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  • Egypt Ferry with 1,400 aboard Sinks in Red Sea

    Hundreds of people were feared drowned and others battling for their lives in the Red Sea after an Egyptian ferry with some 1,400 on board sank in bad weather on an overnight crossing from Saudi Arabia. Survivors in lifeboats were still awaiting rescue in heavy seas that were also complicating salvation efforts as night began to fall, maritime sources.. More

  • Hizbullah Rockets Hit Israeli Army Post

    Hizbullah troops have attacked an Israeli military post in the Shebaa Farms area on the Lebanese border, two days after Israeli troops shot dead a teenage Lebanese shepherd. Israeli warplanes and artillery retaliated, bombing targets on the Lebanese side in the area, witnesses said. They said Hizbullah rockets hit the Rwaisat al-Alam post in the.. More

  • Indonesians Attack Danish Embassy Building

    Indonesian Muslims went on a rampage inside the lobby of a Jakarta building housing the Danish embassy on Friday in protest over cartoons that Muslims say insult Islam and the Prophet Mohammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam). Between 200 to 300 white-clad protesters smashed lamps with bamboo sticks and threw chairs around in anger at cartoons originally.. More

  • Many Killed in Baghdad Car Bombs

    Two bombs have exploded about 20 minutes apart in eastern Baghdad, killing at least 11 Iraqis and wounding dozens, officials say. The American military also said five US troops died in separate attacks. The first blast occurred at 5pm on Thursday, when a car bomb detonated near a gas station, killing at least two people and wounding 13, police Major.. More

  • Egyptian Cruise Ship Missing in Red Sea

    An Egyptian cruise ship with 1,300 people on board has disappeared in the Red Sea off the Saudi coast, Egyptian maritime officials said Friday. Lifeboats carrying people have been spotted near where the ship, the "Salaam 98," was last seen, maritime officials said. Saudi and Egyptian naval vessels and helicopters were searching for the ship, which.. More

  • Invasion Decided before Iraq War

    Tony Blair and George W Bush decided to invade Iraq weeks earlier than they have admitted, a new book by a human rights lawyer has claimed. The book by Philippe Sands says the two leaders discussed going to war regardless of any United Nations view. The book quotes a note from a meeting in January 2003. The war did not begin until March after a.. More

  • US Scientists Claim New Bird Flu Vaccine

    Scientists in the US are claiming to have produced a possible H5N1 bird flu vaccine which can be easily mass-produced. Current vaccines are made in fertilised eggs and can take up to six months to produce. Researchers in Atlanta say enough doses of the new product could be made to significantly reduce the risk of a pandemic among humans.Global health.. More

  • US Patriot Act to Be Extended

    Lawmakers in the US Congress have moved to extend the Patriot Act, two days before the bill was due to expire. The House of Representatives, by a voice vote, moved to extend the laws through early March to allow time to reach agreement with Senate negotiators on the proposed provisions in an updated version of the bill. Automatic "sunset" provisions.. More

  • India Launches Anti-Poverty Plan

    The Indian government has launched one of its most ambitious efforts to eradicate rural poverty. Under the National Rural Guarantee Scheme one member from each of India's 60 million rural households is guaranteed 100 days of work each year. They will receive a minimum wage of 60 rupees (1.35 US dollar) or an unemployment allowance if there is.. More

  • Gas Blast in China Coal Mine Kills 23

    A gas explosion at a Chinese coal mine has killed at least 23 miners, state media reported on Thursday, in the latest accident to hit the world's deadliest mining industry. Another 53 people were hospitalized after inhaling toxic gases from the blast at the Sihe Coal Mine in the northern province of Shanxi, the official Xinhua news agency said. Nearly.. More

  • Fight in South Ossetia Highlights Georgia-Russia Tensions

    An incident in the breakaway region of South Ossetia has shone a spotlight on tensions between Russia and Georgia. A fight broke out between Georgian troops and Russian peacekeepers in the province, which is legally part of Georgia. It happened when the Georgians tried to impound a Russian truck after it was involved in a traffic accident. Shots were.. More

  • Iraq Sunni Coalition Threatens Disobedience

    Iraq's largest Sunni Arab coalition has threateneda campaign of civil disobedience if concerns about attacks onits community are not met. The National Concord Front, a coalition of three Sunni Arab parties with 44 seats in the new parliament, denounced ongoing arrests and security sweeps which they say are targeting their community. "(The coalition).. More

  • European Papers Join Depicting the Prophet

    Both aFrench and a German newspaper have reprinted a series of 12 Danish newspaper cartoons depicting Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) that have sparked protests in the Muslim world. With a mounting diplomatic storm, calls for a boycott of Danish goods and flag-burning protests, Danish security police met Muslim religious leaders in an.. More

  • Saddam Absent as Trial Continues

    The trial of Saddam Hussein has resumed in the absence of the former Iraqi leader after all the high-profile defendants and the entire defence team refused to turn up. Neither Saddam nor his defence team or any of the three other well-known defendants attended the hearing on Wednesday after all hadquit the stormy first session of the trial under new.. More

  • Arab Interior Ministers Seek Action against Cartoonists

    Cartoons caricaturing Prophet Muhammed (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) in the Danish and Norwegian Press provoked boycotts and angry protests across the Muslim world yesterday as interior ministers from 17 Arab countries called on the Danish government to punish the authors. "The council of Arab interior ministers strongly denounce the offence to Islam.. More