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  • Talks Stall in Tense Najaf

    Amid intermittent clashes in Najaf, talks to end the standoff between US-led forces and militiamen loyal to Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr appear to stall. US-led troops exchanged fire sporadically with al-Mahdi Army fighters besieged in and around the Imam Ali mosque in Najaf on Sunday, witnesses told Aljazeera. US tanks reportedly advanced within.. More

  • Palestinian Child Shot in Nablus, US Stance on Settlements Blasted

    Israeli occupation forces have shot a stone-throwing boy while up to a dozen Palestinians have also been wounded on the sixth day of a curfew in Nablus. The boy was injured in the leg on Sunday and treated at a nearby hospital, Aljazeera's correspondent reported. Medical sources told Aljazeera that around ten other Palestinians were also injured,.. More

  • US Troops Kill Afghan Civilians

    US soldiers have opened fire on a pickup truck that failed to stop at a checkpoint in central Ghazni province, killing a man and two women and critically injuring two other people. The deaths, the latest in a string of civilian casualties at the hands of US forces in the past year, were likely to spark anger in a population that often views American.. More

  • Neo-Nazis March in Memory of Adolf Hitler's Deputy

    Almost 4,000 neo-Nazis have taken to the streets of southern Germany - to mark the 17th anniversary of the death of Rudolf Hess. Jeered by counter-demonstrators, right-wing extremists gathered in Hess's Bavarian birthplace, coming from all over Europe to observe what has become an annual ritual. Hess, found hanged in his cell in Berlin's Spandau prison,.. More

  • Dhaka Blasts Toll Rises

    The toll in a series of blasts at an opposition rally in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka has risen to 18, with more than 100 reported to be injured. Sabir Husayn Chowdhury, political secretary to Awami League leader Shaikha Hasina Wajid, said many people were still being treated for injuries from Saturday's blasts. The blasts occurred as the main opposition.. More

  • UN Staff Call for Afghan Pullout

    The United Nations should withdraw all its personnel from Afghanistan as the country has become too dangerous to work in, the UN staff union has said. The union said staff should leave the country until new security measures had been introduced. The union said UN personnel was likely to become a target in the run-up to October's elections. "As.. More

  • Kerry Sues Pro-Bush Group for 'Illegal Ads'

    In a surprise legal attack, Democrat challenger John Kerry is suing a group querying his Vietnam war record, alleging it has illegal ties to President George Bush's re-election attempt. Kerry filed a complaint on Friday against the pro-Bush group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, which has questioned the Democratic challenger's military record and replaced.. More

  • Blasts Rock Nepal

    Maoist rebels who have cut off Kathmandu for three days attacked security forces and bombed buildings inside the Nepalese capital yesterday, as the government partially agreed to guerilla demands for lifting the blockade. The government said it would investigate and make public within 30 days the whereabouts of an unspecified number of leftist activists.. More

  • Confusion Persists over Najaf's Mosque

    Moments after a spokesman for Grand Ayatullah Ali al-Sistani claimed Shia religious authorities were handed control of the shrine, another London-based al-Sistani aide denied the report. Confusion reigns in Najaf as intermittent reports offer conflicting reports of who is in charge of the Imam Ali mosque. AFP reported than an al-Sistani spokesman.. More

  • No Hamas Activity in US, Says Spokesman

    A Hamas spokesman has told Aljazeera that the Palestinian resistance movement has no members or ongoing activities in the US and any such claim by the US government is an election year ploy. "It is quite obvious that the Bush administration is in the midst of a dilemma - facing a drop in its popularity during the elections," Hamas political bureau.. More

  • At Least Five Killed as US Bombs Falluja

    A US bombing raid on the Iraqi town of Falluja, west of Baghdad, has reportedly killed five people and wounded six, as anti-government forces hit oil-related targets. A journalist from Falluja, Abu Bakr al-Dulaimi, told Aljazeera on Friday that four Iraqi women were among the wounded when US warplanes bombed a milk factory in an overnight raid. Although.. More

  • US General Faulted for Anti-Islamic Remarks

    The Pentagon has found a top US general, who described the war on terrorism as a fight against Satan, guilty of violating defence regulations. A senior defence official said the Pentagon's findings into Lieutenant General William Boykin's public speeches to church groups have been referred to acting Army Secretary Les Brownlea for "corrective action". The.. More

  • Georgia Shows off Force in Separatist S. Ossetia, Sparks Russian Ire

    Georgia withdrew its troops from South Ossetia after pouring in tanks and soldiers in a show of force aimed at winning control over the separatist pro-Russia republic. The maneuvers, the first of their kind, prompted a furious reaction from Moscow and highlighted how far tensions have escalated in a strategic region that has seen several bloody conflicts.. More

  • Iraqi Government Issues Ultimatum to Al-Sadr

    Iraq's interim government has said Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr is facing his final hours before a military strike unless he meets demands that include renouncing violence and handing in weapons. Aljazeera's correspondent reports that Iraqi Minister of State Kasim Daud, speaking in Najaf on Thursday, issued an ultimatum to al-Sadr - spelling out several.. More

  • Kathmandu is Cut off by Rebels

    Maoist rebels cut off routes yesterday to Nepal's capital Kathmandu in their first blockade of the city since they launched their insurgency to overthrow the constitutional monarchy eight years ago. Children played on normally busy roads into the city of around 1.5 million people that were mostly empty. But the capital's airport functioned normally.. More