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  • Sri Lanka Sends more Troops North

    Sri Lanka has deployed more troops in Trincomalee fearing further rebel attacks as Scandinavian monitors pulled out of the area. The deployment in the north-eastern port district on Wednesday comes a day after a mine blast against a navy bus on Tuesday which wounded 12 sailors and sparked the withdrawal of the monitors, a military official said. The.. More

  • Israeli Troops Kill Tulkarim Hamas Leader

    Israeli troops have killed a senior Palestinian fighter during an exchange of fire in the occupied West Bank. Witnesses said soldiers surrounded a hideout used by Thabit Ayyada, 24, leader of Hamas's military wing in Tulkarim, and shot him dead in the ensuing clash on Tuesday. His death brings to 4933 the total toll since the start of the Palestinian.. More

  • 26 Die in Taliban Bomb Attacks

    Taliban suicide bombers killed at least 26 people in two attacks in southern Afghanistan on Monday, a day after a Canadian diplomat and two civilians were killed in another attack in the area. The combined toll was the worst in a day from suicide bombings in Afghanistan since US-led forces overthrew the Taliban in late 2001 and came just hours after.. More

  • Russian Soldiers Killed in Chechnya

    Four Russian soldiers and a Chechen police officer from the pro-Russian force have been killed in Chechnya. An official from the Chechen administration, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told AFP today that the deaths all came in the last 24 hours. He said one soldier was killed in an attack by resistance fighters. Two more soldiers died when.. More

  • Don't Spark Arms Race, Appeals FM Saud Al-Faisal

    Saudi Arabia appealed yesterday for Iran to abide by its vow not to develop nuclear weapons and set off a regional arms race However, Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al Faisal said the West bore some responsibility by letting Israel build its own nuclear arsenal. Meanwhile, European Union diplomats said last night Germany, France and Britain had begun.. More

  • Pakistan Set for more Anti-US Protests

    Pakistan's opposition has vowed more protests against a US air strike that killed at least 18 civilians while commentators said the raid would boost support for armed men. The air strike which took place on Friday was apparently aimed at aimed at Ayman al-Zawahri. US intelligence sources said al-Zawahri's fate would not be known until remains of.. More

  • US and EU up Pressure for Action on Iran

    Officials from the United States and European Union are pressing Russia and China to support tough diplomatic steps to curb Iran's nuclear programme at talks in London among UN Security Council powers. The talks, which began on Monday, mark the latest stage in a flurry of Western diplomacy in pursuit of a vote by the UN nuclear watchdog to refer Tehran.. More

  • US Helicopter Downed in Iraq

    A US helicopter has crashed north of Baghdad, with witnesses quoted by Reuters news agency saying it was shot down by a rocket. One witness said on MondayUS troops surrounded the crash site and that smoke was rising from the area nearthe small town of Mishahda. The US military confirmed the crash and said there was no immediate news of its two-man.. More

  • Canadian Diplomat Killed in Afghan Car Bomb Attack

    Acar bomber has hit a Canadian military convoy in a southern Afghan city, killing a senior Canadian diplomat, two civilians and wounding 13others, officials said. A purported Taliban spokesman, Qari Mohammed Yousaf, called The Associated Press and claimed responsibility for Sunday's bombing, warning that "these attacks will continue for a long time... More

  • Saudi Arabia Starts Razing Deadly Hajj Bridge

    Saudi Arabia has started pulling down a disaster-prone bridge near the Muslim holy city of Mecca days after more than 360 pilgrims were crushed to death there in the worst disaster to hit the Muslim Hajj in 16 years. "The first stage of the projected overhaul of Jamarat bridge in Mena began on Saturday and will be completed and ready for next year's.. More

  • Indonesian Girl Dies of Bird Flu

    A 13-year-old Indonesian girl died of bird flu at the weekend while two of her siblings have tested positive for the H5N1 virus, a health ministry official said on Monday, citing the results of local tests. "We found three positive bird flu cases in one family coming from Indramayu, West Java," said Hariadi Wibisono, the ministry's director of control.. More

  • Egypt Clears Suez Passage for Asbestos Ship

    Egypt said yesterday a decommissioned French warship posed no environmental threat to Egypt, clearing the way for it to enter the Suez Canal after a delay prompted by possible hazardous materials aboard. The aircraft carrier Clemenceau left France in December for a ship-breaking yard in Gujarat, India, amid protests from environmental group Greenpeace,.. More

  • Anger in Pakistan over US Air Strike

    Tribal police are patrolling villages after Pakistan formally protested to the US over a deadly air strike targeting al-Qaida's deputy leader that killed 18 people. Pakistani officials said earlier indications from US intelligence sources that Ayman al-Zawahiri, may have died in Friday's missile raid were "not true". Tensions remained high on Sunday.. More

  • Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Jaber Dies

    The emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah, has died in his late 70s, a court statement says. Sheikh Jaber, who had led the country since December 1977, suffered ill health and was seldom seen in public after suffering a minor stroke in 2001. The statement announcing his death was read on Kuwaiti state television. Concerns have grown.. More

  • Michel Aoun Launches Attack on Khaddam

    Michel Aoun, the Lebanese Christian leader, has launched a scathing attack on Syria's exiled former vice-president, accusing him of bearing responsibility for a string of assassinations. On Saturday, Aoun called on Abdel-Halim Khaddam, an ex-Baath Party stalwart turned whistleblower who last month implicated Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, in.. More