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Passengers Seized in Greek Bus Hostage Drama

Negotiations are continuing to secure the release of the remaining passengers on board a hijacked bus in Athens. Earlier the two hostage-takers agreed to release five of the 26 people who were on board the bus when they seized it early this morning in a suburb of the Greek capital. The two men and three women emerged one by one. According to some of.. More

77451 15/12/2004
Polish Troops Killed in Air Crash

Three Polish soldiers have been killed in a helicopter crash south of Baghdad. A spokesman for the Polish-led multinational division in Iraq, Lieutenant Colonel Artur Domanski, said on Wednesday engine failure caused the crash about 8km from Karbala. Domanski confirmed the fatalities, adding that another four soldiers were also injured in the "emergency.. More

77450 15/12/2004
Controversy Greets Egypt - Israel Pact

Sporadic demonstrations have broken out throughout the Egyptian capital Cairo protesting against the Egypt-Israel trade agreement. However, Egyptian economists have defended the pact as the best economic choice for the country. Hundreds of Egyptians demonstrated in Cairo on Tuesday, decrying the government's decision to create special industrial.. More

77449 15/12/2004
Bombing targets Baghdad Green Zone

A US soldier and an Iraqi guardsman have been reported killed and others injured in a car bomb that rocked the Green Zone in Baghdad, journalists and hospital sources said. Ziyad al-Samarrai, an Iraqi journalist, told Aljazeera from Baghdad: "A US soldier and an Iraqi National Guard were killed in the explosion on Tuesday." A US military spokesman,.. More

77419 14/12/2004
Mossad Blamed for Syria Bombing

Syria blamed Israel's Mossad intelligence service for a bombing in Damascus yesterday which a Palestinian source in Beirut said was a failed attempt to kill a Hamas member. Three people were slightly hurt in the explosion which destroyed the silver sports utility vehicle owned by the unidentified Palestinian, who escaped unhurt. The official and his.. More

77418 14/12/2004
UK Court Favours Probe into Iraqi Death

The family of an Iraqi civilian who was allegedly beaten to death by British troops has won a court challenge against the government's refusal to order an inquiry. The High Court in London on Tuesday ruled in favour of the family of hotel worker Baha Musa, 26, who died while in the custody of British troops, but five other families had their applications.. More

77417 14/12/2004
Somali President to Seek Cabinet Approval

Seeking to defuse a dispute, Somalia's president has bowed to demands by parliament and agreed to seek assembly approval for his government, officials said. President Abdullahi Yusuf decided to accede to the lawmakers' demands to preserve negotiations intended at rebuilding the African country, his spokesman said on Tuesday. "The president has shown.. More

77416 14/12/2004
Occupation Troops Kill Hamas Member after Rafah Attack

A Palestinian activist has been killed and three occupation Israeli soldiers injured in a shoot-out in the northern West Bank town of Nablus, security sources said. Israeli and Palestinian security sources have confirmed that a member of Hamas was killed on Monday. Aljazeera's correspondent in Nablus, Hasan al-Titi, said: "Twenty-seven year-old Ihsan.. More

77393 13/12/2004
Car Blast Rocks Green Zone in Baghdad

At least seven people have been killed and up to 19 wounded, none of them US troops, when a car bomber struck at an entrance to the Green Zone in central Baghdad. A police officer who declined to be identified said the blast occurred when a car that had been waiting in line to enter the zone at the western Harithiya gate exploded as it drove up to.. More

77392 13/12/2004
El-Baradei - Iran Phone Calls Probe

The Bush administration is scrutinizing intercepted telephone conversations that International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed El-Baradei had with Iranian diplomats in search of ammunition to oust him from his post, The Washington Post reported yesterday. The newspaper said it showed the lengths to which some in the administration are going to try.. More

77391 13/12/2004
Surprise Opposition Win in Romania

The opposition leader Traian Basescu has won the Romanian presidential election. The electoral commission has confirmed that the centrist leader beat left-winger Adrian Nastase in the tight run-off vote. Basescu took just over 51 per cent of the vote. During his time as the mayor of Bucharest he was known for cleaning up the packs of stray dogs that.. More

77390 13/12/2004
Flooded Mine Traps Chinese Workers

Thirty-six workers have been trapped in a flooded mine in southwestern China's Guizhou province with rescuers pumping water out of the shaft in an effort to save them, officials said. Water rushed into the Xujiaba Tianchi mine in Sinan county on Sunday afternoon when 80 miners were in the shaft, said Wu Ming, an official at the mine. Forty-four.. More

77389 13/12/2004
Palestinian Children Hurt in Israeli Attack

The Israeli army has fired tank shells into the Khan Yunus refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip wounding up to six Palestinian schoolchildren. The children, four seven-year olds and two nine-year olds, suffered shrapnel wounds when one of the shells exploded in the yard behind their school, Palestinian officials said. The army had no immediate.. More

77348 12/12/2004
US Soldiers Wounded in Mosul Fighting

A US aircraft has dropped a quarter-tonne bomb on the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, resulting in an "unknown number of enemy casualties" and injuring eight American soldiers. A military spokesman said the action on Saturday came after fighters opposed to the US-back government attacked a US military patrol that was trying to seize an arms dump. The.. More

77347 12/12/2004
Somali Parliament Rejects Government

The Somali parliament has voted to reject a new government less than two weeks after it was appointed. The move has complicated attempts to restore stability to the broken Horn of African country, officials said on Friday. The legislators were protesting against a decision by President Abdallah Yusuf to swear in a cabinet without first having his.. More

77346 12/12/2004

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