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  • U.S. Against Hamas' Participation in Parliamentary Election

    U.S. said that aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA) would be reviewed and reduced if Hamas gets a role in government. The United States wants the January 25 parliamentary election to take place on time but has reluctantly accepted Hamas participation in the poll- U.S. classifies Hamas as a terrorist organization.Washington worries that Hamas could.. More

  • European Countries Knew about CIA Prisons Says Swiss Senator

    The man leading an investigation into alleged CIA prisons in Europe has said European countries knew about their existence. Swiss deputy Dick Marty who is leading the probe on behalf of the European human rights watchdog the Council of Europe has accused his country and others of being hypocritical. He says the problem does not only concern Romania.. More

  • US Helicopter Shot Down in Iraq

    AUS army helicopter has crashed near the city of Mosul, killing two pilots on board, after coming under fire from fighters on the ground, US officials and witnesses say. Witnesses reported seeing men armed with heavy machine guns open fire on the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior, a two-seat, single-engine helicopter, in al-Sukar district, north of Mosul, about.. More

  • 18 Pakistanis Die in Missile Attack

    At least 18 people including women and children died when helicopters launched missiles on a village in Pakistan's troubled tribal region bordering Afghanistan yesterday, residents said. The incident in Mamund town in Bajur tribal zone comes days after Pakistan protested to the US military in Afghanistan over the deaths of another eight people in cross-borde.. More

  • Palestinian Gunmen Call for Order in Gaza

    Dozens of gunmen, including off-duty policemen, have blocked twomain roads in the Gaza Strip, demanding retribution for the killing of a policeman in a drug raid a week ago. The Palestinian interior ministry said the protests heldup traffic on Gaza's two main north-south roads for about an hour on Saturday. The incidentswere the latest sign of a.. More

  • Bush and Merkel United on Iran

    George Bush, the US president, hassaid Iran would be a threat to the world if it had a nuclear weapon but that he wants a diplomatic solution to the crisis with Tehran. Iran threatened on Friday to end surprise inspections and other co-operation with the UN nuclear watchdog if itwere referred to the Security Council over its nuclear programme, and.. More

  • 345 Pilgrims Die in Jamarat Tragedy

    Hundreds of pilgrims have been crushed to death and hundreds more injured, during a stoning ritual on the last day of the Hajj, theSaudi health minister has said. "So far, the number of confirmed death is 345 and the number of injured in hospital is 289," Hamad bin Abdullah al-Manei told reporters. Al-Maneh said the stampede was caused by "unruly.. More

  • Three Palestinians Killed in Jenin Clashes

    A Palestinianman has blownhimself up and Israeli forces have killed two others duringclashes in the town of Jenin in the West Bank, security sources and Palestinian witnesses say. Aljazeera's correspondent in Jenin reported that thebomber blew himself up near a group of Israeli soldiers who were carrying out an operation againstPalestinian resistance.. More

  • Iran Threatens to End UN Checks

    Iran has threatened to halt snap inspections of its nuclear sites by the United Nations if it is referred to the UN Security Council. The move came after the UK, France and Germany said the time had come for the Council to deal with the issue. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has urged the UN to confront Iranian "defiance" over its nuclear.. More

  • Assad Can't Be Quizzed by UN Says Damascus

    UN investigators probing former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Al Hariri's killing cannot question Syrian President Bashar Al Assad, Damascus said yesterday. But Information Minister Mahdi Dakhl-Allah said Syria would still co-operate with the inquiry. The UN Security Council has threatened Syria with "further action" if it did not fully co-operate.. More

  • Fatah Accused of Sabotaging Vote

    The Palestinian leadership's failure to rein in militants operating in its name is prompting accusations that elements within the ruling Fatah faction are seeking a pretext to call off elections due in less than two weeks' time. Deadly violence and kidnappings of foreigners, blamed on militants loyal to Fatah, have created a climate of insecurity in.. More

  • Bird Flu Risk is Global, Says WHO

    The World Health Organisation yesterday said that the bird flu 'risk is global' and United Nations' experts warned that the virus will spread among animals and pose a serious risk to farming in neighbouring countries. The WHO also warned that Asia remained at greatest risk for the spread of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus. Dr Marc Danzon, the UN health.. More

  • Turkish Man who Shot Pope Leaves Prison

    Mehmet Ali Agca, the man who shot and seriously wounded Pope John Paul II in 1981, was released from a Turkish prison on Thursday and immediately taken in handcuffs to a military recruitment office. His lawyers say the Turkish army wants to claim Agca, 48, for missed military service, a legal obligation for Turkish men. "We are now at the military.. More

  • 15 Somalis Killed in Fighting

    At least 15 militiamen have been killed in fighting between opposing factions from a clan in central Somalia. Tanks, rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles were deployed in a battle for battle for control of grazing land and water for livestock.The clash between members of the Sa'ad and Suleman factions of the Habar Gidir clan broke out on Wednesday.. More

  • Hajj Pilgrims Begin Stoning Ritual

    More than two million Muslim pilgrims have begun the ritual stoning of the devil that signifies the climax of the annual Hajj pilgrimage. Pilgrims flocked to the site at Mina's Jamarat Bridge to cast the first set of stones before the crowds arrived. They must stand and stone three thick walls in a symbolic casting out of the devil and rejection of.. More