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  • 15 Iraqi Soldiers Killed in Road Attack

    At least fifteen members of the Iraqi National Guard have been killed southwest of Baghdad, Iraqi Ministry of Defense sources said. The attack occurred on Friday near the town of Latifiya, about 50km southwest of Baghdad, police in the nearby town of Mahmudiya said. The police said the guardsmen were being transported in a vehicle. Some reports.. More

  • Cairo Tightens Security after Bazaar Blast

    Security is tighter than ever around Egypt's main tourist sites, one day after a bomb in Cairo's old bazaar killed two foreigners and raised the spectre of a fresh wave of attacks. Thursday's blast, apparently caused by a booby-trapped motorcycle, was the first attack against foreigners in the capital in more than seven years and came amid unprecedented.. More

  • Muslims in Britain Divided on Polls

    Some Muslim groups are urging members of their community to make their vote count in Britain's upcoming general election, butother organisations are telling voters to stay away from the polls. Hizb ut-Tahrir (Party of Liberation) UK, a Muslim group active across Britain, has launched a campaign urging British Muslims not to participate in the elections.. More

  • Al-Jafari Named New Interim Iraq PM

    Ibrahim al-Jafari, a Shia,has been appointedinterim prime minister and a presidential council has beensworn in, giving Iraq its first freely elected government in 50 years, and its third set of interim leaders since the US-led invasion. The session wasn't without its gaffes, however. After his inaugural speech, interim President Jalal Talabani, a Kurdish.. More

  • Foreigners Targeted in Cairo Blast

    A bomb has exploded in a Cairo tourist bazaar, killing four people,among thema US citizen and a French national, and wounding 18 others, Greater Cairo's security director said. An earlier Egyptian Interior Ministrystatement said the wounded- four French, three Americans, an Italian, a Turk and nine Egyptians -were taken to hospital where the French.. More

  • New Iraqi President to Be Sworn In

    Several world leaders have welcomed the election of a multi-ethnic presidential council headed by Jalal Talabani. Gulf Arab states welcomed the election but urged Talabani to safeguard Iraqi unity. The Gulf Cooperation Council, which groups six countries, urged support for the "stability, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Iraq and non-interference.. More

  • Sudan Offers Deal over Darfur Trials

    Sudan's foreign minister has offered to cooperate with the United Nations on prosecution of suspects accused of war crimes in the Darfur region, saying trials of the International Criminal Court (ICC) could be conducted inside Sudan. Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail, in a news conference on Wednesday in the capital, Khartoum, reiterated the government's.. More

  • Sinn Fein Urges IRA to End Struggle

    Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams appealed directly to Irish Republican Army members yesterday to leave their 35-year "armed struggle" in Northern Ireland behind. British Prime Minister Tony Blair welcomed Adams's appeal, but said the "final judgment" would depend on whether the paramilitary group heeded the call. Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern praised.. More

  • Syria, Lebanon Urged to Establish Ties

    Syria and Lebanon should establish normal diplomatic ties, including embassies in each other's capitals, UN envoy Terje Roed-Larsen has said. "There is a special relationship between Lebanon and Syria, and I'll say that this relationship will and should be continued on the basis of formal diplomatic relations," Roed-Larsensaid in Beirut on Wednesday. "It's.. More

  • US Helicopter Crashes in Afghanistan

    Sixteenpeople, including four American crew members, have been reported killed in a US military helicopter crash in Afghanistan. An Afghan police official saidall aboard appeared to be American, but the US military would not confirm that or give the nationalities of the passengers. The US military suggested severe weather brought down the CH-47 Chinook.. More

  • Iraq Assembly Elects Kurdish President

    The Iraqi parliament has chosen Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani as the country's new interim president. Shia Adil Abd al-Mahdi and current interim President Ghazi al-Yawir, a Sunni Arab, were chosen as Talabani's two vice-presidents. After weeks of negotiations, the three were the only candidates and received a total of 227 votes. Thirty ballots were.. More

  • Toll Rises as Saudi Standoff Ends

    Security forces have seized a villa where armed men had barricaded themselves, ending a three-day gun battle in Saudi Arabia in which 14 men were killed. The confrontation was the longest fight the kingdom has seen in its crackdown on its opponents. The Interior Ministry said 14 insurgents had been killed and six arrested since Sunday in the desert.. More

  • Romanian Hostage Release Denied

    Romanian authorities have rejected as rumors television reports that three journalists kidnapped in Iraq had been freed. "We would have no reason to keep such information secret if it was true," said Adriana Saftoiu, a spokeswoman for the president's office. Journalist Marie-Jeanne Ion and her cameraman Eduard Ohanesian from Prima TV and Sorin Miscoci.. More

  • Egyptian Students Demand Reform

    About 8000 students have demonstrated for political reform at four Egyptian universities in what is fast becoming a weekly or evendaily ritual. But the students, at al-Azhar, Halwan and Ain Shams in Greater Cairo and at Kafr al-Shaikh in the Nile Delta, did not leave campus - a step which often leads to direct confrontation with riot police. Students.. More

  • More Car-bomb Attacks in Iraq

    Two car bombs targeting US and Iraqi security forces have exploded in different parts of Baghdad, killing three people,police said. The shock wave from the first blast near the international airport on Tuesday shook nearby buildingsand was heard across the southwestern part of the capital. Police said two civilians were killed in the blast. Another.. More