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  • Iraqis Killed in Baghdad Bomb Attack

    A car bomb hasexploded near the Oil Ministry in Baghdad, killing 10 people and injuring another eight, an Interior Ministry official said. Earlier on Thursday, another car driven by a bomber targeted a convoy of three armoured vehicles in the centre of the capital, killing one personandwounding at least eight Iraqis. Eight civilians were also wounded.. More

  • NATO to Send Thousands more Troops to Afghanistan

    NATO will send thousands more troops to Afghanistan, boosting the total in the war-torn country to up to 15,000, the group's Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer revealed. The expansion of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) into the volatile southern part of the country "will of course lead to the arrival of certainly a.. More

  • Indian Army Massacre Charge Probed

    The Indian army is probing charges that a group of soldiers butchered four civilians in Kashmir and presented them as guerillas in the hope of securing military awards, an official said yesterday. Police have also joined the investigation into the allegations that a colonel, a major and 10 troopers gunned down the four men in the northern Kashmiri village.. More

  • Many Iraqis Die in Mosque Explosion as London Accuses Iran for Killing British Soldiers

    At least25 Iraqis have been killed and about87 wounded in a car-bomb blast targeting Ibn al-Nama mosque in the city of Hilla, south of Baghdad,police and hospital officials said. Some others saidWednesday'sdeadly blastwas caused by an explosive devise planted inside the mosque, Aljazeera reported. Thebomb exploded at the entrance ofthe Shia mosquewhere.. More

  • Date Set for Abbas-Sharon Meeting

    Ariel Sharon and Mahmoud Abbas are to meet on 11 October, the office of Jordan's King Abdullah II said after undertaking mediation efforts. "Following the good offices of King Abdullah to push forward the peace process, the Palestinian president and the Israeli prime minister will meet on 11 October to find a solution to pending problems," a statement.. More

  • Immigrants Storm Enclave Again

    Hundreds of would-be immigrants mounted a fresh assault on Spain's north African enclave of Melilla, and 65 of them succeeded in breaking through its defences to what they hope will be a better life. In Morocco, which surrounds tiny Melilla, a source at the interior ministry confirmed the latest assault, but said "only a very few" people had broken.. More

  • Ex-Guantanamo Inmate Jailed for Six Years

    A Spanish al-Qaeda suspect transferred from Guantanamo Bay has been sentenced to six years in prison by a Madrid court. Thirty-one-year-old Hamed Abderrahman Ahmad, who comes from the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in Morocco, denies any link with Bin Laden’s network. The judges ruled that he had joined the organisation fully aware of its terrorist character. .. More

  • US Troops Start Offensive in Iraq

    Up to 2500 American soldiers have moved into western Iraq, with the US military sayingthis is thebiggest offensive there against al-Qaida-linked fighters this year. Four US soldiers died in fighting in western Iraqon Monday, while a British national was detained by Iraqi guardsnear the border with Saudi Arabiain Najaf province. The US military said.. More

  • Hamas: US, Israel Provoking Tensions

    The political leader of a Palestinian resistance movement has said the US and Israel are responsible for last week's clashes between Hamas activists and Palestinian security forces in the Gaza Strip. Speaking to journalists after meeting other Damascus-based Palestinian factions on Tuesday, Khaled Mashaal warned against internal fighting and called.. More

  • Hurricane Wreaks Havoc in Central America

    The hurricane season continues, and this time it is Mexico's Gulf Coast bearing the brunt. Hurricane Stan has whipped up winds of 128 kilometers per hour, forcing evacuations and shutting down oil ports. Although Stan is classified as a category one hurricane, at least 50 people are reported to have been killed in the region. The storm came ashore.. More

  • Palestinian Council Votes to Fire Cabinet, Women Killed at Checkpoint

    The Palestinian parliament has voted to urge President Mahmoud Abbas to dismissthe Palestiniancabinet for failing to halt armed chaos in Gaza after Israel's pullout. The legislators largely endorsed a parliamentary committee's report that accused the cabinet, led by Prime Minister Ahmed Quraei, of mishandling the Palestinian Authority's response to.. More

  • US Marines Killed in Iraq, Says al-Qaida

    Al-Qaida's wing in Iraq says it has killed two US marinesseized in western Iraq. The claim came on a website posting, but no pictures were provided to support the statement. A group statement posted on the internet said the two were "executed" after US forces failed to release Sunni women prisoners as demanded by the group. But the US military denied.. More

  • Pakistan – India Sign Key Deals

    Pakistan and India signed pacts yesterday to give advance notice of ballistic missile tests and to set up a hotline between their coastguards, as their foreign ministers reviewed a cautious peace process. The two countries also agreed to hold Joint Economic Commission meetings for the first time in 16 years, Indian foreign secretary Shyam Saran told.. More

  • Hundreds of Immigrants Cross into Melilla

    A fresh wave of illegal immigrants has swept over the border from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Melilla. About 350 people made it across the fence in the early hours of Monday morning in spite of recent efforts to block off the crossing. Following a similar breach last week the Spanish and Moroccan authorities mobilised nearly 2,000 extra.. More

  • Arab League's Leader to Visit Iraq

    Arab ministers have decided to send Arab League chief Amr Mussa to Iraq soon to prepare for a reconciliation conference grouping all factions, amid increasing sectarian violence there. The Arab committee on Iraq agreed on Sunday night that Mussa would make the trip "as soon as possible" to meet factions and "prepare for an inclusive Iraqi national.. More