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  • Court Clears Way for Pinochet Rights Trial

    Chile's Supreme Court yesterday upheld an indictment of former dictator Augusto Pinochet, ruling to keep him under house arrest for murder and kidnapping charges related to Operation Condor, a 1970s-era conspiracy of South American dictatorships to kill opponents. The court rejected Pinochet's appeal by a three-to-two vote, paving the way for Judge.. More

  • At Least Eight Palestinians Killed in Israeli Tank Raid

    Israeli tanks have killed eight Palestinians in Bait Lahya in the Gaza Strip, medics and security sources say. Aljazeera's correspondent in Gaza, Wael al-Dahduh, cited Israeli sources as saying the Israeli army fired three shells at Palestinian fighters on Tuesday. Palestinian witnesses said Israeli tanks fired into Bait Lahya shortly after mortars.. More

  • Iraqi Governor Killed, Green Zone Hit

    Baghdad governor Ali al-Haidri has been assassinated by armed men in the capital, police and hospital sources say. Details of al-Haidri's death on Tuesday remain unclear. Al-Haidri is the most senior Iraqi official to be assassinated in Baghdad since the head of the Governing Council was killed by a bomb in May last year. He had survived a previous.. More

  • Lieutenants Face Abu Ghraib Hearings

    Allegations that two navy special forces lieutenants abused prisoners in Iraq will be heard this week at a California naval base, the navy says. Article 32 hearings, the military equivalent of a civilian grand jury, are set for Tuesday and Thursday for the unnamed officers with a Coronado-based Sea, Air, Land unit known as Seal Team 7. Both hearings.. More

  • US Soldier Killed in New Afghanistan Ambush

    An American soldier has been killed and three others wounded in clashes near Asadabad, in eastern Afghanistan. Two improvised bombs exploded and an ensuing gun battle broke out while US forces were on patrol in Kunar province, near the town of Asadabad, 170km east of Kabul, US military spokesman Major Mark McCann said. "One US soldier was killed.. More

  • Car Bomb Explodes near Allawi's Office

    At least seven people have been killed in a car bomb explosion in front of the headquarters of interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's party in western Baghdad. The vehicle was seen burning in front of the building, sending up plumes of smoke. Iraqi journalist Ziyad al-Samaraei told Aljazeera on Monday that a car bomber targeted the headquarters.. More

  • Asia Starts Work on Tsunami Warning System

    Asian countries have begun work on an early warning system to prevent a repeat of the devastation wreaked by last week's tsunami, as the global death toll stands at over 144,000. "With other countries, we are currently developing an early warning system for natural disasters and tsunamis," Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Monday. Having.. More

  • Minister Resigns ahead of Grilling

    Kuwait's information minister resigned yesterday, one day before he was due to be questioned in parliament mainly over allowing immoral Western-style concerts in the Muslim country. Mohammad Abulhasan handed in his resignation to Prime Minister Shaikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, the state news agency Kuna reported, but did not say whether it had been.. More

  • US Soldier Killed in Afghanistan

    A US soldier and an Afghan citizen have been killed in a gun battle close to a village in western Afghanistan, the US military said. The statement says US forces came under fire during an early morning search of a compound near Shindand airfield in Herat province, which borders Iran. "One US soldier and one Afghan citizen were killed in an exchange.. More

  • Many Dead in Burundi Fighting

    Forty-six rebels and three soldiers have been killed in Burundi in an army assault on the rebel National Liberation Forces near the capital Bujumbura. Army spokesman Major Adolphe Manirakiza said 46 National Liberation Forces (FNL) rebels were killed and 30 rifles seized by the army in a major operation in the town of Nyabiraba, 25km southeast of Bujumbura,.. More

  • Iraq Bus Bomb Kills National Guards

    Sixteen members of the Iraqi National Guard and a civilian were killed when a bomb ripped through a bus leaving the capital Baghdad. US spokesman Master Sergeant Robert Powell confirmed the blast near the town of Balad on Sunday and said six national guardsmen were also wounded in the attack. The dead civilian was a woman who had been standing on.. More

  • Israel Arrests Palestinian Candidates

    In an apparent effort to forestall gains by Hamas in Palestinian elections, the Israeli army has arrested a large number of potential candidates in the southern part of the West Bank. The arrests began shortly after midnight on Saturday in the town of Dura, nearly 50km south of Jerusalem, where the Israeli occupation army arrested an undisclosed number.. More

  • Musharraf Decision Draws Protests

    Hundreds of supporters of secular and religious groups protested across Pakistan yesterday against President General Pervez Musharraf's decision to retain the powerful post of army chief. Holding black flags, about 1,500 protesters marched on a main city road in the southern city of Karachi, while nearly 600 people gathered in the northwestern city.. More

  • Al-Baradai Sole Player for IAEA Job

    Muhammad al-Baradai will run unchallenged for a third term as head of the United Nation's nuclear watchdog despite Washington's campaign to oust him. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Saturday said al-Baradai was alone in the race for the organisation's top job as no other candidates had come forward before the deadline for nominations.. More

  • At Least Seven Killed in Iraq Car Bomb Attack

    A car bomber has killed seven people, five of them Iraqi national guards, near the northern town of Baiji. The bomber drove his car at a checkpoint in Siniya, west of the oil refining town, killing five national guards and two civilians, guard Captain Raad Jassim said on Friday. Two other civilians were shot dead by guards nearby when they failed.. More