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  • Israel Raids South Lebanon after Shelling

    Israeli warplanes have bombed suspected Hizb Allahpositions in south Lebanon after theShia resistance groupshelled an Israeli position in the disputed Shebaa Farms border area. Israeli military sources said an Israeli army position in the Shebaa Farms near the Israeli-Lebanon border came under heavy artillery attack from the Lebanesegroup on Monday... More

  • Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Boosts Poll Tally

    The Muslim Brotherhood says it has won 13 parliamentary seats in the second stage of Egyptian elections despite a crackdown by authorities, reinforcing its position as the ruling party's main challenger. The Muslim Brotherhood, banned since 1954, has more than doubled its strength in parliament in the first stage of voting, making the most of leeway.. More

  • Iraqi Family Killed by US Troops

    Five members of an Iraqi family were killed when US forces opened fire on their vehicle outside a military base near the city of Baquba, police say. Ahmed Kamel al-Sawamara, a 22-year-old who was driving the car, said he had no time to react when shots began raining down. "The soldiers started shooting at us from all over," he told reporters... More

  • First Fatality in Egyptian Poll Violence

    The driver of a candidate contesting Egypt's parliamentary polls in the port city of Alexandria has been beaten to death, hospital sources say. Muhammad Khalil, a driver for a dissident candidate from the ruling National Democratic Party, was beaten to death by a group of thugs hired by the party's official candidate, said Muhammad Zarai, head of the.. More

  • UK Soldier Killed in Basra Blast

    A British soldier has been killed and four were seriously injured following a roadside bomb attack in Basra, southern Iraq, the Ministry of Defence says. The MoD confirmed that the soldier died from injuries sustained in the attack, which occurred around 12:30 local time. It said an investigation into the attack had already been launched. Army spokesman.. More

  • Toll from Iraq Funeral Car Bomb at 50

    The death toll from a car bomb attack on the funeral of a Shi'ite sheikh rose to at least 50 from 35, doctors said on Sunday, as the number killed in a spate of attacks over the past two days rose to 150. Another 75 people were wounded when the bomber blew up his vehicle near a crowded condolence tent at the tribal sheikh's funeral on Saturday in.. More

  • Egypt Set for New Round of Voting

    Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood isreadying for an electoral showdown with Hosni Mubarak's ruling party, after shocking the country with a record seat tally in the first phase of parliamentary polls. The second of three rounds is due to begin at 8am on Sunday in nine governorates, including the Mediterranean city of Alexandria. While the ruling National.. More

  • Former Guantanamo Detainees Meet To Share Experiences

    Former detainees at the U.S. detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, met in London today as part of a three-day conference on the treatment of prisoners in the war on terror. The conference, which is organized by the human rights group Amnesty International and began on 18 November, is focused on allegations of prisoner abuse. The detainees have.. More

  • Tropical Storm Kills 12 in Central America

    Tropical Storm Gamma lashed Central America on Saturday and killed at least 12 people, three of them in a plane crash on their way to a luxury jungle lodge owned by film director Francis Ford Coppola. In Honduras, Gamma's torrential rains, which followed several days of downpours from a cold front, cut off Caribbean coast villages, killed at least nine.. More

  • Iraqi Leaders in Cairo Reconciliation Quest

    Iraqi leaders from across the political and ethnic spectrum were to discuss reconciliation in their strife-torn country during Arab League-sponsored meetings in Cairo. The three-day talks are only meant to prepare for a larger conference to take place in Iraq but officials are hoping they will provide an opportunity to start ironing out differences.. More

  • Annan Slams Aid Response

    UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan warned of a "gigantic task" ahead for quake recovery efforts in northern Pakistan, and chided the international community on the eve of a key donors conference for its poor response to the disaster. Visiting families sheltering in tents inside the quake zone in Muzaffarabad, Annan said he would renew funding appeals at.. More

  • Four Hurt in Market Bomb ahead of Kosovo Talks

    Serbs and one ethnic Albanian ahead of talks to decide the fate of Serbia's breakaway province. The mid-morning blast in the mainly Serb town of Strpce was the fifth attack since August in the area, a southern pocket of the U.N.-run province close to the Macedonia border. U.N. police commissioner Kai Vittrup described the attacks as "criminal, terror.. More

  • Portuguese Soldier Killed in Afghanistan

    Portugal has said the death of one of its soldiers in Afghanistan will not affect its involvement in Nato's peace force there. It is the first time Portugal has lost a soldier in Afghanistan, where it has 200 troops serving with the International Assistance Security Force or Isaf.The victim is believed to have been killed in a landmine explosion. Afghanistan.. More

  • Sri Lanka Swears in New President

    Mahinda Rajapakse, the hardliner who won Friday's presidential election in Sri Lanka, has been sworn into office in the capital, Colombo. Rajapakse, a former prime minister, won just over 50% of the vote against his main rival, Ranil Wickramasinghe. Election officials rejected calls by Wickramasinghe's camp for the poll to be re-run in areas controlled.. More

  • Syrian Aide to Meet UN Investigator

    A Syrian foreign ministry legal adviser will meet in Spain the head of a UN team investigating the killing of Rafiq al-Hariri, says an official source. The UN team's chief Detlev Mehlis had wantedto question six Syrian officials in Lebanon as part of his probe into the 14 February assassination of theformer Lebanese prime minister. "The talks between.. More