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  • German Files Lawsuit against CIA

    A German man yesterday filed a landmark lawsuit against the CIA claiming he was wrongfully abducted as a terrorism suspect and sent to Afghanistan for interrogation as part of a US policy that has prompted uproar in Europe. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had admitted during talks in Berlin that the United.. More

  • Arab Professor Cleared of Terror Charges in US

    A US jury in Floridahas acquitted Arab-American Sami al-Arian of terrorism charges, but he could be retried as the judge declared a mistrial after the panel remained deadlocked on other charges. The decision on Tuesday was a setback for the US administration, as the case, built largely on wiretaps and seized documents, was seen as a test of the controversial.. More

  • Rail Track Blown Up in Pakistan

    Rail traffic was restored between Quetta and Sibi on Tuesday after remaining suspended on Monday night following a powerful explosion on the main rail track linking Quetta with other parts of the country. An unidentified saboteurs blew up the track near the Balochistan University. “A piece of one and half feet long rail track was blown by a powerful.. More

  • Vietnam Bans Tamiflu Sale to Avoid Overuse

    Vietnam, where bird flu has killed 42 people, has banned the sale of anti-viral Tamiflu to avoid overuse of the drug, a Health Ministry official and state media said on Wednesday. Nguyen Duc Bon, deputy chief administrator at the Health Ministry's Pharmaceutical Control Department, said that if people who were not infected by the H5N1 poultry virus.. More

  • Dozens of Iraqi Policemen Killed in Baghdad as Saddam’s Trial Continues

    Witnesses told of being tortured, beaten with pistols and given electric shocks by Saddam Hussein's men as the trial of the former Iraqipresident over a Shia massacre 23 years ago continued on Tuesday. Saddam himself delivered an angry tirade against the United States and Israel on the fourth day of his trial, marked by a bombing against a police academy.. More

  • Many Killed in Iran Aircraft Crash

    An Iranianmilitary aircraft with at least 94 people on board has crashed into a densely populated district of Tehran and exploded, setting a 10-storey building ablaze. TheC-130 transport plane crashed on Tuesday into a residential area killing many passengers and people on the ground, state television and witnesses said. Mojtaba Mirabdollahi, a spokesman.. More

  • Israel Troops Arrest Bomber's Family

    Israeli occupation forces have detained the father and three brothers of a Palestinian bomber in a raid on the West Bank village of Alar. The arrests came a day after Lutfi Amine Abu Saada, 21, blew himself up at a shopping mall in the coastal town of Netanya, killing five Israelis. Israeli military sources and Palestinian security officials said.. More

  • India Minister to Quit over Iraq Scandal

    An Indian minister accused of involvement in the Iraqi oil-for-food scandal has offered to resign. Natwar Singh, a minister without portfolio,on Mondaymet party chief Sonia Gandhi and spoke by telephone to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is in Moscow, to discuss his resignation, party spokesman Anand Sharma told reporters on Tuesday. "He informed.. More

  • Sri Lanka Soldiers Killed in Blast

    Sri Lanka's government has blamed Tamil Tiger rebels for weekend attacks in which at least nine soldiers died. A landmine blast in northern Jaffna peninsula which killed six troops was a "terrorist attack" in breach of a truce accord, a government statement said. The army also says the rebels have killed three other soldiers in separate attacks.. More

  • Israel Vows Response to Mall Bombing

    Shaul Mofaz, the Israeli defence minister,has vowed a military response overnight in response to a Palestinian bombing that killed five people. Mofaz, speaking on Israeli radio, also said he was seeking approval to resume a policy of demolishing the homes of bombers that Israel had suspended in February after the start of a truce with Palestinians... More

  • Russia Confirms Iran Missile Deal

    Russia has confirmed a deal to sell surface-to-air missiles to Iran, insisting they are for defence only. Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov said a contract to deliver TOR-M1 missiles to Iran had been signed. He said the deal "in no way upsets the balance of forces in the region," Russian news agencies reported. Iran has reportedly agreed.. More

  • Saddam Lawyers Walk out of Court

    The defence team in the trial of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein has walked out, on the third day of hearings. The incident happened after defence lawyer Khalil al-Dulaimi questioned the legitimacy of the special Iraqi court. Saddam Hussein and seven former aides deny charges of murdering 148 men in Dujail, north of Baghdad, following an assassinatio.. More

  • Roadside Bomb Wounds 3 US Soldiers in Afghanistan

    Three U.S. soldiers were wounded when a roadside bomb hit their convoy in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said on Monday. The incident occurred on Sunday near Dai Chopan district in Zabul province, it said. The wounded soldiers were in stable condition. On the same day, a suicide attack near a convoy of U.S.-led troops in the heart of neighbouring.. More

  • Iran Says not Interested in Talks with US

    Iran said on Sunday it had no interest in talking to its arch-foe the United States concerning events in Iraq or about its nuclear programme. Media reports last month quoted U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad as saying he had been authorised by President George W. Bush to begin a dialogue with Iran about Iraq. U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed.. More

  • New Bird Flu Outbreak in Romania

    Experts in Romania believe a new outbreak of bird flu in the south east of the country is the kind that is potentially fatal to humans. Poultry in the area around the village concerned are already being culled. Samples from infected birds are to be sent to Britain next week to see if they are the H5N1 strain that has been detected in previous outbreaks.. More