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  • Explosions Kill Four in Southeastern Iran

    Four people were killed whentwo explosions hit a crowded market in Ahvaz, southeastern Iran, official media reported. "Two homemade bombs exploded in rubbish bins in a very busy street and killed four and wounded 90," said an Iranian official, in charge of political and security matters in Khuzestan province. "The two bombs went off in Naderi Avenue,.. More

  • Palestinian PM Insists His Cabinet Will not Resign Early

    Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qorei said:" his government would not quit before its mandatory resignation next month, defying calls by legislators who said it had failed to halt armed chaos". Lawlessness, however, continued in the coastal territory with the abduction by masked Palestinian gunmen of a U.S. and a British journalist. On the political.. More

  • Relief Helicopter Crashes in Pakistan

    A Pakistani militaryhelicopter flying an aid mission has crashed, killing all six people on board, andtorrential downpours have delayed earthquake relief efforts in Kashmir. The MI-17 transport helicopter was returning to base late on Saturday after dropping off relief workers in the town of Bagh and all those killed were military personnel, said army.. More

  • Egypt Brotherhood Leader Freed

    The Egyptian authorities haveordered the release of leading Muslim Brotherhood figure Essam el-Erian, who had spent more than five months in custody without charge, as well as three other members on bail. Former lawmaker el-Erian, 52, and fellow Brotherhood leader Helmi al-Gazar were detained on 6 May hours before the staging of nationwide anti-government.. More

  • Iraqis Begin Voting on Constitution

    Iraq's landmark referendum has opened on time, but violence including a bombing at a Baghdad polling station has struck early in the voting day. Amid intense security, including a ban on all traffic on Saturday, voters dribbled into polling stations in Baghdad as they opened at 7am (0400 GMT). Iraqi journalist Walid Khalid toldAljazeera from Baghdad.. More

  • 38,000 Dead in Pakistan from Quake: Interior Minister

    The region's massive earthquake killed 38,000 people in Pakistan, injured 62,000 and left 3.3 million homeless, Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao has told AFP, raising the death toll by 13,000. "There are 38,000 dead in the earthquake," Sherpao said. The figure of homeless was far up from the previous estimate of 2.5 million. Officials had earlier.. More

  • Witness at Andijon Trial Says Troops Shot Civilians

    A witness at the trial of 15 people accused of organizing an antigovernment revolt in the eastern Uzbek city of Andijon has testified that government troops opened fire on civilians during the crisis. It's the first time during the trial that a witness has contradicted the government's version of events. Mahbuba Zokirova told the court today that on.. More

  • Bomb Attack on Sunni Part Office

    Fighters determined to derail this weekend's historic referendum have bombed an office of Iraq's largest Sunnipolitical party, police said, after the group dropped its opposition to the draft constitution. No one was wounded by Friday's roadside bomb outside the Iraqi Islamic Party office in Fadhal, a district of central Baghdad. But the rare attack.. More

  • Bomb Destroys Fuel Tankers in Kandahar

    A bomb has ripped through eight fuel tankers parked outside a US-led coalition base in southern Afghanistan and injured two drivers, officials and eyewitnesses say. All the tankers were destroyed in Friday's blast and clouds of black smoke poured over the Kandahar airfield, the main base for the US-led forces in southern Afghanistan, before the fires.. More

  • Female Bomber Targets Indian Army Convoy in Kashmir

    A woman bomber blew herself up yesterday minutes before an Indian army convoy was to pass on a key highway in Indian controlled Kashmir in the first such attack by a female bomber in the region's separatist conflict, police said. An armed group claimed five soldiers were killed in the blast, but police denied this, saying there were no other casualties. The.. More

  • Many Killed in Southern Russia Clash

    A total of 12 civilians, 12 policemen and about 20 armed men have been killed during attacks by Chechen men on police and army buildings in the southern Russiantown of Nalchik. The firefight on Thursday is still going inNalchik, the main city of the southern Russian region of Kabardino-Balkariya, including in a school near a police station. Central.. More

  • Aid Flows to Kashmir Quake Zone, but Scene Chaotic

    A steady flow of relief supplies rumbled into Pakistan's earthquake zone on Thursday but the scene remained chaotic as survivors and rescuers sought in vain for ways to distribute the material. President Pervez Musharraf called on the country on Wednesday night to unite in the face of tragedy and appealed to the estimated 3.3 million people affected.. More

  • Iraq Council Approves Charter Deal

    Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and other top politicians have welcomed the last-minuteparliamentary endorsement ofthe draft constitution and urged nationals to vote yes in Saturday's referendum. Iraq's parliament endorsed the last-minute changes to the constitution on Wednesday evening. The parliamentary endorsement and the president's upbeat message.. More

  • Chavez Orders US Missionary Group Out

    Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has ordered a US-based Christian missionary group working with indigenous tribes to leave the country, accusing the organisation of "imperialist infiltration" and links to the CIA. Chavez said missionaries of the New Tribes Mission, based in Sanford, Florida, were no longer welcome. He spoke at a ceremony in a remote.. More

  • Syrian Minister Commits Suicide

    Syrian Interior Minister Ghazi Kanaan has committed suicide in his office, officials said, three weeks after being questioned by a UN team investigating the assassination of Lebanon's former prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri. The official news agency Sana reported the suicide on Wednesday and said investigations were under way. "There was blood on.. More