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  • Israel Air Strikes Target Gaza, Khan Yunus

    Israeli warplanes have continued air strikes on Palestinian targets in and around Gaza despite a Hamas pledge to halt rocket attacks on Israeli towns. Palestinian security officials said Israeli helicopters fired rockets at targets in Gaza City and the southern Gaza town of Khan Yunus butcould not immediately say what the targets had been in Gaza City.. More

  • Many Killed in Iraqi Oil Ministry Attack

    A bomber has detonated his explosives-laden car outside the Iraqi Oil Ministry in Baghdad, killing at least seven people. A police official said initial reports indicated the bomber rammed his vehicle into a bus carrying ministry employees at 7.50am (0345 GMT) on Monday. Police sources said most of those killed were policemen. The explosion also.. More

  • Iran Nuclear Row Deepens

    Iran threatened yesterday to halt UN spot checks of its nuclear sites after the UN watchdog passed a resolution requiring Tehran to be reported to the Security Council over its atomic plans. Some commentators in Iran expressed surprise over how some countries that had voiced support for its nuclear stance had voted at the meeting of the International.. More

  • Indonesia Bird Flu Toll Increases

    Another two people are confirmed to have died from bird flu in Indonesia, bringing the death toll there to six. Test results show that both a young girl who died last week and a 27-year-old woman who died on Monday had been exposed to the H5N1 virus. Several other recent fatalities are being investigated, and about 20 people are in hospital with.. More

  • Israeli Air Strike Kills Islamic Jihad Leader

    An Israeli air strike has killed the top leader of Islamic Jihad in the southern Gaza Strip along with his bodyguard, signalling a return to Israel's policy of assassinations, Palestinian and Israeli officials say. The attack comes after Israel went on a massive arrest campaign on Sunday morning and launched an air strike that damaged a school in Gaza.. More

  • Iraqi Commandos Killed in Bomb Explosions

    A car bomb has killed 13 elite police commandos in the eastern New Baghdad district of Iraq's capital. The commandos died after a bomber drove an explosive-packed car into a police convoy, Iraqi police said. Ten people were also reported injured in the blast on al-Ghadir street. The commandos were members of the government's Wolf Brigade, an Interior.. More

  • Beirut Blast Injures Lebanon Journalist

    A prominent journalist working for an anti-Syrian television station has been seriously wounded after a bomb placed under her car exploded, Lebanese security officials say. The officials said May Chidiac, who works for the private Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation, was inside her car when the bomb exploded on Sundayin the Christian port city of Jounieh,.. More

  • Israeli Army Given Free Reign in Gaza

    Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has ordered continuous military strikes on Palestinian resistance fighters in response to rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip. The announcement comes after up to 12 Israeli air strikes over Gaza City on Saturday and Sunday left at least twopeople dead and up to25 others, including children, injured. "I have issued.. More

  • Five U.S. Troops Killed in Afghan Chopper Crash

    A U.S. military helicopter crashed during an anti-militant operation in Afghanistan on Sunday, killing all five American crew members aboard, a U.S. military spokesman said. The CH-47 Chinook transport crashed southwest of the south central district of Dai Chophan after dropping off troops during an anti-militant operation, Colonel Jim Yonts said... More

  • Flood Alert as Rains Kill 15

    India's western state of Gujarat was on flood alert yesterday after two days of lashing monsoon rains that killed at least 15 people. "We have alerted all district ... officials in Gujarat to be prepared for flooding and start evacuating people from the low lying areas," said Rajesh Kishore, head of Gujarat's disaster management authority. A state.. More

  • At least Four Palestinians Killed in Israeli Air Strike

    Israel has killed at least four Hamas members in a missile strike and moved artillery cannons to the Gaza Strip border. On Saturday afternoon, Israeli aircraft fired five missiles at two cars in the al-Zaitun neighbourhood of Gaza City, but there were conflicting reports on the number of casualties. The Palestinian Interior Ministry said two were.. More

  • UN Adopts Motion on Nuclear Iran

    The UN nuclear watchdog has passed a resolution that paves the way for Iran to be referred to the UN Security Council over its nuclear ambitions. The IAEA did not however set a date for reporting Iran to the council, which could ultimately decide to impose sanctions on the country. Agency chief Mohammed ElBaradei has said there is still room for.. More

  • Iraqi Police Killed in Baghdad as Arrest Warrants Issued for British Soldiers

    A car bomb has exploded near an Iraqi army checkpoint in Baghdad, killing two Iraqi soldiers and wounding five other people, police said. The attack occurred at about 9.45am (0545 GMT) in Karada, a commercial area of the capital, said police Major Abbas Mohammed. Three of the wounded were soldiers, police said. Soldiers at the checkpoint were waving.. More

  • Hurricane Crashes onto US Coast

    Hurricane Rita has crashed ashore with a 20ft (6m) storm surge into low-lying areas along the Texas-Louisiana border. The US National Hurricane Center says winds of up to 120mph (193km/h) hit land at about 0600 GMT (0100 local). The towns of Sabine Pass in Texas and Cameron in Louisiana took the initial fury of the hurricane. Power went down in.. More

  • Palestinians Die in Gaza Blast

    Severalpeople, including children,have been killed andmany more injured in northern Gaza after a car exploded at a military parade organised by the Islamic resistance group Hamas, Aljazeera reports. Aljazeera'scorrespondentin Gaza reported four killed and 25 injured while Reuters quoting medicstold of 10 fatalities. Hamas sources said five members.. More