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  • Mudslide Kills Three, Crashes Houses in California

    A huge mudslide crashed down on homes in a coastal hamlet with terrifying force Monday, killing three people and leaving up to 12 missing as a Pacific storm hammered Southern California for a fourth straight day. Ventura County Fire Department Chief Bob Roper said as many as a dozen residents were missing in the mudslide that pummeled a four-block.. More

  • Cheerleader Excuse for Iraq Abuse

    A lawyer representing one of the alleged ringleaders in the Iraq prison abuse scandal has said piling naked prisoners into pyramids was comparable to cheerleader shows. Charles Graner's attorney, Guy Womack, told the 10-member US military jury at the Texas court martial on Monday that leashing detainees was also an acceptable prisoner control. In.. More

  • Yushchenko Named Ukraine President-Elect after Weeks of Turmoil

    The end of weeks of political turmoil in Ukraine was in sight after the pro-Europe Viktor Yushchenko was officially declared the winner of a re-run presidential vote, paving the way for the inauguration of the "orange revolution" hero. "During the repeat election of December 26, Viktor Yushchenko has been elected president of Ukraine," central election.. More

  • Top Baghdad Policeman Assassinated

    Armed fighters have assassinated Baghdad's deputy police chief outside his home in southern Baghdad, a police source said. Brigadier Amir Nayif and his son were shot dead as they left the family home on Monday, the source said. Nayif died 10 minutes after he was transferred to al-Yarmuk hospital, Rafi Hamdi, an Iraqi journalist told Aljazeera. Nayif's.. More

  • Abbas Abu Mazen Wins Election

    Fatah candidate Mahmud Abbas has won the Palestinian presidential elections with 95% of the votes counted. According to the initial results that were released on Monday, Abbas won 66.7% of the West Bank's votes and 65% of the Gaza Strip's. Palestinian National Initiative candidate Mustafa al-Barghuthi won 21% of the West Bank votes and 18% of the.. More

  • UN Peacekeeper among Three Dead in Lebanon-Israel Border Clash

    Three people, including a French UN peacekeeper, were killed in a flare-up of violence between Israeli troops and Lebanon's Hezbollah militia in the volatile border area between the two countries. The peacekeeper's patrol was hit by shrapnel from an Israeli round near the disputed Shebaa Farms area, Lebanese police said, amid a series of retaliatory.. More

  • UK Soldier to Be Tried for Torture

    The first court martial of a British soldier for alleged torture of prisoners in Iraq will open in Germany on Monday, the defence ministry says. Gary Bartlam, 19, a member of the Royal Fusiliers, will appear before a court martial in Hohne, the regiment's base north of Hanover, Germany. The hearing is expected to last two days. The courts martial.. More

  • US Helicopter Crashes in Aceh as Sailor Dies in US Submarine Accident

    A US helicopter with 10 people on board has crashed in a rice paddy as it was trying to land at the Banda Aceh airport while on a tsunami relief operation, injuring at least two US servicemen. The injured men, along with eight other navy personnel, were being flown back to their ship in the Lincoln battle group on Monday, said Captain Joe Plenzler,.. More

  • Deadly Storm Pounds Northern Europe

    Northern Europe has taken a battering in a storm that has claimed over a dozen lives, caused flooding, transport chaos and left hundreds of thousands without electricity. In Sweden, seven deaths were reported, including three motorists whose cars were hit by falling trees. Two nuclear reactors had to be closed down, temporarily. Massive power cuts.. More

  • US Airstrike near Mosul Kills Civilians

    Residents of a northern Iraqi village said on Saturday that an overnight airstrike, which the US admitted was a mistake, had killed 14 civilians. The US military said it dropped a 500lb laser-guided bomb on a house, mistaking it for a nearby suspected hideout of fighters. It said five people were killed. An official from a joint US-Iraqi security.. More

  • Turf Wars Engulf Tsunami Relief Effort

    Regional conflicts are threatening to endanger relief efforts in Indonesia and Sri Lanka - the two Indian Ocean nations most affected by the tsunami. In Indonesia's Aceh, isolated skirmishes have been reported between government forces and separatist rebels, ending an unofficial truce that has been in place since the tsunami struck on 26 December. In.. More

  • Sudan Peace Deal Raises Hopes

    The Sudanese government is to sign a peace deal with the southern rebels on Sunday, with an aim to end Africa's longest-running civil war. The much awaited peace agreement between Khartoum and the rebel Sudan Popular Liberation Movement (SPLM) has prompted fresh calls from the United States for renewed bid to bring peace even in the country's western.. More

  • At Least Eight Killed as Storm Pounds North Europe

    At least eight people were killed, more than 1,000 homes were flooded and 330,000 others left without power as violent storms swept through northern Europe, bringing hurricane force winds and heavy rain. Denmark, southern Sweden and the British Isles bore the brunt of the conditions, with 100 people forced to spend the night on a ferry after it ran.. More

  • Voting Begins to Elect Arafat Successor

    Thousands of Palestinians began casting their votes to choose a new Palestinian Authority leader following the death in November of the late PLO leader Yasir Arafat. Three thousand polling stations, staffed by thousands of PA-appointed civil servants, including teachers, opened at 7am (0500 GMT) on Sunday, but very few showed up, possibly due to cold.. More

  • US Troops Face Deadlier Bombs in Iraq

    More powerful bombs are being used to target US soldiers in Iraq, a senior Pentagon military official has said. Army Brigadier General David Rodriguez on Friday said the trend of using more powerful improvised explosive devices (IEDs) has become prominent over the past two weeks. "We have noticed in the recent couple of weeks that the IEDs are all.. More