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  • Abbas Urges Restraint during Pullout

    President Mahmoud Abbas has urged Palestinians to ensure Israel's Gaza withdrawal takes place in an orderly manner and confirmed parliamentary elections will be in January. Addressing a special session of the Palestinian parliament in Gaza City on Tuesday, Abbas said Palestinians should conduct themselves during Israel's pullout in a way that showed.. More

  • Bosnian Serb War Criminal Arrested in Argentina

    Indicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Milan Lukic was arrested in Buenos Aires at the request of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, an Interpol source told AFP. In a court indictment, Lukic is accused of forming a paramilitary group in 1992 that worked with local police and military units to exact a "reign of terror" against.. More

  • Many Iraqi Policemen Killed in New Attacks

    A number of attacks across Baghdad have left 15 people dead, including 10 police officerskilled in near-simultaneous drive-by shootings. The attacks on Tuesday made for a violent backdrop as Iraqi political leaders prepared to resume talks to finalise the constitution by 15 August. On Tuesday, a driver detonated his vehicle near a US convoy in downtown.. More

  • Israel to Keep Control over Gaza Access

    Israelhas said it will probablyretain control of Gaza skies and territorial waters after the implementation of itswithdrawal plan from the area. "I think it is very likely that we will continue to control the skies and territorial waters of Gaza,"Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz said on Tuesday. Mofaz was also quoted by the Israeli state-run radio.. More

  • Nagasaki Urges US to Give Up Nukes 60 Years after Last Atomic Bombing

    Nagasaki has marked 60 years after becoming the second city to suffer atomic attack with it's mayor calling for the United States to give up its nuclear arsenal. Three days after the world's first atomic bombing reduced Hiroshima to ruins, a second bomb, code-named "Fat Man" after Winston Churchill, hit the hilly southern port of Nagasaki, killing.. More

  • IAEA To Hold Emergency Session On Iran

    The 35-member governing board of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is due to hold an emergency meeting today to discuss Iran's resumption of work at a uranium-conversion plant. The UN nuclear watchdog's meeting in Vienna comes one day after agency officials confirmed that Iran has resumed initial work at its Isfahan nuclear plant on processing.. More

  • Sheikh Ahmed Deedat, Passes Away

    Sheikh Ahmed Deedat, founder of the Islamic Propagation Center International, passed away Monday after a long struggle with illness. Deedat, who was bedridden after suffering a severe stroke in 1996, died at the age of 87. Deedat was also the only South African recipient of the King Faisal Award for his service to Islam, which he received in 1986. Known.. More

  • Iraqi Sandstorm Delays Constitution Meeting

    A massive sandstorm has derailed a crucial meeting of Iraqi leaders called to break the constitutional deadlock with a week left before a deadline on writing the new charter. The storm on Monday prevented constitutional negotiations due to be held at President Jalal Talabani's residence, with many leaders unable to travel, including Kurdish leader.. More

  • Mauritania Names New Prime Minister

    Mauritania's self-declared head of state has named a man to replace the former prime minister who resigned along with his cabinet following last week's coup. Military council leader Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall named Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar as the new prime minister, the government said in a statement on Sunday. The 49-year-old Boubacar returned.. More

  • UN in Iran to Monitor Atomic Restart

    UN nuclear inspectors need a few days to set up surveillance cameras at a uranium conversion facility where Iran is hoping to resume sensitive nuclear fuel cycle work on Monday, a UN spokeswoman has said. "Nothing's changed. The IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) team still needs until the middle of this week to get the inspection system set.. More

  • Four Bomb Plot Accused Remanded

    Four men charged with conspiracy to murder in the failed 21 July London attacks have been remanded in custody. Bomb suspects Muktar Said Ibrahim, 27, Yasin Hassan Omar, 24, and Ramzi Mohammed, 23, appeared before Bow Street magistrates at Belmarsh prison. The charges faced by Manfo Kwaku Asiedu, 32, relate to an unexploded device found in a park.. More

  • Fires in Spain Cause New Fatalities

    Forest fires raging in several regions of Spain have caused more fatalities, including the pilot of a plane which crashed while he was attempting to drop water on a fire in the Galicia region. Earlier a fireman died while fighting the flames near Avila, in the Castille and Leon region. Many of the new fires that broke out this weekend were said to.. More

  • Iraqi Protesters and Police Clash South of Baghdad

    About 1000 protesters have clashed with Iraqi policein the town of Samawa, south of Baghdad, leaving at least one person dead and about 60 others injured, police say. The protest on Sunday was over the poor state of water and power supplies. Witnesses said police opened fire on the crowd. At least one person was killed and 46 civilians injured in.. More

  • Palestinian Killed in Rafah as Israeli Cabinet Votes on Evacuations

    A Palestinian has been killed after Israeli soldiers opened fire from an observation post in the southern Gaza Strip not far from the border with Egypt, Palestinian medical sources say. Witnesses said the victim, unarmed, was shot outside his home as he was preparing to get married on Monday. An Israeli military spokeswoman said the army was checking.. More

  • Former British Foreign Minister Cook Dies

    Robin Cook, Britain's former foreign minister, has died after collapsing while walking on a mountain in Scotland. He was 59. It is believed he suffered a heart attack. Cook served as foreign minister in the first Labour government from 1997 to 2001 and was leader of the House of Commons until March 2003 when he resigned in protest at Britain's support.. More