Jewish settlers daubed graffiti insulting the Prophet Mohammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) on the wall of a mosque in a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank, an Israeli military source and local residents said on Sunday. After news of the incident, Palestinians threw stones at Israeli cars driving to nearby Jewish settlements, slightly.. More

  • Muslim Graves Vandalized in Denmark

    About 25 Muslim graves have been vandalized at a cemetery in Denmark. Anders Hansen, a spokesman for the local police, saidvandals had pushed over headstones, smashing several into pieces, at the cemetery in Esbjerg. Esbjerg is Denmark's fifth biggest city and is 250km west of the capital, Copenhagen. "We don't know who did this," Hansen said, adding.. More

  • Northeastern United States Hammered by Snowstorm

    The biggest snowstorm of the season belted the northeastern United States on Sunday, sinking New York City in its second-deepest snow on record, shutting airports, snarling traffic and bringing joy to ski resorts. As much as 24.8 inches of snow fell in New York's Central Park, only two inches shy of the city's worst blizzard on December 26, 1947,.. More

  • Shia Nominate Jaafari as Iraq PM

    Iraq's dominant Shia political movement has chosen Ibrahim al-Jaafari as their candidate for prime minister in the country's first permanent post-Saddam Hussein government. Officials said that al-Jaafari had won 64 votes on Sunday, narrowly defeating Adel Abdul Mahdi, the vice-president,who got 63 in a ballot after the group failed to reach an agreement.. More

  • US Prepares Military Blitz against Iran's Nuclear Sites

    Strategists at the Pentagon are drawing up plans for devastating bombing raids backed by submarine-launched ballistic missile attacks against Iran's nuclear sites as a "last resort" to block Teheran's efforts to develop an atomic bomb. Central Command and Strategic Command planners are identifying targets, assessing weapon-loads and working on logistics.. More

  • Kosovo's New President: Independence Non-Negotiable

    Kosovo's newly elected president said Friday that the ethnic Albanian demand for independence from Serbia remains non-negotiable. Fatmir Sejdiu was elected by Parliament to fill the post left by the death of pro-independence leader Ibrahim Rugova last month and paves the way for the start of U.N.-mediated talks on Kosovo's future status. Sejdiu, 54,.. More

  • Ministry of Defence to Probe Iraq Abuse Video

    Pictures from a video allegedly showing British soldiers brutally beating a group of Iraqi teenagers have been published by the News of the World. The footage appeared to show soldiers dragging youths and kicking them. A military spokesman in Iraq condemned "all acts of abuse and brutality" by British troops, saying the allegations related to a.. More

  • Iran May Quit Nuclear Pact

    Iran warn-ed yesterday it may quit the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) if forced to limit its nuclear programme. In a strongly worded speech to huge crowds marking the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also said that Palestinians and Iraqis were suffering from "the real Holocaust". "Until now, the Islamic republic's.. More

  • Hariri's Son Returns to Lebanon after 6 Months

    Saad al-Hariri, Lebanon's parliamentary majority leader, returned to Lebanon on Saturday night, more than six months after he left the country because of security worries, an aide said. Hariri returned to Beirut three days before Lebanon marked the first anniversary of the assassination of his father, former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri. Hariri.. More

  • Italy and Greece Report Deadly Bird Flu Strain

    As the first cases of avian flu in wild birds in the European Union were reported, finance ministers of the Group of Eight wealthiest nations said more must be done to help poor nations fight the spread of the virus. Three swans found near Thessaloniki in Greece and sent to a testing laboratoryin Britain tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain that.. More

  • Muslims to Join Anti-Cartoon Rally in London

    A mass rally by mainstream Muslims demonstrating against controversial cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) as a terrorist is to be staged. Organisers told BBC News they are expecting at least 30,000 people to go to central London's Trafalgar Square. Public figures from across the political spectrum are due to.. More