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  • Malaysia to Hold Islamic Summit

    Malaysia, responding to a call by Saudi Arabia, has agreed to organise a summit for Muslim leaders. Malaysian local press reported on Tuesday that Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, chairman of the 57-member Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), saidhe would despatch his foreign minister to Riyadh to discuss the plan. Saudi Crown Prince.. More

  • Allawi's Office Targeted in Baghdad

    A car bomb has exploded in western Baghdad, near the party headquarters of the interim prime minister, killing at least five people, including four police officers, and injuring 15, officials say. Smoke was seen rising on Monday near the Green Zone compound where the interim Iraqi government of Prime Minister Iyad Allawi and the US embassy are. Allawi.. More

  • Palestinian Land Seized in Jerusalem

    Israel has seized large tracts of Jerusalem owned by West Bank Palestinian residents, lawyers say. The land was taken after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's government decided several months ago to enforce a long-dormant law that allows Israel to seize property belonging to Palestinians who fled or were driven out during the 1948-49 war that followed.. More

  • Iran Dismissive of US Military Threats

    Iran has said a US military strike against it would be a strategic blunder but brushed aside tough talk from Washington as psychological warfare rather than a real threat. Iran's Intelligence Minister Ali Yunesi called US threats a bluff but warned that Washington would make its biggest mistake if it attacked Iran. "The Americans are stupid, but.. More

  • Moscow Assures Israel over Syrian Arms

    Russian President Vladimir Putin has promised Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon that he will not sign a contract to sell SA-18 surface-to-air missiles to Syria, an Israeli daily has reported. The reported promise came on the day that Syrian President Bashar al-Asad begins a four-day official visit to Russia. The Haaretz newspaper said Sharon had.. More

  • Confusion over Palestinian Truce

    Hamas has disputed an announcementby Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofazthat Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas has secured a 30-day ceasefire by Palestinianarmed groups. Hamas was among the leading Palestinian resistance groups on Sunday which deniedthe Israeli account that they had agreed to a ceasefire, while saying they could accept a period.. More

  • Germany to Expel Hundreds of Muslims

    German officials are drawing up lists of hundreds of Muslimsto be deported from the country under a new law making expulsions easier, the German weekly magazine Der Spiegel said on Saturday. Der Spiegel said authorities were already using their powers under an immigration law introduced this month in conducting an operation dubbed Aktion Kehraus.. More

  • US Apache Pilot Killed in Kuwait

    A US Apache helicopter pilot has been killed and another injured in a training accident northwest of Kuwait, the US military said. "One AH-64 Apache pilot was killed and another injured in a training accident that occurred northwest of Kuwait City" on Friday, a statement said on Saturday. The injured pilot was evacuated to a US military hospital.. More

  • Yushchenko Sworn in as Ukraine President

    Viktor Yushchenko was sworn in as president of Ukraine in a historic ceremony capping months of turmoil in the former Soviet republic that he now intends to set on a firm pro-Western course. The 50-year-old former central banker read aloud the oath of office inside parliament with his right hand placed on the Constitution and the Bible. The chamber.. More

  • Chinese Hostages Freed in Iraq

    Iraqi resistance group freed eight Chinese hostages after claiming Beijing agreed to a blanket travel ban for Iraq. The hostage saga and political drama unfolded with eight days to national elections and came after a pair of car bombs in the vicinity of Baghdad killed at least. Official news agency Xinhua quoted the Chinese embassy in Iraq as.. More

  • WHO Sounds Bird Flu Virus Warning

    Vietnam confirmed its seventh human bird flu death in three weeks, prompting the UN health organisation to warn that the virus could turn into a global pandemic that would eclipse the devastation caused by last month's Asian tsunami. A 47-year-old man from northern Thai Binh province died of bird flu in Hanoi on January 10, about 10 days after developing.. More

  • Ahmad Chalabi to Be Arrested

    Ahmad Chalabi, the leader of the Iraqi National Congress, will be arrested after the Eid al-Adha holidays, Iraq's interim defence minister has said. Speaking to Aljazeera, minister Hazim Shaalan, said Chalabi would be handed over on arrest to Interpol. Shaalan said Chalabi was suspected of killing thousands of opposition figures in Arbil, Iraq,and.. More

  • Many Killed in Baghdad Car Bomb

    A car bomb has exploded outside a Shia mosque in Baghdad, killing 15 people and wounding 39, hospital officials said. The car exploded on Friday outside the al-Taf mosque in southwestern Baghdad. An audiotape released Thursday and purportedly recorded by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, took aim at the Shia community, accusing it of participating in the.. More

  • Rumsfeld Cancels Trip after Accusations

    US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld cancelled a planned visit to Germany after a US human rights organisation asked German authorities to prosecute him for war crimes, Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) has learned. Rumsfeld has informed the German government via the US embassy that he will not take part in the Munich Security Conference in February,.. More

  • Thousands Protest Bush's Inauguration

    Thousands of people in dozens of cities across the nation walked out of work and school, held mock coronations, intoned the names of the Iraq war dead and held candlelight vigils to show their disapproval of President Bush as he was sworn in for his second term. From Bridgewater, Mass., to San Francisco, the protesters carried a similar message.. More