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  • Police Detains 2nd Bomb Suspect

    A second man has been arrestedin connection with the investigation into Thursday's attempted London bombings, the city's Metropolitan Police says. A police spokesman said the man was arrested in Stockwell, the south London neighbourhood where another suspect was detained on Friday and another man was shot dead by police in an underground station... More

  • Strong Earthquake Shakes Tokyo

    A strong earthquake registering 5.7 on the Richter scale shook Tokyo and its vicinity, lightly injuring five people, swaying buildings in the heart of the capital and disrupting transport. The earthquake struck at 4:35 pm (0735 GMT) with its focus located in the Boso peninsula of Chiba prefecture just outside of the capital at a depth of 90 kilometres.. More

  • Palestinians Ready to Coordinate Pullout with Israel, Says Abbas

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Friday on the eve of talks with U.S. secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that the Palestinians were ready to coordinate the Gaza pullout with Israel but were left in the dark on crucial issues. Abbas planned to assure Rice, on a troubleshooting mission to help keep the mid-August Gaza withdrawal on track after.. More

  • Tribal Elder, Three Relatives Killed in Pakistan

    Gunmen killed a pro-government tribal elder, two of his sons and a brother on Friday in a troubled Pakistani tribal region where al Qaeda-linked militants are believed to have been hiding. The unidentified assailants ambushed the car of Mirza Aalim Khan as he was travelling to Wana, the main town in the South Waziristan tribal region bordering Afghanistan,.. More

  • Saddam before Iraqi Judges again

    An Arabic language station has released a video of what it claims is Saddam Hussein's most recent appearance before Iraq's war crimes tribunal. In it the former Iraqi president responds to questioning about the oppression of minority Kurds. Saddam has already been charged in connection with the killings of 150 Shi'ite men following a failed attempt.. More

  • Man Shot by Armed Police on Tube

    A man has been shot at Stockwell Tube station by armed police officers. Passenger Mark Whitby told BBC News he had seen an Asian man shot five times by "plain-clothes police officers" with a handgun. Passengers were evacuated from the Northern Line station in south London. Police have also cordoned off surrounding streets. Eyewitnesses say armed.. More

  • Syria Says US Forces Fired on Troops

    Syria has said its border troops have been fired on by US and Iraqi forces and accused Washington, London and Baghdad of a lack of cooperation in preventingfighters infiltrating into Iraq. It was the first time Syria, which has a 600 km desert border with Iraq, had reported cases of US troops firing on its forces. The Foreign Ministry on Thursday.. More

  • Londoners Will Get through This, Says Mayor Livingstone

    London's top policeman has said the attempted bombings in the capital were designed to kill. But Ian Blair added that evidence left at the scenes could be very helpful. London mayor Ken Livingstone - who said this week that Western foreign policy has contributed to the spread of extremist beliefs - said Londoners will "get through this". "It is not.. More

  • No Word on Algerian Envoys Snatched in Iraq - Govt

    Algeria has not yet received any claim of responsibility from the kidnappers of two diplomats snatched near their mission in Baghdad, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Friday. "As long as there are no claims of responsibility from those behind the kidnappings we have to wait. We don't know who is behind it," Foreign Ministry spokesman Abdelhamid.. More

  • Protests Fail to Move Yemen Ministers

    The Yemeni government has vowed to maintain its oil price rise despite the deaths of at least 36 peopleduring two days of protests across the country. Aljazeera reported the toll rose to 36 afterthe second day of protests againstthe new fuel prices. A statement issued by the ruling Popular National Congresssaid 30 people were killed and scores injured... More

  • London Blasts Cause Chaos on Tube

    London's Tube network has been plunged into chaos with stations cleared after minor blasts on two trains and a bus. Met Police chief Sir Ian Blair said three Tube lines were suspended but it was time London returned to normal. The minor explosions - two weeks after blasts killed 56 - involved detonators only, a BBC reporter said. There was one injury... More

  • Iraqi Army Checkpoints Attacked by Car Bombs

    Two car bombings, along with a string of other attacks in and around Baghdadhave left 11 people dead. A car bomber rammed into an Iraqi army checkpoint south of Baghdad on Thursday, killing five soldiers in Mahmoudiyah, about 30km south of the capital. Several other soldiers were injured, according to army Lieutenant Odai al-Zeiadi. A second Iraqi.. More

  • Israeli Settlers Have Threatened to Stop the Pullout

    Israeli police on Wednesday night arrested 250 opponents of the disengagement plan who entered a close military zone in attempts to illegally infiltrate the Gaza Strip and reach the Gush Katif settlements. Among the detainees who set out from Kfar Maimon were a number who attempted to cut the Gaza Strip boundary fence and reach Gush Katif on foot... More

  • No Proof Bombers Muslims, Says Muslim Cleric in Britain

    Islamic cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed does not believe the London bombers were Muslims, he has told BBC News. The UK-based Syrian-born preacher said there was no evidence four young Muslim men filmed at a station prior to the attacks were responsible for the bombs. He condemned "any killing of innocent people here and abroad" but said he would never.. More

  • Bush Grenade Suspect Detained in Georgia

    A man suspected of throwing a grenade towards US President George W. Bush has been arrested in the former Soviet republic of Georgia. A gun battle broke out as security forces raided a property in Tbilisi. It left one policeman dead and the suspect wounded. Authorities say the man - named as Vladimir Arutyunov - escaped to a nearby wood, where he was.. More