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  • Anti-French Anger Flares in Ivory Coast

    Anger is seething on the streets of Abidjan after French forces blew up Ivorian warplanes and three army helicopters. On Saturday youths chanted anti-French slogans and looted and torched four French schools. Thousands of President Laurent Gbagbo supporters were reported marching on Abidjan airport, where a company of French infantry was stationed... More

  • Many Killed in Samarra Bomb Attacks as Twenty US Troops Wounded in Ramadi

    Four car bombs and attacks on three police stations in the central Iraqi city of Samarra have left at least 37 people dead and 62 wounded. A health official said 23 people, including nine policemen, had been killed and 40 wounded, among them 17 policemen, in the first three bomb explosions in the city north of Baghdad. The fourth blast occurred at.. More

  • Israel Troops Kill Palestinian Resistance Fighters

    Israeli forces have killed three Palestinian resistance fighters who tried to attack a Jewish settlement bloc in the Gaza Strip, Israeli sources said. But Palestinian security sources said on Saturday only two fighters were killed by Israeli small arms and missile fire on the outskirts of Gush Katif, identifying them as members of Islamic Jihad. The.. More

  • Annan Warns against Falluja Offensive

    UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has warned the United States, Britain and Iraq that an assault on Falluja could further anger Iraqis and undermine planned January elections. Annan's warning came in letters to US President George Bush, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Iraqi Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi sent late last week, UN officials said.. More

  • Sudan Rejects 'One-Sided' Darfur Deal

    Sudan's government has refused to sign a security deal with rebels designed to end violence in the western Darfur region. Government officials said on Friday that the document drafted by African Union mediators was too one-sided. "Still we are negotiating and consulting ... . The headache concerns the prohibition of flights over Darfur. The issue.. More

  • Violence Flares Up in Ivory Coast

    Ivory Coast government forces have resumed air strikes on former rebels, while political violence targeting opposition parties in Abidjan raised fears of fresh civil strife. In face of the escalating unrest, African Union leaders have called for a crisis meeting on Saturday, while UN agencies suspended relief and humanitarian work in the West African.. More

  • Several Iraqis Killed in Car Bomb Blast as Three UK Soldiers Die in Ambush

    At least four Iraqis have been killed and 18 wounded in a car bomb explosion outside a city council building north of Baghdad, while a second car bombing to the south wounded six Iraqi national guards. The bombings happened on Thursday, a day when three Jordanian truck-drivers were taken captive. Two local Iraqi leaders were gunned down elsewhere... More

  • Three Palestinians Killed in Israeli Tank Fire

    Three Palestinians have been killed by an Israeli tank shell in central Gaza according to Palestinian security sources. The incident took place near the al-Burij refugee camp late on Thursday, they said. There were no further details and their identities were not immediately known. The deaths bring the number of people killed since the beginning.. More

  • Bush to Reshuffle Cabinet

    Re-elected US President George Bush has settled down to business as usual after his decisive win and is set to reshuffle his cabinet. As congratulations streamed in from around the world, Bush appeared set for second-term changes. Citing government officials on Thursday, The New York Times said Attorney-General John Ashcroft, 62, and Homeland Security.. More

  • Macedonia Recognition Irks Athens

    Greek Foreign Minister Petros Molyviatis said the United States has decided to recognise the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia as the Republic of Macedonia. Molyviatis cancelled his trip to the EU summit in Brussels on news the US is considering giving official recognition to Macedonia. The Greek foreign minister summoned US ambassador to Greece.. More

  • Arafat's Health Worsens

    Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat has been rushed to an intensive care unit at the Paris hospital where he is receiving treatment for a blood disorder, but his life is not in danger, his aides say. "He has been in intensive care since this [Wednesday] morning," an official accompanying the 75-year-old Arafat said, speaking on condition of anonymity. "He.. More

  • Afghan Captors Extend UN Workers' Deadline

    A Taliban splinter group claiming to be holding three foreign UN workers hostage has extended the deadline for their threatened execution at the request of the Afghan government. "We have extended the deadline and now the final deadline is 10am (0530 GMT)," Akbar Agha, commander of Jaish al-Muslimin, told the Afghan Islamic Press on Thursday. Agha.. More

  • Shaikh Khalifa Named UAE President

    The United Arab Emirates has named a new president in a smooth handover of power following the death of President Shaikh Zayid bin Sultan al-Nuhayyan. The official media said on Wednesday the UAE federal council, made up of the leaders of the seven emirates of the oil-rich OPEC member, unanimously elected as president Shaikh Khalifa, who is Shaikh.. More

  • Palestinian Civilian Killed in Rafah

    Israeli occupation troops have shot and killed a Palestinian taxi driver as he drove near an Israeli army post in a southern Gaza refugee camp. Witnesses said Rafat al-Hams, 27, was heading away from the Israeli post in the Rafah refugee camp when he was hit. Israeli troops rolled into the camp on Gaza's southern border before dawn, demolishing some.. More

  • Hungary Will Withdraw Troops From Iraq

    Hungary will withdraw its 300 troops from Iraq by March 31, 2005, Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany said at a military ceremony. "To stay there until the elections are held is our duty," Gyurcsany said Wednesday, referring to elections set for January in Iraq. "To stay there much longer is impossible. That is why by March 31, 2005, we are withdrawing.. More