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  • Spanish Government Takes First Steps to Talks with ETA

    Spain's ruling socialists are taking a first concrete step towards establishing dialogue with the Basque separatist group ETA. The government of Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has announced that it is to seek parliamentary support to open the talks in a vote on Tuesday. The proposal comes with one major condition: that ETA abandons its arms. The Socialist.. More

  • Lebanon Official Says Poll Law Faulty

    Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has acknowledged that the country's election law is faulty and unjust but said it is the best possible law under the circumstances. At a news conference during which he also announced his ticket for south Lebanon elections on 5 June, Berri said the law is the lesser of two evils. But one of the priorities of.. More

  • Dozens Killed in Renewed Uzbek Clashes

    More than 50 people have been killed in renewed fighting in the Uzbek city of Andijan, medical sources say. Violent clashes broke out again on Saturday morning as Uzbek troops sought to suppress armed groups, who the previous day had freed prisoners in the country's fourth-largest city of 350,000. "They are now dispersed and we are hunting them down,".. More

  • Egypt Judges Demand Election Role

    Egyptian judges have taken a provisional decision to abstain from their task as election supervisors this year if the government fails to guarantee them full oversight of the process. The tough position, taken by consensus on Friday at a four-hour meeting attended by about 3000 judges, adds to the pressure on the government and on President Hosni Mubarak,.. More

  • Hizbullah, Israeli Forces Trade Fire

    Israeli forces haveretaliated with a barrage of artillery fire and an airstrike after Hizbullah fired on Israeli positions in the Israeli-occupiedShebaa Farms border area, in the heaviest exchange in months between Israel and the Lebanese group. The Shia fighters fired about 15 shells and rockets at Israeli positions in the area, and Israeli forces.. More

  • Uzbek Rally Turns Bloody

    Armed protesters have freed prisoners and clashed with police as protests over a trial of Muslim businessmen turned bloodyin an eastern Uzbek city. Violent clashes in Andijan killed nine and wounded 34,the ITAR-Tass news agency said on Friday, citing President Islam Karimov's office. Armed crowds surrounded police officers on Friday in two districts.. More

  • Anti - US Protests Spread in Afghanistan

    Anti-US protests sparked by reports of desecration of the Quran by American interrogators at Guantanamo Bay have spread across Afghanistan, leaving three more people dead. Seven people have been killed and at least 76 injured during three days of violent demonstrations, all of them in clashes with security forces and police in towns east of the capital.. More

  • Qurei Denies Move to Delay Palestinian Elections

    Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Qurei has denied that any decision has been taken to postpone the legislative council elections scheduled for 17 July. Qurei's announcement came on Thursday in response to previous statements by senior officials in the ruling Palestinian Fatah Party indicating that the elections could be postponed. Althoughno such.. More

  • Blasts and Assassinations Hit Baghdad

    At least 15 Iraqis have been killed and up to84 injured after two car bombs exploded in Baghdad, just hours after an Iraqi brigadier-general and a police colonelwere assassinated. Several civilians are believed to have died in the first explosion that hit security officials as they were in al-Zahawi restaurant in the capital's eastern Baghdad al-Jadida.. More

  • Darfur Factions Sign Ceasefire Deal

    Representatives of Darfur's local administration have signed an agreement in Libya with two main Sudanese rebel groups to adhere to a ceasefire. The talks on Wednesday between Darfur's local administration, the Sudan Liberation Movement and the Justice and Equality Movement also agreed on facilitating the passage of international aid convoys and trade.. More

  • Brazil Summit Policies at Odds with US

    South American and Arab leaders at their first regional summit have endorsed a declaration condemning the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory and calling for trade liberalisation to lift the planet's poor out of misery. Banding together in an event aimed at dampening the dominance of developed countries, they ended the two-day Summit of South.. More

  • Riots over US Quran Desecration

    At least four people have died and many were hurt after police fired shots to disperse anti-US protests in the Afghan city of Jalalabad, officials say. The city is now said to be calm after widespread damage to property. All but essential UN staff are being withdrawn. Afghan National Army soldiers were deployed on the streets of Jalalabad, which.. More

  • Small Plane Sparks Washington Alert

    The US Capitol and White House were evacuated on Wednesday after a small plane entered restricted airspace. Military jets scrambled to intercept the aircraft and fired warning flares. Two men in the aircraft later were taken into custody at a Maryland airport where the plane landed after a military escort, said Capitol Police Chief Terence Gainer. "This.. More

  • Dozens Killed and Hurt in Iraq Attacks

    A series of attacks in Iraq have killed at least 43people and wounded at least 94, police say. A car bomb exploded in a small market near a police station in Tikrit, killing at least 24 people and wounding more than 60. Police Lieutenant-Colonel Saad Daham said when security prevented the attacker from exploding the vehicle in front of the station.. More

  • Anti - Muslim Bias Soars in US

    The number of reported bias crimes and civil rights violations against Muslims has risen sharply in the United States last year, says a report. The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations in its report blamed the trend on lingering animosity toward Muslims and a growing use of anti-Muslim rhetoric by some political, religious and media.. More