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  • US Islam Abuse Genuine, Says Human Rights Watch

    The row over a retracted Newsweek story that US interrogators at Guantanamo Bay desecrated the Quran is overshadowing genuine incidents of religious humiliation, according to Human Rights Watch. "Around the world, the United States has been humiliating Muslim detainees by offending their religious beliefs," said Reed Brody, special counsel for the New.. More

  • More MB Activists Detained in Egypt

    Egypt's banned but tolerated Muslim Brotherhood says 753 of its members have been arrested by thepolice in raids acrossthe country. The raids targeting theMuslim Brotherhood, which has been behind a series of pro-reform protests against President Hosni Mubarak, were conducted in nine governorates. "The number of members of the Brotherhood held ..... More

  • Ruling Deals Hamas Election Blow

    A Palestinian court has thrown out voting results in parts of Rafah, the southern Gaza Striptown where Hamas swept to victory in a local election this month. On Tuesday, thousands of supporters of President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction took to the streets for late-night celebrations of a court ruling expected to increase friction between Hamas and.. More

  • Iraqi Police Killed in Car Bomb Attack

    Two Iraqi police officershave been killed in a car bomb attack near the oil refinery town of Baiji. The bomb targeted a US-Iraqi convoy about 3am (2300 GMT) on Wednesday, on the road near Siniya, 200km north of Baghdad, Ali Yusuf, a police captain said. A surge in violence against mostly Iraqi police and army targets has killed nearly 500 people.. More

  • Egypt Opposition Parties to Boycott Vote

    Egypt's three main legal opposition parties and the banned Muslim Brotherhood will boycott a May referendum on competitive presidential polls. The announcement on Tuesday concerns an amendment referendum on 25 May that could allow for the first competitive presidential polls in the country, but the politicianssay itis flawed. "The three parties announce.. More

  • Gaza Pullout Plan Rapped by Jewish Protesters

    Hundreds of young protesters flooded Israeli courtrooms yesterday after blocking dozens of highways a day before, the most disruptive demonstration yet against the planned summer pullout from Gaza and part of the West Bank - just as settlers themselves were signing up to move back to Israel. Extra judges were brought into courtrooms to handle hearings.. More

  • Rights Groups Press for Uzbek Access

    Humanitarian groups have called for access to troubled parts of Uzbekistan as another day of gunfire continues. Britain and the United Nations also urged Tashkent to show restraint and allow humanitarian groups access to the area. Human rights watchdog Amnesty International condemned the crackdown and called on Uzbekistan to allow independent investigation.. More

  • Sudan Summit Agrees to Resume Talks

    African leaders have agreed to resume stalled Sudanese peace talks between warring parties by the end of May to end a conflict that has displaced more than two million people in Sudan's Western Darfur region. The leaders of Libya, Sudan, Eritrea, Nigeria, Egypt and a senior government official of Gabon attended the mini-summit in the Libyan capital.. More

  • Gates Blasts Rich Nations for Apathy

    US computer billionaire Bill Gates yesterday accused rich countries of turning their back on deadly diseases affecting millions of poor people, as he announced an additional 250 million US dollar contribution for health research in developing countries. "If these epidemics were raging in the developed world, people with resources would see the suffering.. More

  • Many Killed in Iraq Blast

    Abomber has killed at least five people at an Iraqicustoms post and authorities have discovered 12 more bodies of people shot execution-style in escalating violence. Iraqi politicians meanwhile pressed ahead with efforts on Monday to reach out to Sunni Arabs, who were dominant under Saddam Hussein, hoping to lessen their support for the anti-government.. More

  • Palestinian Death Strains Ceasefire

    Israeli troops have shot and killeda Palestinian in Tulkaram, and officials in Tel Aviv say they will start the construction of a new segment of theseparation wall in the West Bank in two weeks. The two incidents on Monday were the latest that strained a three-month-old ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians, and come just a day after Palestinians.. More

  • Mauritania Bans Religious Speeches, Lectures

    The Mauritanian authorities have banned religious speeches and teachings in the country's mosques. Aljazeera's correspondent said the ban, which excluded the Fridayspeech (khutba) during the noon prayer, aimed at halting what they said was chaos in the mosques. The Mauritanian security forces have been carrying out search operations in mosques in.. More

  • Afghan Clerics Warn of Jihad

    A group of Afghan Muslim clerics threatened yesterday to call for jihad against the US in three days unless it hands over military interrogators reported to have desecrated the Quran. The warning came after 16 Afghans were killed and more than 100 hurt last week in the worst anti-US protests across the country since US forces invaded in 2001 to oust.. More

  • Unrest Spreads to Uzbek Border Town

    Thousands of Uzbeks, seeking to flee the country, have stormed government buildings in an eastern frontier village. They torched police cars on Saturday and attacked border guards in a second day of violence after bloodshed that witnesses said left hundreds dead. Uzbek President Islam Karimov blamed "Islamic extremists" for the uprising in Andijan,.. More

  • Iran Delays Resuming Nuclear Activities for EU Talks

    Iran is determined to resume its suspended nuclear activities but is postponing such a step for several days to allow a new round of talks with the European Union, Tehran's nuclear negotiator said. "Iran's decision to resume (uranium conversion) activities at the Isfahan plant is definitive," Cyrus Nasseri, Iran's negotiator at the International.. More