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  • Mai Wants Death Sentence for Rapists

    A Pakistani woman gang raped in 2002 on the orders of a village council said she can never forgive her attackers and she hopes they are sentenced to death. The case of Mukhtaran Mai provoked a national outcry and has focused international attention on the treatment of women in rural Pakistan. The Pakistani Supreme Court will on Monday begin hearing.. More

  • Car Bombs Rock Iraqi Capital

    Four car bombs shook Baghdad after dawn on Thursday, killing at least 17 people and wounding dozens in the second wave of attacks within hours, police said. On Wednesday evening, car bombs in a mainly Shia district of the city killed 18 people, after a day of talks in Brussels between the new Shia-led government, its US backers and other nations. Despite.. More

  • Syria to Challenge US-Iraq Accusation

    Syria is to ask Baghdad to provide evidence behind repeated US accusations Damascus is letting Arab fighters cross into Iraq to fuel violence there and vowed to prove it false. "We will be contacting officials in Baghdad very soon to know the source and truth of these allegations against Syria and to get the Iraqi side to supply us with the documents.. More

  • Iranians Vote in Presidential Runoff

    Iranians have started voting in a presidential runoff election that pits former presidentand cleric Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani against Tehran's mayor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Political analysts say the result of Friday's voting is too close to predict, with deep social divisions apparent in the Islamic republic of 67 million people. Rafsanjani, 70, bidding.. More

  • Dozens Killed in Multiple Baghdad Blasts

    Seven bombs have rocked Baghdad, killing at least 38 people, just hoursafter the Iraqi government met members of the international community in Brussels to seek reconstruction help. Three bombs shook central Baghdad after dawn on Thursday, killing at least15 people, injuring another50 and sending smoke and flame above the main street of the popular.. More

  • Taliban Reject US Toll Claims

    Taliban have rejected claims made by US and Afghan forces that some 76 or more of its fighters have beenkilled in the latestoffensive since the fall of its government in 2001. Speaking to Khyber TV by satellite phone from an undisclosed location, Taliban spokesman Mufti Latif Allah Hakimi said on Thursday that - contrary to numerous media reports -.. More

  • Protesters March through Cairo Streets

    A few hundred reform activists have marched through a Cairo neighbourhood denouncing the president without a riot police officerin sight. The demonstration took place on Wednesday; two days after the visiting US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called for free expression for the opposition. In previous protests, security forces have outnumbered.. More

  • Dozens Arrested in Iran Poll Probe

    At least 26 Iranians have been arrested for suspected presidential election violations committed during the first round of voting last week. The state-run news agency did not provide full details of the infractions on Thursday, but cited an Interior Ministry statement made by an election observer that said some of the arrests were linked to distribution.. More

  • Wave of Immigrants Arrives in Italy

    Some 850 illegal immigrants have been intercepted in the seas near Sicily in the space of just 24 hours. On Tuesday, some 500 people were discovered and last night a further 300 were picked up by coastguards around southern Italy. Many either landed at or were taken to the tiny island of Lampedusa. Each summer the number of illegal immigrants heading.. More

  • Afghan Clashes Leave '40 Dead'

    Nearly 40 suspected militants have been killed in fierce clashes with US and Afghan forces in southern Afghanistan, the US military has said. The clash occurred after fighters attacked a security patrol near Daychopan district in Zabul province, a military statement said. An Afghan policeman was killed and five American soldiers were wounded. There.. More

  • Iraqi Leaders Seek World's Help

    Iraq's government is expected to appeal to world leaders for reconstruction aid at a conference in Brussels to be attended by Kofi Anna and others. Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said he wanted the international community to re-engage in Iraq, and deliver on aid commitments. US and EU officials have said they will be urging Iraq's creditors.. More

  • US Urges Lebanon Murder Inquiry

    The US has called for a full investigation into the killing of a veteran Lebanese politician, who had recently become critical of Syria. Former Communist Party leader George Hawi died when his car blew up as he drove in Beirut on Tuesday. White House spokesman Scott McClellan said the murder was part of a pattern of targeted political assassinations.. More

  • Seven Dead in Israel Train Crash

    At least seven people have been killed and more than 100 injured in a train crash in central Israel, say officials. The packed passenger train was going south from Tel Aviv when it is thought to have collided with a truck at a level crossing near Kiryat Gat town. Witnesses spoke of horrific scenes, with passengers thrown from carriages and at least.. More

  • Israel Cracks Down before Summit

    Israeli security forces have seized Palestinian suspects across the West Bank, hours before new talks between Ariel Sharon and Mahmoud Abbas. At least 50 suspected Islamic Jihad militants were arrested overnight, Israeli military sources said. It is the first wave of arrests on such a scale against the group in six months and follows attacks on.. More

  • Bomb Kills Politician in Lebanon

    An anti-Syrian politician has been killed in a bomb blast in the Lebanese capital Beirut, police say. George Hawi, the former leader of the Lebanese Communist Party, died when the blast destroyed his car in the Wata Musaitbi district of the city. Mr Hawi is the second anti-Syrian figure to die in Beirut this month. The attack comes a day after.. More