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  • Israeli Soldiers Kill more Palestinian Civilians

    Israeli occupation soldiers have shot and killed a Palestinian man in the southern West Bank town of Hebron, hours after the killing of another Palestinian near the northern city of Jenin. Palestinian sources and eyewitnesses said Israeli soldiers patrolling the streets of Hebron's old town killed Omar Mahmoud al-Ghafi Hoshiyeh 200m from the Ibrahimi.. More

  • Lebanese Vote in Beirut with Syrian Troops Gone

    Lebanese began voting in Beirutwith the son of slain former Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri set to triumph in the first general election in three decades with no Syrian troops in the country. The polls mark a new era for Lebanon, taking place just a month after Christians and Muslims united in unprecedented protests that forced Damascus to bow to internation.. More

  • French Set to Reject EU Constitution

    France appears certain to deliver a resounding "non" to the proposed European Union constitution today, plunging French and EU politics into deep crisis. A French "non" would, in effect, kill the constitution stone dead. Voters in French overseas territories from Polynesia to the Caribbean cast their ballots last night, ahead of mainland electors,.. More

  • Canada Pledges Aid to Abbas

    Prime Minister Paul Martin hasannounced that Canada will back up its commitment to Middle East peace with $9.5 million in new aid to help the Palestinians build homes and strengthen their new state's legal system. Martin made the announcement during the visit of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to Ottawa, the federal capital, a day after.. More

  • Bombers Strike Iraqi Security Forces

    At least five members of the Iraqi security forces have been killed and 45 others wounded in a double car bombing at a base in northern Iraq, police and medical sources said. "The first car exploded at 8.20am (0420 GMT) at the entrance to the base used by Iraqi soldiers and border guards" onSaturday in Sinjar, 420km north of Baghdad, said police Colonel.. More

  • Muslims Protest Quran Desecration

    Muslims spat on the American flag, threw tomatoes at a picture of President Bush and burned the U.S. Constitution in protests Friday from Iraq to Indonesia over the alleged desecration of Islam's holy book at Guantanamo Bay prison. Waving copies of the Quran, many of the thousands of demonstrators across the Middle East and Asia chanted anti-American.. More

  • Hamas, Fatah Agree to Talks

    Members of the main Palestinian governing Fatahparty and Islamic group Hamas have agreed to create a new committee to continue dialogue to defuse growing tensions ahead of elections. Ismail Haniye, a Hamas leader, said on Friday that both sides had agreed to work towards eliminating tensions and "reinforcing the principle of political partnership.. More

  • Indonesians Killed in Market Bombing

    Two bomb blasts have ripped through a crowded market in a Christian town in eastern Indonesia, killing at least21 people and injuring 40, Aljazeera reported. Police said the attacks occurred on Saturday in the lakeside town of Tentena on the eastern island of Sulawesi, part of an area where three years of Muslim-Christian clashes killed 2000 people.. More

  • Moroccan Police Disperse Protesters

    Moroccan policehave injuredseveral studentdemonstrators in Rabatwho called forWestern Sahara's independence. Witnesses saidbludgeon-wielding police raided a university campus in the capital on Friday to break up the protest held in solidarity with demonstrations in the territory's main city of Laayoune. A journalist saw five students being held at.. More

  • Annan Arrives in Khartoum

    UN chief Kofi Annan hasarrived in Sudan to see for himself the humanitarian crisis in the country's Western Darfur region, a day after urging rich nations to pledge more money to help end bloodshed there. The UN secretary-general flew into rain-soaked Khartoum to be greeted by about 200 women protesting on the airport tarmac against a Security Council.. More

  • US Helicopter Downed in Iraq

    A US helicopter has been shot down northeast of Baghdad and two soldiers on board were killed, the military said. The helicopter was one of two that came under attack by small arms fire near Baquba, 60km northeast of Baghdad, late on Thursday.The other landed safely. A military announcement said the two Task Force Liberty helicopters received small.. More

  • Palestinian Vote Dispute Unresolved

    An Egyptian security delegation has ended its mission in the Gaza Strip without resolving a dispute overPalestinian elections. The talks ended as scheduled on Friday, with the main governing Fatah party and Islamic group Hamas agreeing that dialogue is the onlyway to defuse growing tensions between their two factions ahead of Palestinian.. More

  • Egypt Referendum Result Disputed

    A constitutional amendment introducing the first direct and contested presidential elections in Egyptis said to havewon 82.9%approval in a referendum. Interior Minister Habib el-Adli said 53.6% of registered voters turned out for Thursday's referendum, which opposition groups had asked Egyptians to boycott. The Egyptian government later said the "yes".. More

  • Many Killed in India Mudslides

    Mudslides in northeastern India have killed at least 14 people, burying them alive as they slept, according to officials. Bodies of the dead - including those of four members of a family - were found on Thursday, hours after heavy rain triggered the early morning mudslides in Mokokchung town in Nagaland state, district administrator Imkongtemsu Ao.. More

  • Mufti Offers Australian's Captors a Deal

    A senior Australian Muslim cleric is offering to swap places with an Australian hostage held in Iraq, his spokesman has said. Douglas Wood, a 63-year-old Australian engineer who lives in California, was abducted early this month by a group calling itself the Shura Council of the Mujahedeen of Iraq. Australia's mufti, Sheik Taj El Din al-Hilaly, flew.. More