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  • Hamas Extends Victory in Palestinian Local Poll

    Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, is scrambling to heal a split in his ruling Fatah party, while the Islamic movement Hamas has outstripped his faction in the latest round of municipal elections in the West Bank. Young Fatah dissidents said they were forming a new party, dealing Abbas a blow less than six weeks before a parliamentary election.. More

  • Blast at Russian Nuclear Plant Kills One

    An explosion in a smelter on the site of a Russian nuclear power plant killed one worker and severely injured two others, but the state nuclear agency Rosenergoatom said Friday that radiation levels were normal. The blast occurred on Thursday at the Leningrad nuclear power plant in the closed nuclear town of Sosnovy Bor, outside the northern city.. More

  • 53 Arrests in Europe's Biggest Anti-Trafficking Swoop

    Police forces from five European countries are claiming to have jointly smashed a people-smuggling ring in the biggest-ever operation of its kind. Most of the 53 people arrested were in Italy, Britain and France - a handful were detained in Greece and Turkey. At a press conference, Italian police said thousands of illegal immigrants had been smuggled.. More

  • Dozens Die in China Hospital Fire

    A fire at a large hospital in China's north-eastern city of Liaoyuan has killed at least 39 people, the official Xinhua news agency has reported. At least 33 of the victims were patients, the agency said. Witnesses quoted by Xinhua said they saw people leaping from windows to escape the blazing buildings. China has had several industrial accidents.. More

  • Iraqis Vote in Landmark Election

    Polling stations opened around Iraq to allow Iraqis to vote for a new parliament as several explosions were reported across the country. From the Gulf to the mountainous borders of Turkey and Iran, voters on Thursday will file to more than 6000 polling stations, ink their fingers to guard against multiple voting and drop their votes into ballot boxes. A.. More

  • Palestinian Fatah Splits before Key Election

    A dispute within the ruling Palestinian party, Fatah, has led to a rival faction submitting its own list of candidates for a parliamentary poll. The rebel list is headed by a jailed activist, Marwan Barghouti, under the new name al-Mustaqbal (the Future). The split is seen as a blow for Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and the so-called Fatah.. More

  • Rocket Fire Welcomes Musharraf

    Suspected separatist militants in Pakistan fired eight rockets at a paramilitary base in a troubled southwestern province yesterday as President Pervez Musharraf was visiting a nearby town, police said. No one was hurt in the attack on the Frontier Corps base on the outskirts of Kohlu in Baluchistan province, they said. A man who identified himself.. More

  • New Peace Envoy for Bosnia

    It is 10 years since the signing of the Dayton Peace Accords that ended the war in Bosnia. Key players gathering in Paris chose the anniversary to name Bosnia's new international peace envoy. Former German cabinet minister Christian Schwarz-Schilling will replace British diplomat Paddy Ashdown. The powers of the post are expected to shrink in the.. More

  • Al-Hariri Probe May Take Years, Says Mehlis

    The UN inquiry into the assassination of Rafiq al-Hariri, the former Lebanese prime minister, could take years unless Syria speeds up cooperation with the investigation, the head of the inquiry has said. In response, Fayssal Mekdad, Syria's UN ambassador told the UN Security Council his country had not hindered the investigation, led by Detlev Mehlis,.. More

  • CIA Abducted Suspects Says New Europe Probe

    A European rights body yesterday backed allegations of secret CIA prisons, saying that the US appeared to have illegally abducted and detained individuals and that some European governments may have colluded. A report to the Council of Europe concluded that "the information gathered to date reinforced the credibility of the allegations concerning the.. More

  • Indonesia Confirms Ninth Death from Bird Flu

    Indonesia has confirmed its ninth human death from bird flu, senior Health Ministry officials said on Tuesday, taking the global death toll from the disease to 71, all in Asia. A Hong Kong laboratory affiliated with the World Health Organization confirmed an Indonesian had died from the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, which scientists fear will mutate.. More

  • More US Soldiers Killed in Iraq

    Four US army soldiers have been killed in a roadside bombing northwest of Baghdad. The US command said the soldiers were assigned on Tuesday to Task Force Baghdad which handles security in the capital and the surrounding area. No further details were released. The deaths bring to at least 2149 the number of US service members to have died since the.. More

  • Two Palestinians Killed by Israeli Fire

    Two Palestinians have been killed by Israeli military fire in separate incidents. A Palestinian teenager was killed on Tuesday in a clash with Israeli forces during a raid in the West Bank, and a farmer in the Gaza Strip was killed by Israeli tank fire, Palestinian hospital officials said. The teenager was shot in the head on Tuesday when Israeli.. More

  • New Mehlis Report Implicates Syria

    New evidence hasreinforced investigators' belief that the Syrian and Lebanese intelligence services were probably involved in the assassination of Lebanon's former prime minister, a UN inquiry says in its latest report. The 25-page report from the team of Detlev Mehlis, the German prosecutor, again accused Syria of trying to obstruct his inquiry when.. More

  • Woman Rescued Two Months after Earthquake

    A Pakistani woman in her 40s was rescued from the rubble of her Kashmir home yesterday, two months after being buried there in a devastating earthquake. "A woman has been brought to hospital in Muzaffarabad who remained buried under the rubble of her home since the October 8 earthquake," said Doctor Hafeez, who only gave his first name. "She is unconscious.. More