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  • Israel Troops Kill Islamic Jihad Leader in Tulkarem

    Israel has assassinated a leader ofPalestinian resistance group Islamic Jihad and killed a member of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in the northern West Bank town of Tulkarem. Luai al-Saadi, leader of Islamic Jihad's military wingal-Quds Brigades in the West Bank, and Majid al-Askar, an al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades member, wereassassinated duringan Israeli.. More

  • Afghanistan; Four US Soldiers Hurt in Chopper Landing

    Four U.S. soldiers were injured after their chopper made a hard landing during a combat operation against militants in Afghanistan, a U.S. military statement said on Monday. The UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter has been recovered for repair after Saturday's incident in the central province of Uruzgan, the statement said, adding that the four were in stable.. More

  • Bangladesh Bomb Kills Party Official

    A ruling party official has been killed and three others wounded in a bomb attack in southwestern Bangladesh. Mizanur Rahman Bablu, a local leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, died from wounds to the chest on his way to a hospital after the blast late on Sunday in Khulna city, 136km southwest of the capital Dhaka, police official Razaul Karim.. More

  • Looting Breaks Out in Mexico After Wilma

    Mexicans and stranded tourists, hungry and frustrated after a two-day beating by Hurricane Wilma, stood in line to buy supplies Sunday or simply raided grocery or furniture stores, dragging goods from shops ripped open by the storm. The hurricane's steady march toward southern Florida meant an end here to two days of howling winds and torrential rains.. More

  • Clashes between Lebanese and Palestinian Groups

    At least four people have been wounded in clashes between Palestinian fighters and Lebanese armed men just outside Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp, witnesses said. They said several cars were set ablaze on Sunday in the skirmishes between Jund al-Sham, one of several Palestinian Islamist groups in the southern Ain el-Hilweh camp, and the.. More

  • Arab League Chief Meets Iraqi Kurds

    Arab League chief Amr Moussa called for a new Iraq as he addressed the Kurdish parliament during a landmark visit aimed at drumming up support for a national reconciliation conference. "I hope Iraq will change, that we will see another Iraq where Iraqis from all walks of life live together in peace and love," he told MPs on Sunday at parliament, who.. More

  • Nigeria Plane Carrying 116 Crashes

    A Nigerian airliner with 116 people on board including several high ranking officials crashed shortly after taking off from Lagos en route to the capital Abuja, state radio reported on Sunday. Bellview Airlines flight 210 took off at 8:45 p.m. (1945 GMT) and lost contact with the control tower during a heavy electrical storm. An airports authority.. More

  • India to Open Border for Quake Aid Camps

    India has said it plans to set up three relief camps for quake victims along the militarised Line of Control dividing Kashmir, allowing Pakistanis to walk across the frontier of the volatile region for the first time in nearly six decades. The camps in the remote mountains along the border will supply food, drinking water, medical care and temporary.. More

  • Serbia Will never Accept Independent Kosovo, Says Serbian PM

    Serbia's prime minister said Saturday that he would never accept the granting of independence to the republic's U.N.-run Kosovo province.Vojislav Kostunica spoke shortly before leaving Belgrade for New York where he will head Serbia's delegation at a key United Nations Security Council session on Kosovo on Monday. The Security Council is expected to.. More

  • Protestors Rally in Kyrgyzstan

    Around 200 people have taken to the streets of the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek calling for prime minister Felix Kulov's resignation. They blame Kulov's government for the killing on Thursday of an MP, whilst he was visting a prison to assess conditions there. Kyrgyzstan's new leadership has been struggling to maintain law and order ever since an uprising.. More

  • Al-Hariri Son Seeks International Trial

    The son of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri has hailed a UN investigation that implicates Syrian officials in his father's killing and called for an international court to punish the perpetrators. "We in Lebanon ... the Hariri family accept the results of the report and the conclusions that the commission sets forth," Saad al-Hariri said.. More

  • Mexico Reels under Force of Hurricane

    Storm surges have reached as high as the third storey of some hotels as Hurricane Wilma batters Mexico's popular Cancun resort area. Even though slightly weakened, it felled trees and tore off roofs as thousands stayed in emergency shelters. Local governor Felix Gonzales said winds of 140mph (225km/h) had damaged buildings considered hurricane-proof... More

  • Iraqi Policemen Killed in Attack as Abducted Lawyer Found Dead in Baghdad

    A bomb blast has killed a policeman south of Baghdad while mortar fire targeting northern and western areas in the capital injured another. In al-Madan, south of Baghdad, an Iraqi police patrol came under fire, killing onepoliceman early on Saturday. In the western Baghdad neighbourhood of Yarmuk,three mortar rounds exploded, injuring another officer.. More

  • Two Palestinians Killed by Israeli Soldiers

    Israeli troops have shot and killed two Palestiniansin the West Bank,sourcessay. Palestinian security officials said one unarmed Palestinian was found dead in nearby Tulkarim after a stone-throwing protest against Israeli forces, and that Israel later informed them that its troops had recovered another body, not yet identified. The shooting is the.. More

  • Musharraf Says Foreign Aid ‘Inadequate’

    President Pervez Musharraf says the amount of foreign reconstruction aid pledged after the October 8 quake is ‘totally inadequate.’ Talking to the BBC, he said about 620 million US dollar had been promised, but Pakistan needed about 5 billion to rebuild devastated areas. An estimated three million quake-hit people lack adequate shelter. Gen Musharraf.. More