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  • Abbas Vows to Follow Arafat Path

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has pledged to continue Yasser Arafat's struggle to gain a foothold in Jerusalem,while thousands of Palestinians have marked the first anniversary of his death. "I renew the pledge to continue on the path that he started and exert whatever efforts are needed to raise the flag of Palestine on the walls, the minarets.. More

  • Firebombs Thrown at French Mosque

    An unidentified attacker has thrown two firebombs into a mosque in southern France, in an attack that was condemned by the French president and prime minister. The attack on the mosque in Carpentras occurred on Friday and caused only minor damage, the Vaucluse regional government said in a statement. No one was injured. The attack was condemned.. More

  • Al-Hariri Probe Team Questions Lahoud

    UN investigators have taken a statement from Lebanese President Emile Lahoud on the assassination of former prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri, the president's office says. Two investigators came to the presidential palace in Baabda on Friday evening to take the statement, the office said in a news release. In its interim report last month, the UN commission.. More

  • Top Saddam Aide Izzat Ibrahim Dies

    A statement circulated in the name of the Baath Party said yesterday that Izzat Ibrahim Al Douri, the highest-ranking figure from Saddam Hussein's regime, had died. The report was not independently confirmed. "The leader of the resistance died yesterday at 2.20am," (Thursday, 2320 GMT), according to a statement signed by the command of the dissolved.. More

  • Egypt Opposition Figure Loses Seat

    The leader of Egypt's opposition Ghad party Ayman Nour has lost his parliamentary seat two months after emerging as Hosni Mubarak's main rival in the presidential elections, according to the electoral commission. The 40-year-old lawyer was beaten by ruling National Democratic Party candidate Yehya Wahdan in his own Cairo stronghold of Bab al-Shariya,.. More

  • Many Killed in Baghdad Restaurant Bomb

    Al-Qaida in Iraq has said it carried out the bombing of a Baghdad restaurant that left at least 31 people dead. The explosiontook place on Thursday morning in a restaurant popular with local police. Reports differ over whether one or two bombers blew themselves up in the attack. The restaurant attack was followed shortly afterwards by a car bomb.. More

  • China Reports New Bird Flu Outbreaks

    China has reported two new bird flu outbreaks in poultry and quarantined 116 people, while Kuwait confirmed the first known cases in the ArabianGulf, in an imported peacock and a wild flamingo. The World Health Organisation said it was sending experts to southern China to help investigate whether bird flu killed a 12-year-old girl last month. Chinese.. More

  • Dozens Killed in Jordan Hotel Bomb Attacks

    At least57 peoplehave died innear simultaneous explosions at three hotels in Amman, Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister Marwan Muashir said on state television. Up to 200 peopleare also reported to have beeninjured in the blasts, which occurred at the Radisson SAS, Grand Hyatt and Days Innhotels on Wednesday in the Jordanian capital. A security official.. More

  • Cholera Fear for Quake Survivors

    Hundreds of earthquake victims in Pakistani Kashmir have acute diarrhoea and doctors are investigating whether they are cases of cholera, the World Health Organisation and the United Nations said. Aid workers are urgently trying to improve water supplies and sanitation at the cramped refugee camps where the survivors fell sick in the devastated regional.. More

  • First Major Parliamentary Defeat for Blair

    British Prime Minister, Tony Blair has lost an historic ballot on proposed anti-terror laws. Measures allowing police to hold terror suspects for up to 90 days without charge have been rejected by MPs including many of Blair's own Labour party members. The premier had earlier tried to sway the House in his favour: "We are not living in a police state,.. More

  • Egyptians Vote in Key Poll

    Egyptians have been voting in the first phase of parliamentary elections, seen as a key test of the government's commitment to political reform. The polling process kicked off at 8am (0500 GMT) with polling stations opening in eight of Egypt's 26 governorates, including the capital, Cairo. This first round of polling involves a total of 1635 candidates.. More

  • US Reports ongoing Fighting in Ramadi

    US marines say they have killed five fighters and captured 10 others in a city west of Baghdad as US forces there step up their campaign to suppress deadly roadside bombs. The US military said in a statement on Tuesday thatthe five fighters died on Monday in Ramadi, 115km west of Baghdad, in a series of shootings that began when marines discovered.. More

  • Palestinian Teenager Killed by Israeli Troops

    A Palestinian teenager has been shot dead by Israeli occupation troops. The 15-year-old boy, Muhammad Abu Salha, was killed in the northern West Bank town of Nablus. His body was discovered by his family after Israeli troops left the area. Three other Palestinians were wounded by Israeli gunfire in two separate incidents. According to the Israeli.. More

  • Police Say Riots Waning after French Curfew Threat

    Violence flared again in riot-hit parts of France but the threat of emergency curfews appeared to have taken the edge off the urban unrest that has gripped the country for almost two weeks. The ritual of car-burnings that has plagued poor city suburbs picked up again after nightfall, but police said there were far fewer incidents pitting rioters against.. More

  • Car Bomb Kills US Soldiers in Iraq

    A car bomb has killed four US soldiers at a checkpoint south of Baghdad, according to aUS military statement. Names of the four soldiers who died on Monday in the Baghdad attack were not released, but the US military said they were assigned to the Army's Task Force in Baghdad. No further details were released. Meanwhile, in the town of Husaiba an.. More