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  • Al-Qadhafi: Libya not Rewarded Enough

    Libya is disappointed at the level of reward it has received from the international community for renouncing weapons of mass destruction, leader Muammar al-Qadhafi has said. Interviewed by Le Figaro newspaper before a visit by President Jacques Chirac of France, al-Qadhafi on Wednesday said Libya still waited to be properly recompensed for its decision... More

  • Occupation Forces in Huge Offensive South of Baghdad

    Over 5000 US, British and Iraqi troops have attacked areas of resistance south of the Iraqi capital in the latest push to pacify the country ahead of planned elections in January. The operation on Tuesday came as world powers and Middle Eastern states meeting in Egypt threw their weight behind the war-torn country's first free and multi-party elections.. More

  • Abbas Backs Palestinian Refugees

    Interim Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas has told parliament that he will follow in Yasir Arafat's footsteps and demand that Israel recognise the right of return of Palestinian refugees. Abbas spoke a day after a small group of leaders of the ruling Fatah movement chose him as its candidate for 9 January elections for Palestinian Authority president,.. More

  • Draft Resolution Keeps Heat on Iran

    France, Britain and Germany have circulated a draft resolution that calls for the International Atomic Energy Agency to notify member states if Iran resumes uranium enrichment activity. The draft makes no mention of punitive measures should Iran resume uranium enrichment, a process that can be used to develop nuclear weapons, which Tehran suspended.. More

  • Tensions Rise over Ukraine Polls Result

    Ukraine has veered towards a showdown as its pro-Russia prime minister appears to have won the presidential election in a vote decried by the opposition as fraudulent. As tens of thousands of opposition supporters massed in Kiev on Monday, the capital's city council refused to recognise the official results and urged parliament to follow suit. Two.. More

  • Senior Sunni Cleric Killed in Mosul

    A senior Sunni Muslim cleric has been killed in a drive-by shooting in the northern city of Mosul, medical sources say. Assailants in a vehicle shot Shaikh Faidh Muhammad Amin al-Faidhi as he was leaving a place of worship in Mosul's al-Rifaq district at about 9am (0600 GMT) on Monday. "The cleric was shot four times, in his chest and abdomen, and.. More

  • East Jerusalem Palestinians Can Vote, Says Sharon

    Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has agreed that Palestinians from east Jerusalem can participate in next year's Palestinian leadership election, his office said. Earlier on Monday, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said Israeli leaders told him that Israel would "cooperate and coordinate" with the Palestinians over the presidential election they.. More

  • Association of Muslim Scholars Criticizes Iraq Conference

    Influential Iraqi body, the Association of Muslim Scholars (AMS), has criticised the conference on Iraq, which begins in Egypt on Monday, saying it will not achieve anything for Iraqis. Shaikh Harith al-Dhari, secretary-general of the AMS, told Aljazeera that ending the occupation was the main solution for the conflict in Iraq. "We have no hope in.. More

  • Sudan Rebels Welcome UN Deployment

    Sudan's main rebel group has welcomed the planned deployment of United Nations troops in the south of the country once a final deal is signed to end one of Africa's longest wars. "This is good news. The deployment will go a long way to support the restoration of peace in southern Sudan," Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) spokesman John.. More

  • US Troops Told to Shoot on Sight

    On the eve of the assault on Falluja, the US military ordered troops to shoot any male on the street between the ages of 15-50 if they were seen as a security threat, regardless of whether they had a weapon. "You are killers, not murderers. You are warriors not war criminals. Don't cross that line." Those were the words of a US officer to his men.. More

  • Palestinian Teenagers Shot Dead by Israelis

    Two Palestinian teenagers have been killed by Israeli army fire in the northern West Bank city of Nablus. The victims were named as Amir Banat and Muntassir Hadadi, both aged 15. Palestinian security and medical sources said the deaths occurred on Saturday after clashes between stone-throwers and Israeli soldiers. A third Palestinian was seriously.. More

  • 53 Killed as Plane Crashes into Park Lake in North China

    Fifty-three people were confirmed dead after a passenger plane crashed shortly after take-off in northern China, officials and state media said. China Eastern's flight MU-5210 bound for Shanghai plunged into a lake in Nanhai Park just minutes after leaving from Baotou city in Inner Mongolia region at 8:20 am (0020 GMT), the Xinhua news agency reported... More

  • ICRC Blasts 'Inhumanity' of Falluja Battles

    An Iraqi relief agency has removed 24 corpses from Falluja for burial outside the war-ravaged city, as the Red Cross criticises the humanitarian toll. Residents who fled the city gathered at a cemetery near the town of al-Saqlawiya, north of Falluja, in an attempt to identify the bodies. The Central Committee for Relief Aid transported the corpses.. More

  • Anti-Bush Protesters Battle Police at Chile Summit

    Chilean anti-American marchers protesting an Asia-Pacific summit in Chile on Friday hurled Molotov cocktails and stones at police who retaliated with water cannons and tear gas. A large march against the weekend meeting of 21 leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum turned violent when a few dozen youths broke away from the main group.. More

  • Huge Blast Kills 18 Indian Policemen

    Eighteen Indian policemen have been killed and two seriously wounded when their truck was blown up by a land mine placed under a culvert by Maoist rebels in the east of the country. The attack occurred at Chakia, some 100km east of the Hindu town of Varanasi in the populous Uttar Pradesh state on Saturday. Chakia is near the border of neighbouring.. More