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  • US Troops Preventing Aid to Falluja

    US troops are preventing a Red Crescent convoy of emergency aid from reaching helpless residents inside Falluja, a spokeswoman says. Hopes were raised that the military would make an exception to a no-entry rule when the trucks were allowed as far as the Falluja general hospital, which was seized ahead of a US-Iraqi assault to gain control of the city,.. More

  • Iran-EU Nuclear Deal in Final Stages

    Iran's negotiations with the European Union over a deal which would spare Tehran from possible UN sanctions are in their final stages, Iran's Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi says. "Negotiations with Europe were intense and important and ... they are in their final stages," Kharrazi told state television on Saturday. "We have given them our final response.. More

  • Senegal: Ivorians Need French Troops

    President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal has warned that the Ivory Coast could slip into chaos if French troops leave the west African country. The Senegalese leader on Saturday said French troops - mandated by the United Nations to help separate warring government and rebel sides - should stay until the Ivory Coast had an elected government. "I believe.. More

  • Catastrophic Conditions in Falluja

    The six-day US-led assault on Falluja has turned catastrophic for civilians there and fuelled fighting in Iraq's northern city of Mosul. "Conditions in Falluja are catastrophic," Firdus al-Abadi, spokeswoman for the Iraqi Red Crescent in Baghdad, said. A four-truck convoy of relief supplies left Baghdad on Saturday for Falluja, even though the.. More

  • Palestinians Doubtful of Bush's Sincerity

    The Palestinian Authority has reacted with scepticism to US President George Bush's stated support of elections and the hope he expressed about the creation of a Palestinian state in the next four years. Speaking to Aljazeera on Friday, Palestinian Labour Minister Ghassan al-Khatib said the US had not been serious in assisting Palestinians hold elections.. More

  • Dutch Mosque Burnt Down

    A small Dutch mosque in the south of the country has been burnt down but no one was injured in what police suspect is the latest in a spate of arson attacks against religious targets. "We are assuming it was arson," police spokeswoman Judith Verbaan said of the blaze at Helden on Saturday. "The fire broke out at 6am (0500 GMT) and was brought under.. More

  • Four Blasts Rock Southern Thailand

    At least one person has been killed and 21 injured, including four critically, after four blasts rocked Thailand's Muslim-dominated south. The latest blast ripped through a bustling market in the southern Yala province. A shopper was killed and five others were wounded. "The bomb exploded about 7am and killed one Buddhist man and injured five others,".. More

  • Arafat Buried at His Ramallah Compound

    Veteran Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat has been laid to rest at his battered Muqataa compound in the West Bank town of Ram Allah. Shortly after Arafat's coffin was lowered on Friday into a marble-and-stone grave, the crowd began a prayer joined by Palestinian leaders including newly appointed Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) chairman Mahmud.. More

  • Many Killed in Baghdad Car Bomb Blast

    Eighteen Iraqis including a guardsman have been killed in separate attacks in Baghdad and Baquba while the governor of Kirkuk has escaped an assassination attempt. A car bomb exploded near a police patrol in central Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 17 civilians and wounding 20, destroying cars and devastating a nearby building, police and witnesses.. More

  • Arafat's Successor to Be Sworn in

    The Palestine Liberation Organisation has elected Mahmud Abbas as its chief, virtually ensuring he will succeed Yasir Arafat as president, at least for an interim period. The PLO executive committee vote was unanimous, said Palestinian cabinet minister Ibrahim Abu Najah. "That means no one will compete with him in the election for president." The.. More

  • Israel Police Re-arrests Vanunu

    Nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu has been re-arrested by Israeli police for passing on classified information to unnamed international parties. Vanunu, who completed an 18-year prison sentence in April for revealing Israeli nuclear secrets to London's Sunday Times newspaper, was re-arrested on Thursday. As part of his release arrangement, he.. More

  • German State Bans 'Hijab' from Schools

    The southern German state of Bavaria has banned women state school teachers from wearing Islamic headscarves (hijab) and other religious insignia in schools. The ruling conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) said on Thursday that the ban, which has already been introduced in four of Germany's 16 federal states, was designed to protect pupils from.. More

  • Palestinian Leader Arafat Dies at 75

    Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat's body will be flown to Cairo for a ceremony on Friday and then to the West Bank city of Ramallah for burial the same day. "His body will be brought to Cairo today [Thursday]. The funeral will be held in Cairo and the burial will then be held in Ramallah on Friday," head of Arafat's office in Ramallah Tayib Abd al-Rahim.. More

  • Mosques Bombed as Fighting Rages in Falluja

    Almost half of the mosques in the Iraqi town of Falluja have been destroyed, with US warplanes launching air strikes and fierce fighting on the ground continuing. An Iraqi journalist told Aljazeera that US forces on Wednesday resumed attacks on the city, targeting Julan in the north-west to al-Jughaivi in the north-east. Fadil al-Badrani said there.. More

  • Israeli Troops Kill Two Palestinians

    Israeli troops say they have shot two Palestinians in the Gaza Strip near the Israeli border. The condition of the men was not immediately known. The Israeli occupation army says the men seemed to be approaching a separation fence near a settler communal farming village in southern Israel east of Gaza City. They allege that there have been several.. More