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  • Sejdiu Sworn-in as New Kosovo President

    Fatmir Sejdiu has been elected as the new President of Kosovo. The 54-year-old political moderate replaces Ibrahim Rugova, who died of lung cancer last month. The 120-seat parliament voted 80 to 12 to elect Sejdiu, a longtime Rugova ally and a member of the Democratic League of Kosovo. The move clears the way for direct Serb-Albanian negotiations.. More

  • Kidnapped Egyptian Diplomat Freed in Gaza

    An Egyptian diplomat kidnapped earlier this week in Gaza has been released unharmed, an Egyptian officialsaid. "He's released and unharmed," theofficial said in Gaza on Saturday, but declined further comment. A previously unknown group calling itself the Al-Ahrar Brigades hadsaid it had kidnapped Egyptian diplomat Hossam al-Musseli and demanded that.. More

  • Muslims in France Plan Legal Action

    France's top Muslim organisation has said it is launching legal action against French newspapers that published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam). The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM), an umbrella organisation of Muslim groups, said on Fridayit had taken the decision with support of all its members after receiving.. More

  • Amnesty Wants Bay Prison Closed

    An international human rights group has called on the US to take responsibility for the suffering of thousands of relatives of Guantanamo Bay detainees, as well as the detainees themselves. It has also renewed calls for the controversial prison to be shut down and for inmates to be either released or given a fair trial. Amnesty International (AI) delivered.. More

  • Many Iraqis Killed in Mosque Attack

    A car bomb has exploded outside a mosque in southwestern Baghdad, killing at leasteight Iraqis and wounding 21,a hospital officialsaid. Also on Friday,a dozen men wearing Iraqi police uniforms snatched a Sunni Arab cleric from his Baghdad home, while abducted Jill Caroll, the US reporter, appealed to supporters in a new tape to do whatever necessary.. More

  • Putin to Invite Hamas to Moscow

    The Russian presidenthas said that he intendsto invite the leaders of Hamas to Moscow. Hamas defeated the mainstream Fatah movement in a surprise landslide victory in Palestinian polls on 25 January. It is expected to form a new government soon. Vladimir Putin made the invitation while in the Spanish capital, Madrid. "We are maintaining our contacts.. More

  • Afghan Soldiers Killed in Bomb Attacks

    Bomb attacks in rugged eastern mountains have killed eight Afghan troops and wounded six others, an official said. The first bomb exploded shortly after midnight as a convoy of troops was returning from an operation in Kunar province. It killed two soldiers and wounded five, said Mohammed Hasan, the regional deputy police chief. Hours later, as.. More

  • Nigeria Confirms Bird Flu Spread

    The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has been found on three more farms in northern Nigeria, where thousands of poultry have died recently. Officials said tests had confirmed bird flu on farms in two different states to where Africa's first case of bird flu was confirmed on Wednesday. Chickens have been dying in Nigeria for a month, leading to fears.. More

  • German Holocaust Denier on Trial

    There was applause from supporters as one of Germany's most notorious white supremacists returned to court in Mannheim. Ernst Zundel has repeatedly denied the Holocaust, and is facing charges of incitement, libel and disparaging the dead. The process was halted in November when the judge dismissed two members of his defence team after one of them.. More

  • 27 Killed in Pakistan Blast

    At least 27 people have been killed in a suspected suicide bomb attack and in subsequent violence at a religious procession in north-west Pakistan. The explosion tore through a crowd of Shia Muslims marking the Ashura festival in the town of Hangu, sparking rioting among pilgrims. Pakistan has a history of tension between Shia and Sunni Muslims... More

  • At Least Two Palestinians Killed in Gaza Clash

    Israeli soldiers have killed two Palestinianfighters who attacked a border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel. The Israeli army said threearmed Palestiniansattacked the Erez checkpoint between Israel and Gaza before daybreak on Thursday, the latest in an escalating series of violent incidents in the volatile territory. A Palestinianresistance.. More

  • French Weekly Reprints Cartoons as Chirac Warns Media

    The executive director of a satirical French weekly newspaper called Charlie Hebdo has defended his decision to reprint the caricatures. The special issue includes all 12 cartoons first run by Denmark's Jyllands-Posten last September, including one depicting the Prophet Mohammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) with a bomb-shaped turban. It came out after.. More

  • Egyptian Diplomat Abducted in Gaza

    An Egyptian diplomat has been abducted by Palestinian gunmen in Gaza City, reports say. According to the reports, the diplomat was on his way to his office when masked gunmen surrounded his car and forced him into another vehicle. Foreigners are frequently kidnapped by gunmen in Gaza, a mark of the area's instability and lawlessness. Generally,.. More

  • Chad & Sudan Sign Peace Deal in Libya

    Chad and Sudan have signed a peace deal aimed at ending their dispute at the end of a mini-summit in Tripoli hosted by Libyan leader Muammar al-Qadhafi. The agreement, signed on Wednesday by Omar al-Beshir, the Sudanese president, and his Chadian counterpart Idriss Deby, provides for the re-establishment of relations and the opening of consulates. It.. More

  • US Straps Down Guantanamo Strikers

    U.S. military officials at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, strapped hunger-striking prisoners into restraint chairs for hours to feed them through tubes and isolated them in cold cells, The New York Times said on Thursday. The Times, citing unnamed military officials, said tougher measures came in recent weeks after authorities concluded some of the prisoners.. More