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  • Italy to Begin Iraq Troop Withdrawal

    Italy plans to begin withdrawing 300 troops from Iraq in September as Iraqi security forces have become increasingly capable of securing the territory, Premier Silvio Berlusconi said. Iraq "must come to a point where it must guarantee its own security," the Italian leader told reporters on Friday at the end of the G8 summit in Scotland. Berlusconi.. More

  • Israeli Security Kills Palestinian Boy

    APalestinian boy was shot dead by an Israeli security guard in the West Bank, officials and witnesses said. Fifteen-year-old Muheeb Ahmad Assi was pronounced dead at the scene after being shot by an Israeli security guard, according to Mohammad Hawani of the Sheikh Zayed Hospital in Ram Allah. Hawani said Assi died of a bullet wound tohis chest. Witnesse.. More

  • Missing US Commando Killed?

    Taliban fighters have said they killed a missing American commando they claimed to have captured in eastern Afghanistan last month. The US military said it had no information to support the claim. "We killed him at 11 o'clock today; we killed him using a knife and chopped off his head," Taliban spokesman Abdul Latif Hakimi said on Saturday from.. More

  • Sudan Former Rebel Leader Becomes First Vice President

    Former rebel leader John Garang was sworn in as Sudan's first vice president as a new power-sharing constitution came into force in a bid to put a final seal on two decades of civil war. Garang will also head an autonomous administration due to run the mainly animist and Christian south for a six-year interim period leading up to a promised referendum.. More

  • British Muslims Fear Bombing Backlash

    British Muslims, gathered in mosques around the country for Friday prayers - prayers in which they remembered the victims of the bombings, but at the same time expressed fear of an anti-Muslim backlash against them. "I am very worried, as are many Muslims, I think from my country," said one Muslim worshiper. "They are worried and they are feeling insecurity.. More

  • Fighters Set Ablaze Iraqi Oil Refinery

    A huge fire has broken out at the Dura oil refinery outside Baghdad after it was hit by a mortar shell, an Interior Ministry source says. Firemen were on the scene trying to bring the blaze under control on Friday evening, he said. "This is a major fire because the mortar fell on the petrol refining area. There are probably many victims. Many ambulances.. More

  • British Official Warns of New Attacks

    Britain's top law enforcement official has said the bombers who hit London's transportation network could strike again. "We have to have ... maximum consideration of the risk of another attack, and that's why our total effort today is focused on identifying the perpetrators and bringing them to justice," Home Secretary Charles Clarke told British.. More

  • Attempt to Forge Palestinian Unity Fails

    Two resistance groups opposed to Israeli occupation have rejected an offer from Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to join a national unity government and oversee Israel's disengagement from the Gaza Strip. In a meeting hosted by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday, Abbas met Damascus-based heads of Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front.. More

  • Taliban Threat to Kill Captive US Soldier

    The last US soldier still missing in Afghanistan has been captured by the Taliban and rebel leaders have decided to kill him, according to a purported spokesman for the group. Mulla Latif Hakimi offered no proof to back up the claim on Friday but he said a video would be released of the soldier's death. "This American will never be forgiven. Definitely.. More

  • Many Killed in London Serial Blasts

    At least 33 people have been killed in a series of four separate explosions in London, the city's police says. The worst attack on London since the second world war came early on Thursday, just a day after an overjoyed city celebrated its successful bid to hold the 2012 Olympics. Seven were killed in the first explosion in an underground railway tunnel.. More

  • Egyptian Top Envoy in Iraq Killed, Says Website

    Al-Qaida in Iraq says on a website that it killed Egypt's top envoy in Iraq, posting a video of the blindfolded diplomat identifying himself. A written statement, the authenticity of which could not be confirmed, on Thursday read: "We announce in the al-Qaida in Iraq that the verdict of God against the ambassador of the infidels, the ambassador of.. More

  • Explosion Hits US Convoy in Iraq as Baghdad and Teheran Sign Military Deal

    A roadside bomb has struck a US military convoy in eastern Baghdad, wounding two soldiers. The blast early on Thursday caused a Humvee to slide off the road andflip over into a canal, said Sergeant 1st Class David Abrams, a spokesman for Task Force Baghdad. The wounded soldiers were evacuated for treatment, he added. The attack occurred at about.. More

  • Blasts Hit London Subway at Rush Hour

    A series of explosions have rocked London's transport system at rush hour, causing numerous casualties and leaving millions of passengers in shock, police say. The causes of the Thursday morning incidents - which occurred one day after London was awarded the 2012 Olympics and as leaders of the Group of Eight rich nations met in Scotland - were unknown.. More

  • Palestinian Killed by Israeli Troops

    A teenage Palestinianfighter has been killed in a clash with Israeli soldiers in the Nablus region of the West Bank, Palestinian security sources and witnesses say. On Thursday, Khalid Musseimi, 17, was shot in the chest during a clash between Palestinians and Israeli troops accompanying Jewish settlers who had gone to pray at a controversial site.. More

  • Egypt Protesters Urge Mubarak to Resign

    Around 300 activists from various political groups protested Egypt's rising unemployment on Wednesday and called on President Hosni Mubarak to resign. Circled by almost the same number of riot police standing shoulder-to-shoulder as well as some pro-Mubarak protesters, demonstrators waved banners and chanted anti-Mubarak slogans in the crowded lower.. More