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  • Many Killed in New Iraqi Attacks

    Elevenpeoplehave beenkilled and 29 others injuredafter a car bomb exploded overnight in a street in a Shia area of Baghdad. Police said on Saturdaythe target of the bomb was not clear. The car, parked in the street in northwest Baghdad, exploded at around11pm on Friday. This is considered the worst case of violence since the Iraqi authorities launched.. More

  • UN Inspectors to Return to Lebanon

    UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is to send aUN mission back to Lebanon to ensure all Syrian forces have withdrawn, amid reports that Syrian intelligence agents remain. The UN mission will check on the status of implementation of Resolution 1559, passed by the Security Council in September, demanding the pullout of all Syrian forces from Lebanon, Annan's.. More

  • Muslims Stage Quran Rallies

    Muslims in different parts of the world staged rallies to protest alleged desecration of the Quran at the Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba. Pakistani police yesterday detained 50 protesters who were protesting against the alleged desecration. Riot police in the southern port city of Karachi moved in to break up around 250 demonstrators linked.. More

  • IAEA inspects Iran N-plant

    Experts from the UN nuclear watchdog have inspected an underground uranium enrichment plant in Iran and verified that Tehran has kept its word by freezing all sensitive nuclear work there, diplomats say. A team from the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) went to the uranium enrichment plant at Natanz in central Iran on Thursday... More

  • Blast near Spanish Airport Follows ETA Warning

    A rocket grenade has exploded near Zaragoza airport in Spain, causing no injuries. The blast followed a warning call in the name of ETA to a Basque newspaper. The airport in Zaragoza, 250 kilometres northeast of Madrid, was evacuated before the blast, and one Ryan air flight was diverted to a nearby military base. Police found two rocket launchers in.. More

  • 25 Seats for Iraqi Sunnis as 17 Bodies Found in Western Iraq

    Sunni Muslim Arabs will be given up to 25 seats on the committee drafting Iraq's new constitution, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani claimed yesterday. The announcement, made during a visit to Baghdad by British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, would mark a success for Sunni Arabs, who threatened to pull out of the political process if they were not given.. More

  • Patriot Act Should Be Permanent, Says Bush

    US President George Bush has said that the Patriot Act has made America safer and should be made permanent. Despite facing efforts by some in his party to scale back the post-9/11 security legislation, Bush insisted it closes "dangerous gaps" in America's law enforcement and intelligence capabilities. US politicians initially responded to the 2001.. More

  • New Bolivian President Sworn In

    Former supreme courthead Eduardo Rodriguez has been sworn in as Bolivia's new president, after Congress convened to accept Carlos Mesa's resignation, amid violent street protests that claimed one life. Rodriguez was sworn in on Thursday by head of Congress Hormando Vaca Diez, who himself declined to assume the country's presidency. In his inauguration.. More

  • Erdogan: End Turkish Cyprus Isolation

    Turkey's Prime Minister has called on the UN Security Council to endorse a blueprint to ease the isolation of Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus. Prime Minister Recep Erdogan expressed frustration on Thursday that the Security Council had yet to vote on a plan developed by UN chief Kofi Annan to open the north of Cyprus. Arguing that his country had.. More

  • Italian Hostage Freed in Afghanistan

    An Italian aid worker held hostage for more than three weeks in Afghanistan has been released, the Afghan Interior Ministry says. Interior Ministry spokesman Latfullah Mashal on Thursday said Clementina Cantoni, 32, was safe. "Yes, she has been released. She is at the Ministry of Interior. She has spoken with her mother by phone," Mashal said. "She.. More

  • Iraqi Leader Demands Role for Shiite Militia

    One of Iraq's top Shia leaders has called for a greater security role for the armed wing of his party, the Badr Organisation. "In gratitude to the efforts, sacrifices and heroic positions of our brothers and brave sons from the BadrOrganisation...we must give them the priority in bearing administrative and government responsibilities especially in.. More

  • ETA Debate Raises Tensions in Spain

    Facing cries from the crowd of "murderer" and "coward", the leader of a party banned as the political wing of ETA has appeared in court in Madrid. Arnaldo Otegi stands accused of belonging to the armed Basque separatist group. Today he faced a judge to formally hear the charge against him. Otegi, who heads Batasuna, last year called for dialogue to.. More

  • 16 Die Alexandria Building Collapse

    Sixteen people, including two children, were killed and 17 injured when a building collapsed in Egypt's Mediterranean city of Alexandria. Several people were still trapped under the rubble of the six-storey building, which collapsed on Tuesday, and rescue teams were looking for survivors. The building in a residential neighbourhood of eastern Alexandria.. More

  • Dozens Killed in Ethiopian Protests

    Ethiopian security forces have opened fire on protesters in the capital's central business district, killing 24 people, while EU observers say some opposition politicians have been placed under house arrest. Amid allegations of heavy-handedness, the government said security forces acted to restore order. An Associated Press reporter saw 11 bodies.. More

  • Hamas Members Escape Israeli Air Strike

    An Israeli aircraft has fired three missiles at Palestinian resistance fighters in the Gaza Strip, without causing any casualties. Wednesday's strike near the town of Khan Yunis followed a flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence on Tuesday, the latest since a ceasefire was declared in February. The Israeli army said it targeted a mortar launcher.. More