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  • Pakistan Chopper Crashes; About 16 Aboard

    A Pakistani army helicopter carrying about 16 people crashed Thursday in a remote northwestern tribal region that has seen sporadic fighting between government forces and foreign militants, police and army officials said. The helicopter went down near Karak, a town in North Waziristan, officials told The Associated Press. Authorities have recovered.. More

  • Sharp Escalation in Tensions between Russia and Georgia

    Frosty relations between Russia and ex-Soviet Georgia have deteriorated further after a parliamentary delegation from Moscow were shot at in Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia. The Duma representatives were investigating violations of a peace deal between Georgians and Ossetians when their convoy came under fire, allegedly by Georgian troops. South.. More

  • Israel Launches Missile Attacks on Gaza

    Israeli helicopter gunships have fired missiles into the Palestinian village of Tal al-Zatar and the Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza. Three people suffered serious injuries during the Wednesday raids, according to Palestinian medical sources. Occupation forces declined to confirm the missile attacks, but said troops were scouring the region.. More

  • Paraguayan Complex Owners Charged

    The owners of a Paraguayan shopping complex where at least 423 people died in a fire have been charged with manslaughter by the authorities. Four security officers were also charged with the same offence after Sunday's blaze in the capital, Asuncion, which left hundreds injured. They all deny allegations that the doors of the hypermarket were locked.. More

  • Irishman Shot Dead in Saudi

    An Irish citizen has been shot and killed after armed men stormed his office in Riyadh and opened fire with machine guns. A Saudi official said at least two armed men stormed the office of the Saudi-owned company Rocky for Trade and Construction at 6.30pm (1530 GMT) on Tuesday and began shooting. A spokeswoman for Ireland's Department of Foreign.. More

  • Quraya Slams Abdullah's Comments

    Palestinian leaders have reacted angrily to a statement by Jordan's King Abd Allah that they constantly change their demands. Quick to denounce the comment, Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Quraya on Tuesday insisted the Palestinians remained firm on their demands - a state within the borders of 1967, the right of return for all refugees and compensation.. More

  • Zimbabwe Commuter Train Crash Leaves 70 Injured

    Two commuter trains collided in the Zimbabwean capital Harare leaving 70 injured, three of them seriously, the deputy transport minister said. The collision occurred Wednesday when one of the drivers failed to yield to an incoming train carrying commuters from the city's working class suburbs, said Andrew Langa. "We have no report of any deaths... More

  • Three US soldiers, Iraqi Police Chief Slain; Pipeline Blasted and Ablaze

    Three US soldiers and an Iraqi police chief died in the latest violence sweeping Iraq as unidentified men blasted an oil pipeline which erupted in flames in the north of the country, halting limited exports via Turkey. In Baghdad and Mosul, Christians mourned and prepared to bury their dead from devastating coordinated attacks on five churches on Sunday.. More

  • Israeli Forces Kill Three Palestinians

    Three Palestinian fighters have been killed in shelling by Israeli occupation forces which attacked the Rafah refugee camp, our correspondent reported, quoting witnesses. A large number of Israeli forces and tanks attacked Yibna and Block O in Rafah refugee camp early on Tuesday. The shells landed in an area where a large number of Palestinian resistance.. More

  • S. Koreans Protest Iraq Troop Deployment as Turkish Drivers Stop Supplying US Forces

    Anti-war demonstrators have scuffled with riot police near the office of President Roh Moo-Hyun to protest the dispatch of South Korean troops to Iraq, witnesses said. The scuffles erupted on Tuesday when riot police blocked about 200 slogan-chanting protesters from marching close to the presidential compound in central Seoul. Demonstrators shouting.. More

  • Electric Fence to Protect Big Ben?

    Big Ben, the famous clock tower on Britain's Houses of Parliament, could be surrounded by an electric fence as part of new security measures to shield it from terrorists and publicity-seeking protesters. It is likely to be installed as an interim measure around part of the perimeter of the House of Commons to protect Big Ben, considered a trophy target.. More

  • China - U.S. Ties Strained Over Taiwan Again

    China was elated last December when President Bush, flanked in Washington by visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, bluntly warned Taiwan's leaders not to upset the status quo. Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian appeared bent on steering the island down the road to independence, talking up plans to hold a contentious referendum alongside elections in March... More

  • US Troops Surround al-Sadr's Home

    US occupation troops have surrounded the home of Iraqi Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr in the central Iraqi city of Najaf, an AFP correspondent witnessed. US armoured vehicles, backed by Iraqi security forces, cordoned off the Al-Zahra neighbourhood, where Sadr's home is located in the eastern part of the city. Smoke was seen rising from the area amid.. More

  • Leading Iraqi Editor and AMS Spokesman Arrested

    US occupation forces in Iraq have arrested Dr Muthana Harith al-Dhari the editor of al-Basaer newspaper (Insight) and media officer for the influential Association of Muslim Scholars. "US forces arrested Muthana Harith al-Dhari this morning as he turned up at the Um al-Quraa mosque, the headquarters of the committee," Ahmad Abd Al-Ghafur al-Sammarai.. More

  • Israeli Troops Kill Four Palestinians as Sharon Plans 600 New Settlement Homes

    Israeli occupation troops have shot dead four Palestinians including an elderly woman in Gaza in two separate attacks. In the first attack, the troops shot dead a 60-year-old woman in a refugee camp and wounded four other Palestinians. Witnesses and medics said the shooting occurred as Israeli tanks took up positions on the edges of the Khan Yunis.. More