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  • German Paedophile Suspect Arrested in Argentina

    An 84-year-old German citizen who was convicted in absentia of paedophile crimes in Chile has been arrested in Argentina. Former Nazi Paul Schaefer has been on the run since 1997. He also faces charges in Chile of helping the secret police kidnap a political prisoner during the military dictatorship. Last year a Chilean judge convicted him of sexually.. More

  • Most Syrian Troops Quit North Lebanon

    Almost all Syrian troops have left north Lebanon, ending an unbroken 29-year presence and underlining Syria's diminishing role in its small neighbour. A security source said the Syrians had not vacated two major intelligence offices and two military positions in and around the town of Tripoli on Friday but could do so within 24 hours. All other.. More

  • Pakistan Nuclear Hero Provided Centrifuges to Iran

    Abdul Qadeer Khan, the Pakistani scientist at the centre of a nuclear black market, gave Iran centrifuges, Pakistani Information Minister said yesterday. Centrifuges are used to purify uranium for use as fuel for nuclear weapons. Pakistan has admitted in the past that Khan, dubbed the father of Pakistan's atomic bomb, smuggled nuclear secrets to North.. More

  • Many Killed in Mosul Funeral Blast

    An explosion that hit a Shia funeral service in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul has killed at least17 people. "Many people were killed or wounded when a bomber blew himself up in the hall where the funeral service was being held," one witness said. The bomber struck when mourners flocked into a hall adjacent to the al-Sadrin mosque in the.. More

  • Karami Chosen as Lebanon PM again

    A majorityof Lebanon's parliamentarians have nominated anew Umar Karami to form a new government, political sources say. A total of 69 deputies from the 128-member chamber on Wednesday chose Karami, afavourite of Syria,in consultations with President Emile Lahud, the sources said in Beirut. The president, also close to Damascus,was now bound.. More

  • Israeli Troops Kill Palestinian Activist

    Israeli troops have killed an Islamic Jihad activist in a raid on a village near the West Bank town of Jenin, the army says. Media reports said the man was behind the recent Tel Aviv bombing that killed five Israelis. Aljazeera's correspondent in Jenin reported that Israeli forces entered the village of al-Nazla al-Wista in northern Tulkaram.. More

  • South African S.African Miners Rescued After Quake, One Missing

    Rescuers scoured mine shafts Thursday for a South African miner trapped hundreds of meters underground after an earthquake killed one of his workmates and injured three others. Wednesday's magnitude 5.0 tremor caused rock falls in access tunnels, initially trapping some 40 miners at a mine run by mining company DRDGOLD, and damaged houses and.. More

  • Maskhadov Death Augurs Longer War

    The death of Chechen leader Aslan Maskhadov is likely to have far reaching consequences on the troubled republic of Chechnya, observers say. For one, the death diminishes the chances of a peaceful resolution to the 10-year conflict in the troubled region. Maskhadov, one of Chechnya's two main Chechen chiefs who was elected president in January.. More

  • Kosovo PM Resigns over War Crimes Charges

    Kosovo's Prime Minister has resigned to answer war crimes charges in the Hague. Rumours that Ramush Haradinaj would be indicted by the international court had been circulating before he became head of the government last December. "I'm innocent," he told a news conference. "As a result of this indictment, I have handed in my resignation and will leave.. More

  • South Africa Apartheid Exhumations to Begin

    Investigators in South Africa are to begin the process of exhuming bodies from a number of unmarked graves. They hope to start unravelling the mystery of hundreds of people who disappeared during the apartheid era. Forensic tests will be carried out on two bodies to establish if they are those of anti-apartheid activists believed to have been.. More

  • Israel Helping to Build New Settlements

    A new Israeli report has exposed the government's active role in the construction of unauthorised settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank. The Maariv daily on Tuesday said the report, commissioned by the Israeli prime minister's office, sharply contradicts the claim that Israel is committed to dismantling unauthorised settlement outposts as.. More

  • Pro-Syrian Demonstrators in Beirut

    Hundreds of thousands of pro-Syrian demonstrators havegathered in Beirutto denounce what they see as Western interference in Lebanon. The gathering, called by the Shia Muslim group Hizb Allah and its allies, highlights deep divisions over Damascus's role in the country. The demonstrators chanted pro-Syria solgans a mere 300m from where opposition.. More

  • Egypt Blocks Opposition Daily

    Egyptian authorities have blocked distribution of the first edition of detained opposition leader Ayman Nur's newspaper in which he announces his intention to run for president, his wife said. The weekly newspaper Al-Ghad (Tomorrow) "was printed but even as the copies were in the cars on their way to being distributed, they were recalled," Gamila.. More

  • Video Shows more US Iraq Abuse

    US Army soldiers in Iraq have filmed themselves kicking a gravely wounded prisoner in the face and making the arm of a corpse appear to wave. The video, made public on Monday, was shot by Florida National Guard soldiers. They edited and compiled it into a DVD in January 2004, with various sections bearing titles such as Those Crafty Little Bastards,.. More

  • Briton Shot Dead in Kabul

    A British national has been shot dead in the embassy area of theAfghan capital. "Steven MacQueen, who was working for the [Afghan] Ministry of Rural Development and Rehabilitation, was killed last night," British embassy press officer Colin Ball said on Tuesday. "The Afghan police are investigating the shooting. His next of kin have been informed.. More