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  • French Youths Riot again Despite Curfew Threat

    Ignoring the government's threat of a curfew, youths rioted for a 12th successive night in France, torching more than 800 vehicles around the country and injuring four police, the Interior Ministry said on Tuesday. The nightly protests against racism and unemployment dropped markedly in the greater Paris region, where violence had escalated to the.. More

  • Iran Condemns US Spy Plane Flights

    Iran has found the wreckage of two US unmanned spy planes on its territory in recent months, Tehran says. Iran "strongly protests against such unlawful acts and emphasises the necessity to observe the principles of international law concerning the sanctity of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of states", its Foreign Ministry said on Monday. The.. More

  • Syria Agrees to Cooperate in UN Probe

    Syrian Foreign Minister Faruq al-Shara has announced that Damascus is keen to cooperate with a United Nations investigation into the killing of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri. Syria last month dismissed a UN report implicating Syrian officials in the murder, saying it was politically motivated. But on Monday, the official news agency.. More

  • Bird flu to cost world $800bn

    The World Bank said yesterday a flu pandemic could cost the global economy as much as 800 billion US dollar a year as China called in international health officials to discover whether bird flu had killed a 12-year-old girl. The World Bank set out the likely financial cost at a meeting in Geneva at which hundreds of experts are drawing up a strategy.. More

  • Observers Condemn Azeri Election

    International observers monitoring elections in Azerbaijan say the vote did not meet democratic standards. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe complained of significant irregularities in the parliamentary vote and vote-counting. With nearly all votes counted, the ruling New Azerbaijan Party had won 63 of the 125 seats, Azeri.. More

  • Iraqi Politicians Condemn US Offensive

    Iraqi politicians have condemned the latest US offensive on villages and towns close to the Syrian border calling it a killing operation. Leader of the Iraqi Front for National Dialogue, Salih al-Mutlaq, on Sunday denounced the massive US military offensive - code-named Operation Steel Curtain - being conducted in Husaiba, Karabla and al-Qaim -in western.. More

  • Border Deal in Limbo over Row

    A disagreement over the role of European Union security monitors kept Israel's cabinet yesterday from approving a border crossing for Palestinians between Gaza and Egypt. Israel, which quit the Gaza Strip in September after 38 years of occupation, but controls the territory's borders, has been under US pressure to clear Palestinians for trade and travel,.. More

  • India and Pakistan to Open Kashmir Border for Quake Aid

    Pakistan and India are due to open their frontier in divided Kashmir for earthquake relief, a historic move that has raised hopes for a lasting settlement of their corrosive dispute over the territory. The event will be on a smaller scale than first envisaged after the disaster on October 8, with only one of five designated crossing points likely.. More

  • Indiana Tornado Kills 23, Injures at Least 220

    A powerful tornado tore through southern Indiana and parts of Kentucky early on Sunday, killing at least 23 people and injuring more than 200, many caught sleeping when the twister hit, officials said. At least five people were confirmed dead in Warrick County and at least 18 were killed in Vanderburgh County, according to county officials. Three.. More

  • Azeri Opposition Alleges Election Fraud

    Azerbaijan's parliamentary election has become embroiled in allegations of fraud. Soon after voting ended, the main opposition bloc cried foul and demanded the results be cancelled. The poll is seen as a key test of democracy in the ex-Soviet state. Previous polls have been marred by reports of widespread irregularities.The ruling New Azerbaijan party.. More

  • Fighting Continues in Western Iraq

    The US military has said its major offensive along the Syrian borderin western Iraq has met with some resistance. Dubbed Operation Steel Curtain, the offensive comprises about 3500 troops and includes for the first time units of Iraq's military, numbering about 1000, in what the US insists are joint operations in the al-Anbar province. US and Iraqi.. More

  • French Violence Enters 10th Night

    Urban violence in France has entered a 10th night, with fresh arson attacks in suburbs of Paris and elsewhere. Reports say that the Essonne region south of the capital and the south-western city of Toulouse are the latest to be affected. The attacks came as the French authorities said they were determined to stop the unrest. Interior Minister.. More

  • Americas Summit Ends in Failure

    The body language said it all - George W. Bush seeing the back of Hugo Chavez in the conference hall and walking on. And the rift between the Venezuelan and American presidents was symptomatic of wider divisions that sank the Americas Summit in Mar del Plata. Reducing poverty was top of the agenda, but the talks were overshadowed by a row over reviving.. More

  • Freed Bahrainis from Guantanamo Reunited with Families

    Three Bahrainis freed from the infamous US Guantanamo Bay camp, were reunited with family and friends last night. They had suffered more than three years in captivity at the military prison in Cuba. Earlier, the three - Adel Kamel Hajee, Abdulla Al Nuami and Shaikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa - were questioned by Bahrain's public prosecution before.. More

  • Bird Flu Kills Young Woman in Indonesia

    A 19-year-old woman died of bird flu in Indonesia and an 8-year-old boy from her family was hospitalized with the virus, officials said Saturday. With concerns about a possible human bird flu pandemic rising around the globe, the World Bank said it was finalizing plans to provide up to $500 million to help poor countries fight the disease. New.. More