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  • Saudis Vote in Municipal Elections

    Saudi men have voted in a municipal election in the capital Riyadh, the first stage in an unprecedented nationwide vote in the kingdom. The Thursday vote, from which women are excluded,was part of a cautious programme of reform introduced by de facto ruler Crown Prince Abdallah. "It took a long time to get here but we've broken through a psychological.. More

  • Guantanamo Sexual Humiliation Alleged

    A German-born Turk being heldat the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay was sexually humiliated by three scantily clad female interrogators, his lawyer has told German media. Murat Kurnaz was "sexually stimulated in a helpless position" by "three women in lacy bras and panties" at the controversial prison in Cuba, lawyer Bernhard Docke told.. More

  • North Korea Suspends Talks, Says It will Build more Nuclear Bombs

    North Korea said it had developed nuclear weapons to protect itself against a US attack and would indefinitely boycott multilateral talks aimed at dismantling its atomic programs. In a dramatic rejection of the second administration of US President George W. Bush, this communist state said it would no longer engage in the six-party dialogue over.. More

  • Deadly Car Bomb Explodes in Baghdad

    A car bomb has exploded in central Baghdad, killing at least two people and wounding several, police say. The blast on Thursday morningscattered tangled metal and wreckage acrossTahrir Square, a major intersection lined with shops and market stalls. "We have received two dead and one wounded," said a medic at Kindi hospital. A police officer.. More

  • Iran Insists Nuclear Programme to Stay

    Iranian President Muhammad al-Khatami has insisted that Tehran will not drop its nuclear programme. In a meeting with foreign diplomats on Wednesday, al-Khatami also warned that if his country's legitimate demand for gaining access to peaceful nuclear technology was not met by the European Union, then Iran would no longer be obliged to continue negotiation.. More

  • Dozens Injured in ETA Bombing

    A car bomb has injured 39 people outside Madrid's main convention centre after a warning from the Basque separatist group ETA. An emergency services official said 23 of the injured were taken to hospital on Wednesday, though none were in a critical condition. An anonymous caller claiming to represent ETA alerted the Basque newspaper Gara half.. More

  • Ukraine Planning Iraq Troop Pullout

    Ukrainian officials have said they will gradually withdraw their troops from Iraq, replacing them with instructors, diplomats and businessmen. Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk's announcement on Tuesday will affect some1600Ukrainian soldiers stationed in the war-torn country. Tarasyuk added that he planned to visit Iraq "in order to examine the.. More

  • Danish Centre-Right Win New Term

    Denmark's centre-right Prime Minister has won a second term. Anders Fogh Rasmussen's Liberal-Conservative coalition won around 53 per cent of the votes. His victory was widely predicted after his crackdown on asylum-seekers and his popular tax cuts. Addressing jubilant supporters Rasmussen said it was an historic occasion, as it is the first time.. More

  • Abbas, Sharon Declare End to Violence

    PalestinianPresidentMahmud Abbas and his IsraeliPrime Minister Ariel Sharon have announced the end of four years of violence at a landmark summit in Egypt, setting the stage for a full-scale revival of the peace process. "We have agreed with the prime minister to cease all acts of violence against Israelis and against Palestinians wherever they.. More

  • Iraq Recruitment Centre Hit by Bomb

    A blast near an Iraqi army recruitment centre in west Baghdad has killed at least 13 people and wounded at least 11, hospital officials say. Black smoke rose into the sky and ambulances raced to the scene. Apolice source said the blast was caused by a car bomb that detonated next to a truck carrying recruits to the centre, located in a disused.. More

  • Kuwait Frees Five Arrested in Raid

    Kuwait has freed three Jordanians and two Saudis arrested in a major police raid west of the capital after finding they were not linked to insurgents, newspapers say. The five were arrested on Saturday after a series of gun battles in the oil-rich emirate between security forces and insurgents thatleft four officers and eight suspects dead. The.. More

  • UN Suspends Oil-For-Food Top Officials

    The former head of the UN oil-for-food programme in Iraq and another official have been suspended after a damning investigation report last week, the United Nations says. The decision was taken on Monday after Paul Volcker, who is leading an independent inquiry into allegations of fraud and corruption into the now-defunct $64-billion programme, released.. More

  • Dozens Killed in Iraqi Blasts

    Bombers have killed at least 27 people in attacks in two Iraqi cities in the worst bloodshed since the country'selection on 30 January. Some15 Iraqis were killed and 17 wounded on Monday when a car bomb exploded outside the main police headquarters in the town of Baquba, northeast of Baghdad. Police said the driver of the car tried to ram the.. More

  • Spain to Legalize Immigrants

    Spain has launched a major drive to grant legal status to an estimated half million illegal immigrants already working in the country, but critics say the most vulnerable will not benefit from the scheme. The Socialist government in Madrid said on Monday that the programme -which will apply to immigrants who have work contracts and have been in.. More

  • Israeli Army Commander Released

    An Israeli military court has ordered the release of the army commander responsible for shooting to death a young Palestinian girl at point-blank range in the Gaza Strip last year, according to the Israeli press. Thirteen-year-old Iman al-Hams's body was found riddled with over 17 bullets near an army post in the southern Gaza strip refugee.. More