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  • Unclear Casualty Toll in Baquba Fighting

    There are conflicting casualty tolls from the fierce battles between US occupation troops in the Buhruz area, south of Baquba, and Iraqis who resisted American troops' attempts to search civilian homes. US military officials say Iraqi security forces killed 13 Iraqis on Sunday - a considerably higher toll than the one given by Iraqi medics. Qaysar.. More

  • Syria Jails Cyber Dissidents

    Three Syrians were sentenced in Damascus to between two and four years in jail on charges of sending "false information" to an electronic newspaper based in the Gulf, a human rights group said. The state security court jailed Haitham Qutaish to four years, his brother, actor Muhannad Qutaish, to three years, and journalist Yahya al-Aws to serve two.. More

  • Firefighters Win Battle over Flames in Southern France

    After almost 24 hours, firefighters say they are winning the battle against wildfires raging in southern France. However, both on the ground and in the air, there is still work to be done. The drama started yesterday afternoon. Winds of up to 70 kilometres per hour fanned flames in the Bouche-du-Rhone region around the southern port of Marseille. Some.. More

  • Tiger Rebel's Aides 'Shot Dead'

    Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka say eight top aides of a breakaway rebel leader have been shot dead in a suburb of the capital, Colombo. The dead are said to include Colonel Karuna's bodyguard and finance chief. The killings come as a Norwegian peace envoy arrives for fresh talks, after warning that the current situation could plunge the country.. More

  • 19 Villagers Massacred in India

    Nineteen villagers, including five children, were massacred in two separate incidents yesterday in India's eastern state of Bihar, police said. Attackers killed 10 members of a family of Muslim beggars by slashing their throats, according to the police. The attack occurred while the 10 - six men, a woman and three children - slept in their hut on.. More

  • Gaza Protesters Storm Government Building

    A group from al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades seized the governorate building in Khan Yunus city for several hours on Saturday, Aljazeera's correspondent in Palestine has reported. The group of about 20 armed and masked men, said to be demanding work, occupied the building at dawn. The action was also in protest against - among other grievances - the sacking.. More

  • Turkey Charges Three for Train Disaster

    A Turkish court has charged three men over the deadly derailment of a showcase fast train amid increasing outrage at the government over the loss of 37 lives in one of the country's worst rail disasters. The train's guard Koksal Coskun and its two drivers, Fikret Karabulut and Recep Sonmez, have been charged with causing the death of several people.. More

  • North Korea Rejects US Nuclear Offer

    North Korea has dismissed US proposals to follow the example of Libya and scrap its nuclear weapons in exchange for aid and diplomatic recognition. Washington laid out a plan for North Korea last month that would extend multilateral energy aid after the North first commits to dismantle all of its nuclear programmes and begins a verifiable disarmament.. More

  • Egyptian Diplomat in Iraq Taken Captive

    An Egyptian diplomat has been seized in Baghdad by a group calling itself "Lions of Allah Brigade ". The capture was in response to comments by Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmad Nazif that Egypt is ready to offer its security experience to the interim Iraqi government, a videotape aired on Aljazeera channel said The captive has been identified as Muhammad.. More

  • Bombed out Bosnian Bridge Reopened

    As Bosnia inaugurated a replica of the destroyed 16th century Mostar bridge, the ethnic Croat general who allegedly ordered its destruction awaits trial for war crimes. Slobodan Praljak is accused of "ethnic cleansing" in southwestern Bosnia but is best known as the man who commanded Croat forces which destroyed the historic Stari Most (Old Bridge).. More

  • EU Vows Middle East Role as Israel Fumes

    The European Union's top diplomat has insisted that the EU will play a role in ending the Middle East conflict "like it or not" despite Israel's anger for the bloc's backing of a UN resolution against its barrier cutting off parts of the occupied West Bank. The pledge by EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana followed talks on Thursday in which Israeli.. More

  • Fresh Bombing in Falluja Injures Iraqi Civilians

    US occupation forces have carried out bombings in the town of Falluja, which hospital sources say has injured five including children. Military officials said in a statement on Friday that they carried out the attack at 6:33 am (02:33 GMT) on a courtyard of a house in the southwest part of Falluja. A hospital in Falluja said it received five injured,.. More

  • Israel Kills Islamic Jihad Leader

    Two Palestinian fighters including a leader of the armed wing of Islamic Jihad have been killed in an Israeli air strike in the Gaza City. An Israeli helicopter late on Thursday fired a rocket at a car in which the two were traveling in the eastern Zeitun area of the city. An Israeli spokesman confirmed the strike, saying "an aerial operation succeeded.. More

  • Nearly 40 Killed as New Express Train Derails in Turkey

    Nearly 40 people were killed and scores injured when a packed express train crashed in northwestern Turkey on its way from Istanbul to the capital Ankara, officials said. Officials gave no immediate reason for the accident, but observers and survivors blamed it on speeding along old tracks. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who immediately.. More

  • US Proposes Sanctions against Sudan

    The United States has put forward a draft UN resolution recommending sanctions on Sudan if it does not prosecute those behind atrocities in Darfur. Under the resolution proposed on Thursday, Sudan must bring leaders of the Arab militia, also known as Janjaweed, to justice or face sanctions within 30 days. The resolution does not set out an automatic.. More