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  • Darfur Rebels Refuse AU Role

    A Darfur rebel group said on Thursday it refused to return to African Union-sponsored peace talks to end the 22-month-old conflict. The leader of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), Khalil Ibrahim, rejected the AU as lead mediator and said his group would only accept the United Nations as principal mediator in any peace talks. Ibrahim also.. More

  • Four Shot Dead by Israel Troops

    Four Palestinians and an Israeli were shot dead in separate incidents in an upsurge of violence in Gaza and the West Bank yesterday, military sources and witnesses said. Three Palestinians were killed in an Israeli raid on a southern Gaza Strip refugee camp. A fourth Palestinian was shot trying to scale a border fence out of Gaza and an Israeli man.. More

  • US Forces Seal off Mosul

    Districts of the Iraqi city of Mosul have been sealed off by US forces who have raided homes in a hunt for suspects after an attack that killed 18 Americans and four Iraqis. On Wednesday, Mosul's governor banned use of the five bridges that span the River Tigris in the city, and said anyone breaking the order would be shot. Residents said Iraq's third.. More

  • Saudis Recall Envoy from Libya

    Saudi Arabia has recalled its ambassador from Libya and will expel the Libyan envoy in Riyadh over Tripoli's alleged role in a plot to assassinate Crown Prince Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz. "We have asked our ambassador in Libya to come [back] and we will hand a memorandum to the Libyan ambassador asking him to leave," Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal.. More

  • Guantanamo Torture Scandal Deepens

    A civil liberties group has released information suggesting US President George Bush approved abusive interrogation methods by military officials at Guantanamo Bay. Releasing e-mail messages obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said on Monday that one detainee was wrapped in an Israeli flag and some.. More

  • Zardari Held on Murder Charge

    The husband of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was placed under house arrest yesterday, less than a month after his release from jail raised hopes for reconciliation with President Pervez Musharraf. Asif Ali Zardari, freed on bail on November 22 after eight years in jail on charges of corruption, murder and drug smuggling, was detained at.. More

  • Somalia Peace Process Faces Collapse

    Somalia's peace process is facing collapse and the country risks becoming a dangerous failed state, a new report says. The International Crisis Group (IGC), a conflict resolution organisation, said on Tuesday that a genuine government of national unity needs to emerge to save the country. Despite the apparent progress indicated by the declaration.. More

  • Occupation Army Base Hit in Mosul

    A US military base in northern Iraq has come under heavy attack, leaving at least 22 people dead and up to 50 more wounded. The Tuesday assault targeted a canteen used by soldiers in Forward Operating Base Marez southwest from the city of Mosul. In an unverified website statement, an Iraqi group - Ansar al-Sunna - said it carried out the multiple.. More

  • Bush Renews Syria Threats

    US President George Bush has threatened to use new economic and diplomatic measures to pressure Syria over its suspected interference in Iraq before January elections. "We have sent messages to the Syrians in the past and we will continue to do so. We have tools at our disposal - a variety of tools, ranging from diplomatic tools to economic pressure... More

  • Jewish Settlers Vow to Stop Pullout from Gaza

    Israel's main settler group has called for resistance to any attempt to expel Jewish colonies from Palestinian territories. Meanwhile, Labour opposition leader Shimon Peres came one step closer to becoming deputy premier on Monday - which could clear the way for Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Gaza pullout plan to be expedited. "We will maintain a determined.. More

  • Ukraine's Presidential Candidates Exchange Insults in TV Debate

    Ukrainians gathered to watch the television debate between the two presidential candidates last night, but the head-to-head may have changed little, with most people having already decided how they will vote on Sunday. The re-run was called after mass protests amid claims of widespread fraud in the original second-round ballot: In one Kiev bar, regulars.. More

  • Hamas Vows Revenge against Israel

    Palestinian resistance group Hamas has threatened to avenge a deadly weekend raid in the movement's Gaza stronghold with attacks inside Israel. In comments on Monday, the Islamic group's leader in Gaza, Mahmud al-Zahar, also poured cold water on calls for a ceasefire with Israel. "Aggression from Israel will be reacted by self-defence ... whether.. More

  • Afghan Policemen Killed in Taliban Attack

    Taliban fighters have killed four Afghan police and wounded four others in a drive-by shooting at a checkpoint in south Afghanistan. Khan Muhammad Khan, the chief of police for Kandahar province, said the attack occurred on Sunday evening on the approach to a bazaar in Maywand district, 65km west of Kandahar city. He said three of the fighters escaped,.. More

  • Many Killed in China Mine Blast

    Fourteen workers have died in a gas explosion at a coal mine in southwest China, workplace safety officials said. The blast on Sunday in Shilin town, Sichuan province, occurred when 17 miners were underground, the State Administration of Coal Mine Safety said on its website. Rescuers hauled eight bodies from the shaft and brought the other nine.. More

  • Bush's Rumsfeld Comes under Fire

    The debate over whether Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld should hold on to his job continues to rage between policymakers in Washington. The mounting controversy centres on his leadership of US military efforts in Iraq. "I have no confidence in Rumsfeld," said US Senator Chuck Hagel, who became the latest in a steady stream of leading Republicans.. More