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  • British Intelligence Links Bomb Attacks to Iraq War

    The British intelligence agency MI5 has said there is a link between the Iraq war and the recent bombing campaign in London. In an information briefing released on MI5's website after the 7 July attacks the agency said Iraq was a key issue motivating the bombers. "Though they have a range of aspirations and "causes", Iraq is a dominant issue for a.. More

  • Karadzic's Wife Urges Surrender

    The wife of fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has appealed to him to surrender to the United Nations war crimes tribunal. In an appeal shown on Bosnian Serb TV, Ljiljana Karadzic urged him to do so for the sake of his family. Earlier this month, Karadzic's son was held for 10 days by Nato troops. Karadzic and his military commander.. More

  • Cautious Optimism Greets IRA Announcement

    It is a potentially historic move that could take the gun out of Northern Irish politics for good. That is certainly the hope of Britain's prime minister after the IRA formally ended its armed campaign. "This may be the day when finally, after all the false dawns and dashed hopes, peace replaced war, politics replaces terror," said Tony Blair in London... More

  • Iraqi Oil Tanker Train Blown Up

    Fighters have blown upan oiltrain in Baghdad and US warplanes have bombarded an Iraqi village near the Syrian border. Thursday's hit on the train carrying petroleum products was the first such attack in Iraq, railway spokesman Jawad al-Kharsan said.Theexplosion ignited a massive blaze extending down the railway line in southern Baghdad andkilled an.. More

  • Nine more Held in London

    Anti-terrorist officers havearrested nine men in dawn raids on Thursday in connection with the botched 21 July attacks on London's transit system. Scotland Yard police headquarters said the men were arrested under the Terrorism Act at two properties in the neighbourhood of Tooting, south London. They were being held in a central London police station. The.. More

  • India Monsoon Leaves at Least 200 Dead

    India's financial capital was paralyzed Wednesday by the strongest rains ever recorded in the nation, with torrential downpours marooning drivers, snapping communication lines and leaving at least 200 people dead statewide. At its worst, the rainfall descended in what looked like a solid wall of water, overwhelming Bombay, a crowded city long accustomed.. More

  • Algeria Confirms Iraq Envoys Killed

    Al-Qaida in Iraq says it haskilled two kidnapped Algerian envoys because of their government's support for the United States, according to an Internet statement. The statement was posted on a website on Wednesday often used by the group led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Its authenticity could not be immediately verified. But the killings were confirmed.. More

  • Egypt's Mubarak Seeks Fifth Term

    Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has confirmed that he will stand in the presidential election on 7 September. It will be the first time the presidential poll has been open to more than one candidate. Mubarak also invited Arab leaders to attend a summit in the Red Sea resort of Sharm al-Sheikh on 3 August. He said there were worrying developments.. More

  • US Objects to India-Iran Gas Pipeline

    Days after signing a deal to provide nuclear technology to India for meeting energy needs, the US administration has expressed ‘serious concerns’ over New Delhi’s efforts to buy natural gas from Iran. A senior State Department official told a Senate hearing in Washington that India and China’s energy deals with Iran “raise concerns under.. More

  • Palestinian Teen Killed by Israeli Troops

    Israeli troops have killed a Palestinian stone-thrower during an arrest raid that caught a wanted Islamic Jihad member in this West Bank town, Palestinian officials said. The occupation troops, backed by tanks and bulldozers, entered Jenin around midday and surrounded the home of a wanted Islamic Jihad member, witnesses said. When a group of youths.. More

  • Six Held in UK under Anti-Terror Law

    British police have arrested six men under anti-terrorist laws in connection with last week's attempted bombings in London. Police arrested on Mondayfour men in the central English city of Birmingham and two menon Tuesday night at Grantham railway station. A spokesman for London's Metropolitan Police declined to confirm or deny British media reports.. More

  • Al Qaeda to Execute Algerian Envoys

    The group of Al Qaeda frontman in Iraq Abu Musab Al Zarqawi yesterday posted a video on a website showing the two Algerian diplomats it has kidnapped in Iraq and decided to execute. The short video by the Organisation of Al Qaeda in the Land of Two Rivers showed separate clips of the blindfolded diplomats, stating their names and other personal details. "Ali.. More

  • Anti-US Protest at Bagram Air Base

    About 2,000 Afghans protested outside the main American base in Afghanistan on Tuesday after the arrest of several villagers in what the US military said was an anti-insurgent operation. US soldiers fired shots in the air after some protesters threw stones at military vehicles entering Bagram Air Base, north of Kabul, witnesses said. Protesters chanted.. More

  • Somali President Lands in Jowhar

    Somalia's Transitional President Abdullahi Yusuf has arrived in the town of Jowhar, where he plans to set up a temporary base for his new government. He was met by hundreds of people, including the prime minister, after flying in from his northern stronghold. Earlier this month, President Yusuf told the BBC he would be bringing troops and militia.. More

  • Italy Issues more Warrants against CIA Agents

    Italian magistrates in Milan have issued arrest warrants against six more CIA agents accused of kidnapping a terrorism suspect. Some 13 warrants were issued last month against people linked to the CIA in connection with the alleged abduction. Radical cleric Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, who runs a mosque in Milan, is said to have been seized and taken.. More