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  • Palestinian Death Toll Peaks in Gaza

    Three Palestinians have died of injuries sustained in Israeli missile strikes over Gaza this weekend. Aljazeera's correspondent in Gaza reports that two of the men were involved in clashes with Israeli occupation troops in the town of Bait Hanun in northern Gaza on Sunday. They were later tracked down by troops in an Israeli helicopter who fired.. More

  • Provincial Leader Wins Somali Elections

    Abdallahi Yusuf Ahmad has won Somalia's presidential election, beating 25 other candidates in a vote by lawmakers, election officials in Nairobi announced. A tribal-based parliament made up mainly of military commanders and tribal leaders has selected a head of state with the huge task of establishing the first legitimate government in 13 years. After.. More

  • UN Accused of 'Negative Role' in Darfur Crisis

    A high-ranking Sudanese official has criticised the United Nations for what he described as its negative role in dealing with the Darfur crisis. Major General Abdul-Rahim Mohamed Hussein, minister for the presidency, said the United States has exerted pressure on UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to give a negative report about the conflict in Sudan's.. More

  • Deaths in Central Baghdad Bomb Attack

    A car bomb has killed 18 people near Baghdad's oil ministry and a nearby police academy, as US Secretary of State Donald Rumsfeld arrived for an unexpected visit to the country. On Sunday, the bodies of a woman and three men were seen being lifted from the scene of the attack, suspected to be the work of anti-US forces. "The bomb apparently exploded.. More

  • Bosnian Serb War Criminal in Custody

    A former senior officer in the Bosnian Serb army has given himself up to the war crimes tribunal in The Hague, the Serbia and Montenegro government says. Ljubisa Beara was indicted more than two years ago in connection with the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. He was the head of security for the Bosnian Serb army and responsible for prisoners of war at.. More

  • Civilians Killed in Israeli Missile Attack

    An Israeli aircraft has fired a missile at a house in Gaza's Jabalya refugee camp, killing at least one Palestinian. Hospital officials said a 28-year-old Palestinian civilian was killed. Three others, including a girl, were wounded in the strike on Sunday. The home targeted was near al-Khulafa mosque, a Hamas stronghold in the crowded Jabalya.. More

  • Nigerian Police Station Attacked

    Rebels have attacked a major police patrol and taken a number of captives in a remote area of northeastern Nigeria near the Cameroon border. Borno State police commissioner Ade Ajakaiye said he could not yet confirm the number of casualties among the 60-man squad which was attacked on Friday, but that some policemen were known to have been taken prisoner... More

  • Mass Grave Uncovered in Chechnya

    A mass grave containing six unidentified bodies has been discovered in the Chechen capital Grozny, during excavation work at a building site Russia's NTV television said.The agency said on Saturday that the six had apparently been shot and buried about three months ago. The Interior Ministry in the Russian province was not immediately available for.. More

  • Israel Kills Hamas Fighter

    A member of the Palestinian resistance group Hamas has been assassinated as Israeli forces press on with a massive invasion of the Gaza Strip. A spokesman for the Palestinian resistance movement said that a member of its military wing was killed by an Israeli missile in a refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip. Abd al-Rauf Nabhan, 25, was struck.. More

  • Blair 'Has Blood on His Hands'

    Kidnappers beheaded British hostage Kenneth Bigley after twice releasing videos in which he wept and pleaded with Prime Minister Tony Blair for his life. Bigley's brother Paul blamed Blair, saying yesterday that the prime minister has "blood on his hands." Phil, another brother of Bigley, said that the family had received "absolute proof" of his death. In.. More

  • Hamid Karzai Rejects Vote Boycott

    Afghanistan's interim president Hamid Karzai has rejected a boycott by rivals of landmark elections in the war-torn country after complaints of irregularities. Karzai criticised the decision by all 15 remaining candidates to withdraw from the presidential race on Saturday saying they must respect the will of the people. "Just because 15 people have.. More

  • Chinese Engineers Captured in Pakistan

    Two Chinese engineers helping Pakistan build a dam in a tense tribal region have been kidnapped along with their Pakistani security guards. The engineers were going to Tank, in South Waziristan - a remote region where al-Qaida-linked fighters are active - when unknown people ambushed their two vehicles, police and intelligence sources said. Information.. More

  • Blast Hits Indonesia's Paris Embassy

    A bomb has exploded in front of the Indonesian embassy in Paris, slightly injuring about 10 people. Windows in nearby buildings were shattered by the blast before dawn on Friday in a posh district in the western part of the city, French radio station Europe 1 reported, quoting firemen at the scene. "It was caused by a package bomb placed just in.. More

  • Lawyers to Visit Camp X-Ray Six

    Lawyers have been given a date later this month for their first meeting with six Bahraini detainees, who have been held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for more than two years. However, they are now struggling with the dilemma of how to win their clients' trust. Human rights activists in Bahrain are meeting the detainees' families to glean personal details,.. More

  • 19 Dead in Red Sea Resort Blasts

    The biggest of the string of explosions late Thursday left a trail of carnage and destruction at the 10-storey Hilton hotel in Taba, a town just across the Israeli border that once hosted Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. The explosions ripped through the hotel and two beach resorts packed with Israeli tourists on the Red Sea coast of Egypt's Sinai.. More