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  • Fires in Portugal Out of Control as Floods Cause Devastation in Eastern Europe

    Several dozen forest fires are still out of control in Portugal as strong winds and high temperatures make the task even more difficult for emergency workers. Nearly three thousand firefighters have been in action, backed up by more than three hundred military personnel and a substantial number of water bombers. Twelve of the country's eighteen provinces.. More

  • Arrests Made after Jordan Rocket Attack

    An Iraqi has been arrested in Amman in connection with three rocket attacks aimed at US warships moored in the port of Aqaba and at neighbouring Israel, according to a security source. "Security forces arrested the Iraqi suspect [on Saturday] while he was driving his car," the source said on condition of anonymity. AFP reports that four suspects,.. More

  • Sunnis Caution against Federal Iraq

    Iraq's Sunnis have warned that while a federal text might be approved by the constitutional charter drafting committee and parliament, itwill nevertheless be rejected by Sunni voters in a referendumscheduled for October. "The people of Iraq will defeat a federal constitution in the October referendum," Sunni committee member Saleh al-Mutlaq said on.. More

  • Abbas Hails Palestinian Sacrifice

    Amid shukr (thanks) prayers performed by many Palestinians, President Mahmoud Abbas has said Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip is the fruit of Palestinian sacrifice. Addressing a crowd of supporters from his ruling Fatah party at the mothballed Palestinian airport in southern Gaza on Friday, Abbas hailed the end of Israel's occupation of Gaza.. More

  • Europe Acts to Prevent Bird Flu

    Europe is stepping up its defences against bird flu amid fears the virus could spread westwards from Russia. In the Netherlands, all poultry will have to be kept indoors or contained in an enclosure from Monday. The aim is to prevent any contact with migrating wild birds that could be infected. Germany too is poised to take similar measures. Its Agriculture.. More

  • Rocket Attack on US Navy Ship in Jordan

    Attackers fired at least one rocket near a U.S. Navy ship in Jordan's Aqaba port on Friday, but the missile missed the vessel and hit a nearby warehouse instead, U.S. military officials said. A rocket also hit the Israeli port of Eilat, which is 9 km (5 miles) across the water from Aqaba. Israeli officials said the two attacks were co-ordinated and.. More

  • Putin's Iraq Timetable Call Rejected by US

    The United States hasrejected Russian President Vladimir Putin's call to set a timetable for pulling its troops out of Iraq and withheld comment on his proposal for an international conference. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack on Thursday echoed President George Bush's refusal to lay out a calendar for withdrawing the 138,000 American troops.. More

  • US Soldier Pardoned in Afghan Abuse

    A US military jury has spared an army reservist jail time but reduced his rank for assaulting a prisoner who later died at a detention centre in Afghanistan. Prosecutors had asked that Private First Class Willie V Brand, 27, be sent to a military prison for 10 years with a dishonourable discharge for the 2002 beating. Instead, the panel on Thursday.. More

  • Second Day of Gaza Evictions Begin

    A large force of Israeli soldiers have marched into the extremist Gaza Jewish settlement of Kfar Darom at daybreak, beginning the second day of forcible eviction of all Jewish settlers remaining in the Gaza Strip. Thousands of soldiers on Thursday entered on foot from a side gate at the south side of the settlement after settlers barricaded the main.. More

  • Taliban Frees Lebanese Hostage

    A Lebanese engineer kidnapped by the Taliban last week has been releasedafter his company agreed to stop operations in Afghanistan. Safieddine Mohammad Rida, a mechanical engineer working for a Lebanese company that sells diesel engines, had been abducted on Sunday in thesoutheastern province of Zabul. "The Lebanese engineer has been released... More

  • Polisario to Release Moroccan POWs

    Western Sahara's exiled Polisario Front independence movement plans to free all 404 remaining Moroccan prisoners of war on Thursday, many held for almost two decades. The release comes after former prisoners of war won support in the US Congress earlier this year while they were on a lobbying tour of the United States. It is also said that the Algerian.. More

  • London Police Chief under Fire

    London's Metropolitan Police chief is facing growing calls to resign over the shooting of an innocent Brazilian man, as reports emerged that he tried to stop an inquiry into the killingand the fallout from last month's London bombings continue. Supporters of Jean Charles de Menezes said Commissioner Sir Ian Blair must go if he deliberately gave misleading.. More

  • Israeli Kills Three Palestinians

    An Israeli has opened fire at a group of Palestinians in the West Bank, killing three people. Israeli Zaka emergency service said on Wednesday that at least three people had beenalso wounded in the attack near the Jewish settlement of Shiloh in the West Bank. Israeli and Palestinian medics said the man grabbed a weapon from a security guard posted.. More

  • Many Killed in Baghdad Car Bombs

    Three car bombs have exploded just minutes apart at a busy bus station and a nearby hospital in Baghdad during morning rush hour, killing up to 43 people. The attacks on Wednesday came two days after politicians failed to draft a new constitution because of differences on basic issues, raising concerns of fresh political turmoil. Two car bombs exploded.. More

  • Israel to Expel Gaza Settlers Forcibly

    Israeli forces rolled in at first light to expel settlers from the Gaza Strip, bracing for a showdown with diehard radicals vowing to fight eviction to the bitter end. Several hundred Jewish settler families defied a midnight (2100 GMT Tuesday) deadline to leave of their own accord as Israel embarked on its historic pullout from the Palestinian territory.. More