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  • Israel may Delay Gaza Withdrawal

    Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has said he is considering delaying Israel's planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip this summer by three weeks. The announcement on Monday came as government officials confirmed Israel is planning to build 50 new homes in a West Bank settlement, a week after US President George W. Bush demanded a freeze on such construction. Shar.. More

  • No Sign of Hostages in Iraq's Al-Madain

    The Iraqi army has found no hostages in the besieged town of al-Madain, where fighters have reportedly been holding Shia residents hostage. A 1500-strong Iraqi force moved into al-Madain - known also as Salman Pak -30km southeast of Baghdad, according to an AFP correspondent embedded with the US military. "The whole city is under control. We've secured.. More

  • Basque Nationalists Win Regional Election

    Ruling Basque nationalists pushing for more autonomy from Spain won a key regional election Sunday but fell short of a majority, losing seats as candidates backed by a banned pro-independence party drew unexpectedly high support, according to government figures. The wealthy three-province region in northern Spain has had broad self-rule for 25 years,.. More

  • Pakistan and India to Boost Transit Links

    Pakistan's president, GeneralPervez Musharraf, and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have agreed to boost road and rail linksduring talks after watching cricket together. "The talks were wide-ranging and held in a very warm atmosphere," Singh's spokesman Sanjaya Baru said on Sunday, picking up on the easy relationship between the two leaders of.. More

  • China Rejects Japan Apology Demand

    China has refused to apologise to Tokyo as tens of thousands of demonstrators hit the streets inthe latestanti-Japanese protests across the nation. Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing delivered the blunt message on Sunday to his Japanese counterpart Nobutaka Machimura, who had flown in for what were expected to be difficult talks with ties at their.. More

  • Tanker Bombed at US Afghan Base

    Suspected Taliban members have set off a bomb next to a fuel tanker parked outside the main US military base in southern Afghanistan, setting off a chain of large explosions that destroyed five tankers and injured three drivers, officials said. The attack took place just after 3am, while Pakistani and Afghan drivers waiting to deliver fuel to the US.. More

  • Palestinian Polls may Be Delayed

    The Palestinian Authority is likely to postpone elections, due on 17 July, in a move that Hamas says would be political meddling by its rival, the ruling Fatah party. Fatah Minister of Parliament Hatim Abd al-Qadir said the postponement was expected to be announced in a few days and that ithad more to do with procedural matters than other considerations. "T.. More

  • Indonesians Stage Anti-Israel Protests

    Tens of thousands of Indonesians have staged peaceful anti-Israel rallies in the capital and several other large cities to protest Israel's oppression of the Palestinian people and to call for protection of the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. About 80,000 people marched peacefully down Jakarta's main streets on Sunday, some chanting "Israel is the terrorist". .. More

  • Brother of Kosovo's Haradinaj Killed-Family Dispute Not Politicaly Motivated

    A younger brother of former Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj was shot dead on Friday in an apparent family dispute, a source in the NATO-led KFOR peacekeeping force told Reuters. Enver Haradinaj, a student, was shot between the villages of Raushiq and Lubenic, and the reason for the shooting was likely a dispute with other prominent local families,.. More

  • Lebanese Premier Holds Cabinet Talks

    Lebanon's new prime minister, Najib Miqati,has begun talks to form a cabinet amid rising hopes for prompt elections. His appointment on Friday came after his pro-Syrian predecessor Umar Karami resigned twice in six weeks, leaving the country without a government as it confronted its deepest political crisis since the end of the 1975-1990 war. The.. More

  • Iran Forces Clash with Ethnic Arabs

    Fierce clashes have broken out between Iranian military forces and ethnic Arab Iranians who are calling for an independent state in southern Iran. Sources in the region said at least three ethnic Arabs had been killed and many injured in demonstrations in the southern province of Khuzestan. The demonstrations werecalled for by the London-based Popular.. More

  • Palestinian Prisoners Start Hunger Strike

    Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons have started a two-day hunger strike to protest their imprisonment. More than 7000 Palestinian prisoners began the two-day strike on Saturday in hopes of adding pressure on the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority (PA) to do more to secure their release. The hunger strike marks Palestinian Prisoners.. More

  • Pakistan Stops Opposition Rally

    Pakistani police boarded an airliner bringing home the husband of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, detaining him and several aides to prevent them holding a rally. Police said that Asif Ali Zardari had not been arrested after his plane from Dubai landed on Saturday in the eastern city of Lahore and that he would be taken to his residence in the.. More

  • China Protests Target Japan Businesses

    Protesters have hurled stones, bottles and paint at the Japanese consulate in Shanghai and attacked Japanese businesses as thousands of people staged anti-Japan rallies. Riot police three-deep linked arms to prevent the rowdy crowd on Saturday from entering the. A group of protesters began throwing objects including stones, bottles and bags filled.. More

  • Three Bombs Explode in Baghdad

    Threebombs have exploded in the Iraqi capital, killing at least one civilian and wounding eight others, officials said. One bomb exploded near a US convoy at 9.30am on Fridayin the western Mansur district, witnesses said. The bodies of several Iraqi civilians lay in the street after theattack on a US patrol. Five Iraqis were injured and a US military.. More