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  • Baghdad Car Bomb Attacks Kill Six

    Two car bombsexploded in a central Baghdad residential neighborhood, killing at least six people and injuring 43 others near an Interior Ministry building, just few days after US troops found Sunni detainees showing signs of torture, witnesses said. The blast in the Jadiriyah neighbourhood reverberated through the city centre, sent a mushroom cloud.. More

  • Ex Guantanamo Detainees from Bahrain Talk about Torture

    Allegations of torture, beatings, humiliation and desecration of the Quran were made yesterday by three Bahrainis released from Guantanamo Bay earlier this month. US prison guards interrupted prayers by stepping on detainees' heads, stamped on copies of the Quran, threw the Quran in the toilet and physically assaulted those who did not follow orders,.. More

  • Senior US Democrat Urges Immediate Iraq Withdrawal

    The Bush administration is coming under more pressure over Iraq after a call from a senior Democrat for the US to pull its troops out of Iraq immediately. Congressman John Murtha was speaking just days after the Senate asked for a plan to end the war. He said: "Our troops have become the primary target of the insurgency. They are united against US.. More

  • Death Sentences for Darfur Murder

    A special court in Sudan has sentenced two government soldiers to death for torturing and killing a civilian in the war-torn Darfur region. The court set up to try war crimes was told that the soldiers - both lance corporals - had detained the man and accused him of being a rebel. The two men are the most senior soldiers to be convicted by the court... More

  • Two Palestinians Killed by Israeli Special Forces

    Two Palestinian resistance fighters have been shot dead by Israeli occupation forces in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, Palestinian security and medical sources say. The two men were shot by Israeli forces in broad daylight on Thursday in Haifa Street, in downtown Jenin, the sources said. According to an AP report, the two men were driving.. More

  • Ten US Soldiers Killed in Iraq as Prisoner Abuse Scandal Erupts

    TenUS servicemen have been killed over the past two days in Iraq, including five marines killed in a gun battle in the country's western Anbar province. The marines "were killed in action during a fire fight" on Wednesday in the town of New Ubaydi, near the border with Syria, a US military statement said. "During the engagement, 16 enemy fighters.. More

  • EU Says It Will Continue Dialogue With Iran

    The European Union said today it would continue to consult with the Iranian government over issues such as Tehran's nuclear program and human rights and rule of law. British Minister for Europe Douglas Alexander, whose country currently holds the rotating EU Presidency, said talks with Tehran must continue despite worsening relations between the EU.. More

  • Indonesia Says 2 more Deaths from Bird Flu Confirmed

    Indonesia has had two more deaths from the H5N1 strain of bird flu confirmed by a laboratory in Hong Kong, bringing the total to seven in the country, the Health Ministry said on Thursday. Hariadi Wibisono, a senior official from the ministry, said the tests were from a 20-year-old woman who died last weekend and a 16-year-old girl who died last week... More

  • Washington, Seoul Refuse Nuclear-Armed North Korea

    US President George W. Bush and South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun have set aside their differences on North Korea and agreed that a nuclear-armed Pyongyang is unacceptable. They said in a joint statement that "a nuclear-armed North Korea will not be tolerated" and that the issue "should be resolved through peaceful and diplomatic means" and called.. More

  • Abuse Reports Fuel Iraqi Tensions

    Iraq's government faces calls for an international inquiry into abuse at a secret prison in Baghdad where inmates were reportedly tortured, beaten and starved. The call by the Sunni-based Iraqi Islamic Party on Wednesday comes after revelations that about 170 detainees, mostly Sunni, were illegally held at a centre run by the Shia-dominated Interior.. More

  • Protests, Violence Mark Egypt Polls

    Reports of irregularities, outbursts of violence andprotests by hundreds of opposition members marked Egyptian parliamentary runoff elections. Tuesday's vote was a rematch in districts left undecided in Cairo and seven other provinces in the 9 November first round of the three-round People's Assembly election. Only 31 seats were decided in last.. More

  • Pentagon Confirms Using White Phosphorous in Iraq

    A US military official confirmed white phosphorous bombs were deployed against insurgents in Iraq last year but denied media reports they used against civilians. "White phosphorus is a conventional munition. It is not a chemical weapon. They are not outlawed or illegal," Lieutenant-Colonel Barry Venable, a Pentagon spokesman, told the BBC in an.. More

  • US Soldier Killed in Afghan Car Bomb Attack

    A bomb killed a US soldier in Afghanistan yesterday as the capital stepped up security measures after twin car bomb attacks blamed on al-Qaeda and another incident that police said had left nine people dead. The soldier was killed and another was injured when a home-made bomb hit their vehicle in restive southeastern Paktika province, the US military.. More

  • Israel Pushing Palestinians to Civil War, Says Abbas

    President Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel yesterday of trying to avoid peace talks and push Palestinians into civil war by insisting that radicals be disarmed ahead of any negotiations on statehood. Abbas said in a televised address that Israel was acting as though it had “no peace partner”, shortly after a visit by US Secretary of State Condoleezza.. More

  • Torture Centre Found in Iraq

    More than 170 malnourisheddetainees found at an Interior Ministry detention centre in Baghdad appear to have been tortured, the Iraqi prime minister says. The announcement by Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari on Tuesday came two daysafter US troops surrounded and took control of an Interior Ministry building in the Baghdad neighbourhood where the detainees.. More