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  • Aoun to Run in Lebanese Elections

    Lebanese opposition leader Michel Aoun has announced he will be taking part in next week's elections. Aoun, who will run in the central Mount Lebanon region,said on Sunday that he had not reached any agreement with Muslim opposition figures to contest on a common platform. "I will announce my alliances and joint tickets in the coming hours," Aoun.. More

  • Bush’s Wife Jeered in Jerusalem

    Protestersheckled Laura Bush during her visit to religious sites in Jerusalem,part ofa Mideast tour meant to defuse growing anti-American sentiment in the region. As she approached the Dome of the Rock in the Haram al-Sharif (Noble Sanctuary) on Sunday, Muslim worshippers shouted, "How dare you come in here, and why are you hassling Muslims?" As.. More

  • Iraq's Sunni Arabs Form Political Bloc

    Several Sunni Arab organisations have announced the formation of an alliance of religious, political and tribal groups to push for a stronger role in the country's Shia-dominated power structure. The bloc aims at unifying Sunni Arabs and organising their participation in the country's future political process. Head of the Waqf al-Sunni (Sunni Endowments).. More

  • Egypt Party Boycotts Referendum

    Egypt's Al-Ghad party, led by Ayman Nur, says it will boycott a referendum expected to pave the way for the country's first theoretically competitive presidential polls. Egyptians vote on Wednesday on amendments to Article 76 of the constitution that will allow multiple candidates to stand in the presidential elections. But on Saturday, Nur said the.. More

  • Unrest Simmers in Uzbek Border Town

    Tensions remained high in this town on the Uzbek-Kyrgyz border as Tashkent struggled to quell unrest in the wake of a deadly crackdown that has sparked unprecedented Western criticism of the authoritarian Uzbek regime. Some 200 demonstrators, mostly women, paraded banners demanding freedom for a self-proclaimed Islamist leader as well as a popular.. More

  • US Investigates Afghan Torture Report

    TheUS militaryhas said it is thoroughly investigating allegations of prisoner abuse in Afghanistan after a newspaper published grisly accounts of Afghans tortured to death. The announcement follows a report on Friday in The New York Times, detailing thetorture oftwo detainees at the hands of young and badly trained US soldiers resulting in their deaths. "Ab.. More

  • Lebanese Group to Boycott Election

    The Lebanese Islamic movement Jammaa Islamiya has said it will boycott this month's legislative elections because of what the group called an unjust electoral law and international interference. "We have decided to boycott the elections due to the electoral law and its unjust division of constituencies and the intervention of the great powers," the.. More

  • Muslims Stage Anti-US Rallies

    Quran protests continued across the world for the second week yesterday as a Briton, a former prisoner held at Guantanamo Bay, claimed guards at the US prison camp had desecrated his copy of the Quran. More than 100 demonstrators invoking Osama bin Laden and denouncing US President George W Bush gathered in front of the American embassy in London yesterday.. More

  • Karimov Denies Receiving any Request to Allow the UN into Uzbekistan

    Uzbekistan's president Islam Karimov has denied that he has received any request to allow the United Nations into his country. Fears that up to a thousand people have been killed in recent unrest have provoked calls for a UN led investigation into human rights. But the Uzbek government claims no such request has been received. They also claim that.. More

  • General Aoun Blasts Lebanon Opposition

    The general who fought the Syrian army in Lebanon back in the 1980s has sharply criticised the Lebanon opposition that he has sought to lead. General Michel Aoun returned nearly two weeks ago from 14 years in exile in the wake of Syria's military withdrawal, hailed by his supporters and vowing to use his stature to help build a broad opposition alliance... More

  • Iraqi Patriarch Slams US Evangelicals

    The head of Iraq's Christian community has denounced American evangelical missionaries in his country for what he said were attempts to convert poor Muslims by flashing money and smart cars. Patriarch Emmanuel Delly, head of the Chaldean Catholic Church, said on Thursday that many Protestant activists had come to Iraq after the overthrow of Saddam.. More

  • Rare Hurricane Hits El Salvador Coast

    Hurricane Adrian has slammed into El Salvador's coast, President Tony Saca said, cutting off power and forcing officials to close schools and evacuate 14,000 people. The hurricane hit land on a stretch of coast west of the capital, San Salvador, but the full force of the storm - the first recorded Pacific hurricane to strike the country - has yet.. More

  • Palestinians Fire Rockets into Israel

    Palestinian fighters in Gaza have fired three rockets into Israel, causing no casualties but putting further strain on the truce. The Qassam rockets aimed at Israeli communities southeast of the fenced-off Gaza Strip landed in open fields on Thursday, Palestinian officials and the Israeli army said. Fighters also fired seven mortar shells at Jewish.. More

  • Aid Workers Killed in Afghanistan

    Suspected Taliban fighters have killed seven people working for an international aid group in southern Afghanistan, an official said. The attack is the second in two days against Western groups helping to rebuild the war-shattered country. The nationality of the victims and the name of the relief group were not immediately known, said Ali Khail,.. More

  • Iraqi Sunnis Blame Shiite Militia for Assassinations

    A top IraqiSunni Muslim scholar has accused the militia ofthe county's main Shia political party of assassinating Sunni imams and scholars. In the latest sign of rising sectarian tensions, Shaikh Harith al-Dhari, the head of the influential Association of Muslim Scholars (AMS), on Tuesday blamed the Badr Brigades for the recent spate of killings.. More