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  • Anti-Bush Protests Sweep New York

    New York has been awash with street protests before this week's Republican convention to nominate US President George Bush for a second term. On Saturday, thousands of abortion rights activists holding pink and black placards marched over the Brooklyn Bridge in support of women's constitutional right to have an abortion. The Republican Party platform.. More

  • Many Killed in Baghdad Clashes as US Warplanes Bombard Fallujah

    Seven Iraqis have been killed and 90 others wounded in clashes between US occupation forces and al-Mahdi Army fighters in al-Sadr City in Baghdad, Aljazeera television has reported. Also on Saturday, US warplanes and tanks bombarded Fallujah while US forces exchanged gunfire with fighters on the city's eastern outskirts. An Iraqi was killed and 13.. More

  • Lahud's Re-election Looms

    The Lebanese cabinet has approved a bill that will allow President Emile Lahud to seek re-election, despite Western and domestic opposition to such a move. The bill extends the normal tenure of a Lebanese president but offers Lahud only three more years in office instead of the usual six. The controversial bill, which would amend Article 49 of the.. More

  • Powell Cancels Olympics Trip

    The message was clear. 'Killer Powell go home' read the huge banner draped over Athens most famous monument, the Parthenon, by anti-US demonstrators. And this morning US Secretary of State Colin Powell abruptly cancelled plans to attend tomorrow's Olympic Games closing ceremony. He cited work pressure, in particular the events in the Iraqi city of.. More

  • Turkish Hostages Reported Killed in Iraq

    Police have found the bodies of two Turkish hostages kidnapped in Iraq, according to the Arabic television station Al-Jazeera. The channel said the remains of the pair, who had apparently been shot dead, were discovered on the sides of a road near the town of Baiji, north of Baghdad. Several Turks have been seized in the country this month and a number.. More

  • Eritreans Hijack Plane to Khartoum

    Several Eritreans being sent back from Libya have hijacked the plane they were travelling in and forced it to land in the Sudanese capital Khartoum. The Libyan military transport plane had taken off on Friday from the town of Khufrah and was heading for the Eritrean capital Asmara when some of the angry deportees moved into the cockpit. Reluctant.. More

  • Najaf Standoff Ends

    A deal to end a bloody standoff in Najaf appears to take hold as thousands of Iraqi Shia pour into the Imam Ali mosque and militiamen loyal to Muqtada al-Sadr begin to withdraw. The emotional chanting crowds, mostly supporters of senior Shia leader Ayatullah Ali al-Sistani, were let in Friday morning by al-Mahdi Army fighters, who have resisted a.. More

  • Aziz Elected Pakistani Premier

    Former finance minister Shaukat Aziz has been elected as Pakistan's prime minister in a rubber-stamp parliamentary vote boycotted by the entire opposition. "I declare Mr Shaukat Aziz as the member who commands the majority of the house," speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain announced on Friday after the lower-house vote, which was held up for an hour by.. More

  • Group Kills Italian Journalist in Iraq

    Italian journalist Enzo Baldoni, who was taken captive on 24 August, is reported to have been executed by his captors. In a video tape received by Aljazeera, the purported Iraqi group - identifying itself as the Islamic Army in Iraq - said Baldoni had been executed because their demands had not been met. "The group calling itself the Islamic Army.. More

  • Rebel Movements Balk at Darfur Talks

    Rebel movements from Sudan's Darfur region rejected calls to disarm or confine their fighters to their bases before a political solution to the conflict is found. At talks mediated by the African Union (AU) in the Nigerian capital Abuja to end 18 months of conflict in Darfur, the Sudanese government agreed to enlarge an AU force in the western region.. More

  • Tigers Testing our Patience Warns Lanka

    Sri Lanka yesterday warned Tamil Tiger rebels that they were testing the limits of the government's tolerance with their stepped-up attacks against political rivals. Government spokesman Mangala Samaraweera said the Tiger killings undermined the Norwegian-backed peace, but added that the government was keen to avoid a return to war. "We don't want.. More

  • Twin Kufa Attack Kills many Marchers

    Two attacks in and around Kufa has left at least 47 people dead and scores wounded. The first attack on Thursday targeted a huge gathering around the main mosque, while the second struck at thousands marching towards Najaf, where al-Mahdi Army militiamen loyal to Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr have been defying US-led forces in a bloody standoff. It.. More

  • Landslide Kills 15 in Taiwan After Typhoon

    At least 15 people were killed when a landslide triggered by a fierce typhoon buried a mountain village in Taiwan, and rescue workers were digging through rubble on Thursday to see if there were any more victims. Typhoon Aere, the strongest storm to hit Taipei this year, has killed at least 30 people in Taiwan, Japan and China this week, with another.. More

  • MPs' Group Seeks to Impeach Blair

    A group of British MPs plan to invoke a parliamentary procedure last used more than 150 years ago to impeach Prime Minister Tony Blair over the invasion of Iraq. Eleven members of parliament (MPs), mainly Scottish and Welsh nationalists who opposed the war and two opposition Conservatives, want to use the dated practice to force Blair to defend himself.. More

  • US Opposes Second Term for Lahud

    The United States has voiced its opposition to another term for Lebanese President Emile Lahud, saying it would violate the country's constitution. Lahud - a close ally of Syria - had earlier on Tuesday made it clear he was willing to stand for another term, despite stiff opposition to changing the constitution which would be need to allow him to do.. More