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Turkey Blames PKK for Istanbul Attacks

Turkey has pinned the blame for the deadly Istanbul bomb attacks squarely on Kurdish separatists, dismissing a rival claim of responsibility by a group aligning itself with al-Qaida. Turkish officials said the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which recently called off a unilateral ceasefire, was behind the bombs at two small hotels and a gas depot in.. More

68664 12/08/2004
US Bombing of Kut Kills Dozens of Iraqi Civilians

Heavy US bombardment of Kut has killed 72 people and wounded 148, one day after clashes between police and Shia fighters in the southern Iraqi city, a health ministry official said. The official Falah al-Dirmani said the casualties were taken to hospitals in the city, 170 km southeast of Baghdad. US planes started bombing the al-Shakia district,.. More

68663 12/08/2004
Four Dead as Violence Flares in Georgia

Four Georgian servicemen were killed and around 20 other people wounded as fighting flared in Georgia between troops and armed groups in the separatist region of South Ossetia, Georgian officials said. The four confirmed deaths were Georgian soldiers, Georgian interior ministry spokesman Guram Donadze said, while most of those wounded were Ossetian.. More

68661 12/08/2004
UN Iraqi Mission to be Extended

The UN Security Council is expected to prolong by one year the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq. Diplomatic sources on Wednesday said the resolution to extend the mandate of the mission, which was to expire on Friday, will be co-sponsored by all 15 Security Council members. The council's current president, Russian Ambassador Andrei Denissov, said the.. More

68659 12/08/2004
Hundreds of Casualties in Iraqi Clashes

At least 30 people have been killed and 219 wounded in clashes in the past 24 hours between US occupation forces and Shia fighters in Iraqi cities, not including Najaf where fierce fighting is going on. US forces said they have killed 360 Al-Mahdi army militiamen so far in Najaf. Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr's spokesmen said far fewer have died. According.. More

68584 11/08/2004
Israeli Kills Palestinian Teenager

A Palestinian teenager has been shot dead by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank city of Nablus. Salim Kusa was shot in the heart and died immediately on Wednesday after struggling with soldiers in the city centre, according to Aljazeera's correspondent. Seven other Palestinians were also injured when they too objected to troops commandeering.. More

68583 11/08/2004
Baghdad Shuts Down Chalabi Office

The Iraqi government has ordered the Iraqi National Congress (INC) party to evacuate its headquarters in Baghdad. An INC official on Tuesday confirmed the order which came just days after a US-appointed Iraqi judge issued a warrant against party leader Ahmad Chalabi and his nephew Salim Chalabi. Spokesman Haidar Musawi said: "A US patrol came.. More

68582 11/08/2004
Pentagon: US Must Train Pakistan Officers

A top Pentagon official has said he favours training Pakistani officers in US military academies as a way of increasing Washington's influence over the country's armed forces. Deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz told the House Armed Services Committee on Tuesday that failure to train Pakistan officers could mean "pushing them into the one alternative,.. More

68581 11/08/2004
Palestinian Fighters Ambush Bus

Three settlers have been injured in an attack on their bus east of Qalqilya city in the West Bank, Aljazeera's correspondent in Palestine reported. Fatah's al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack on Tuesday. The Israeli occupation army said it had sent a large number of troops to the area. South of Gaza, Palestinian fighters.. More

68521 10/08/2004
Sabotage Cuts Iraq's Oil Output

Saboteurs have again targeted Iraq's oil industry, the lifeblood of the country's economy. A senior Iraqi oil official has confirmed that a sabotage attack against one of two southern export pipelines has reduced Iraqi oil output but not halted it. He told Reuters on Tuesday that the attack occurred a day earlier. The attack on the 48-inch pipeline.. More

68520 10/08/2004
Sudan Says UN's Darfur Toll Inflated

Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Uthman Ismail has strongly disputed UN figures regarding the toll in Darfur, saying they have been multiplied up to 10 times, while the EU says there is no genocide in Darfur. Ismail said in Cairo the 17-month conflict in the Darfur region had led to the loss of approximately 5000 lives. Of these, 486 were Sudanese.. More

68518 10/08/2004
Iraq Judge Issues Warrant to Arrest Chalabi

Ahmad Chalabi - the Pentagon's number one ally before Iraq's invasion - has continued his fall from grace in dramatic style after Baghdad issued a warrant for his arrest. But the Iraqi politician, who fled Iraq in 1958 to return in 2003 as a potential national leader, vowed on Sunday to fight what he called the "outrageous" charges. Specific accusations.. More

68450 09/08/2004
Israeli Missiles Strike Refugee Camp

Israeli helicopter gunships have fired five missiles into the Rafah refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. Palestinian witnesses on Sunday said one of the missiles hit the main power transformer, causing a power blackout in the camp of 80,000 refugees. The other four missiles landed in an area next to the border with Egypt where Israeli occupation forces.. More

68449 09/08/2004
Fighting Unabated in Najaf, Baghdad

Heavy fighting has continued in Baghdad and Najaf where days of clashes between Iraqi security forces, backed by US marines, and Shia fighters have left many dead. On Monday, the sound of crashing mortars and machine-gun fire could be heard at the western and northern entrances of Najaf from about 4am (0100 GMT), as US helicopters circled overhead. .. More

68446 09/08/2004
Four Held for Florida Slayings

A man who was angry about a suspected theft recruited three teenagers to stab and beat six people to death with baseball bats in a Florida home, investigators said yesterday after making four arrests. Remains of the six victims - four men and two women - were found on Friday in the blood-spattered home. All four suspects have been charged with first-degree.. More

68445 09/08/2004

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