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  • Hamas Names PM Candidate as Jihad Rules out Joining Cabinet

    Hamas has named Gaza businessman Jamal al-Khudairi as its candidate for the post of Palestinian prime minister. Al-Khudairi ranin last month's Palestinian elections as an independent with Hamas backing, a spokesman for the group said on Wednesday. Hamas, which scoreda shock victory in the elections,hasyet to formally put his name forward toMahmoud.. More

  • Bird Flu Reaches African Continent

    The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has been detected among poultry in Africa for the first time, international health officials have announced. The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)reported an outbreak among poultry in northern Nigeria that had killed 40,000 birds. The outbreak occurred on a.. More

  • Bush Backs Denmark over Prophet Cartoons, Protests Continue

    US President George W. Bush assured Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen of his "support and solidarity" over violence sparked by caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), the White House said. British Prime Minister Tony Blair and French President Jacques Chirac had previously called Rasmussen after the attacks on.. More

  • Serbs Told Kosovo Will be Independent - Negotiators

    A senior British diplomat has told Serbs that independence is the best solution for the disputed Serbian province of Kosovo in talks due within days, Serb negotiators said on Tuesday. "[John] Sawers told us the Contact Group had decided Kosovo should be independent. He said Kosovo would be multi-ethnic, but in the end independent," Goran Bogdanovic,.. More

  • Nigerian MPs Burn Denmark's Flag, Christians Condemn Cartoon Publications

    Nigerian MPs cheered in the northern majority Muslim state of Kano as Danish and Norwegian flags were burned in a ceremony in the parliament premises. The flags were torched to show disapproval of the publication in Denmark and Norway of cartoons satirizing the Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam). Earlier Kano state MPs passed a resolution.. More

  • Eight Killed in Nepal Clashes

    Maoist leader Prachanda, whose call for a week-long general strike has brought Nepal to a virtual halt, yesterday again urged voters not to take part in controversial polls called by the king, as fresh violence left eight people dead."Our party would like to make a final and special appeal to the general public ... to boycott municipal polls and take.. More

  • Turkish Teen Admits Priest Killing

    A teenage student arrested in Turkey over the killing of an Italian priest has reportedly told police he was influenced by European cartoons lampooning the Prophet Mohammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) cartoons. The 16-year-old is in police custody in Trabzon, the Black Sea city where Fr Andrea Santoro was shot on Sunday. He was allegedly carrying.. More

  • Kuwaiti Amir Appoints Crown Prince

    Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah, Kuwait's new amir, has appointed the country's interior minister as crown prince. The appointment of Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmed al-Sabah was announced on Tuesday, as was the appointment of Sheikh Nasser Mohammed al-Ahmed al-Sabah as Kuwait's new prime minister. Sheikh Nawaf is the amir's half-brother and has held the post.. More

  • After Depicting the Prophet, EU Demands from Muslim States to Ensure Security

    The European Union has stepped up pressure on Arab and Muslim countries to reign inprotesters angry over cartoons depicting Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam). In a strongly worded statement issued late on Monday,Austria,the current holderofthe EU presidency, said it had instructed its embassies in the Middle East, Asian and African countries.. More

  • Palestinians Killed in Israeli Air Strike

    At least two Palestinian gunmen from the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades were killed in an Israeli air strike targeting a car in Gaza City, political and medical sources said. Two bystanders were also wounded in the attack which took place on Tuesday evening, the sources said. The Israeli air strike was the fourth in as many days aimed at targets in the.. More

  • Roadside Bombs Kill Four Marines as Iraq Confirms Second Bird Flu Death

    Roadside bombs have killed four U.S. marines in Iraq in the past two days, the U.S. military said on Tuesday. Three marines were killed on Monday in Hit, a town in the Sunni insurgent heartland of Anbar province. A roadside bomb, which the U.S. military calls an improvised explosive device (IED), killed another marine in the same province. The roadside.. More

  • Many Killed in Kandahar Blast

    At least 13 people have been killed in a powerful bomb explosion in the southern Afghanistan city of Kandahar, reports quote officials as saying. The bomb exploded outside the headquarters of the provincial police. Police chief Bashir Khan told the Associated Press that the bomb may have been "attached" to a motorcycle parked outside the building... More

  • Pakistan Gas Pipeline Attacked

    Tribal militants blew up a gas pipeline in Pakistan's troubled southwest on Tuesday, cutting off supplies to a US- and British-owned power plant for the fourth time in a month, a local government official said. The blast damaged the pipeline near the town of Dera Murad Jamali in Baluchistan province, shutting supply to the 586-megwatt Uch power plant... More

  • Sri Lanka, Rebels Agree to Peace Talks

    Sri Lanka's government and the Tamil Tiger rebels have set a dateto begin peace talks later this month, it has been annnounced. The talks,tobe held on22-23 of Febuarywill be the first high level discussionssince the island's peace process ground to a halt three years ago andis seen as vital to stemming an escalating violence that killedaround 200.. More

  • More Protests Erupt in Cartoon Row

    Fresh protests have erupted across Asia and the Middle East over cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), despite calls by world leaders for calm after Danish diplomatic missions were set ablaze in Lebanon and Syria. On Monday Kofi Annan, theUN secretary-general, expressed alarm and urged restraint, but oil giant Iran, which.. More