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  • Sharon Urges French Jews to Move to Israel

    Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has called on all Jews living in France to leave and move to Israel "immediately" after a rise in anti-Semitism. "Altogether I have to advocate to our brothers in France: Move to Israel as early as possible," Sharon told a meeting of an American Jewish association in Jerusalem on Sunday. "That's what I say to Jews.. More

  • US Air Strike on Falluja Kills 11 Iraqis

    A US air strike on a house in the Iraqi town of Falluja has killed 11 Iraqis, a senior doctor at the city's main hospital has said. Aljazeera's correspondent in Falluja said on Saturday US forces bombed resistance fighters who were trying to prevent US forces from entering, in the north of the town. The US military has confirmed it had mounted air.. More

  • Bush Losing Arab American Support

    With just over four months remaining until the US presidential election, George Bush is losing the Arab American vote in four battleground states, according to a new tracking poll released by the Arab American Institute (AAI). In the poll, the third in a series of six between now and November, just over 24% of Arab American voters in Florida, Michigan,.. More

  • Gaza Demonstrators Demand Reforms

    Thousands have taken to the streets throughout Gaza City on Saturday demanding accountability and reforms, including the replacement of Palestinian President Yasir Arafat. The march comes in the wake of a spate of kidnappings which targeted Palestinians security officials and French aid workers late on Friday, triggering a series of resignations and.. More

  • Neo-Nazi Purchase Alarms German Villagers

    Doerverden is a tranquil commuter village near Bremen, in Lower Saxony. When an idyllic 19th century manor house was sold after having been vacant for five years, no one had a clue who the buyer was. The buildings, surrounded by an estate of 26,000 square meters, used to be a German army barracks. It turns out the new owner is Juergen Rieger, a neo-Nazi.. More

  • UN Curbs on Israel are Urged

    The Palestinians last night called on all nations to impose sanctions against Israel if it refuses to accept a World Court opinion and tear down the barrier it is building to seal off the West Bank. Nasser Al Kidwa, the Palestinian UN observer, informed the General Assembly the Palestinians may seek a follow-up to the International Court of Justice.. More

  • Iraqi Justice Minister Escapes Car Bomb Attack

    A car bomber attacked a convoy carrying Iraq's justice minister Saturday, killing at least four people but leaving the minister unscathed, troops at the scene in Baghdad said. Another car bomb in Mahmudiya, just south of Baghdad, killed two Iraqi National Guardsmen and wounded 25 people, the latest in a series of attacks targeting Iraq's security forces... More

  • State of Emergency in Gaza Strip

    Palestinian security services in the Gaza Strip have been placed on a state of alert after a day of kidnappings. Two of the most senior Palestinian security officials have offered to resign, but reports say Yasser Arafat has not accepted the resignations. The Palestinian police chief in Gaza was briefly taken prisoner by gunmen, and four French.. More

  • Scores of Children Die in Indian School Fire

    Nearly 80 children have been killed in a fire that tore through a primary school in India's southern Tamil Nadu state. The toll from Friday's fire is expected to rise, police said. "Seventy-seven bodies (of children) have been recovered," senior police official S Natarajani told AFP from the town of Kumbhakonam where the blaze started at around 11:00.. More

  • US Nuclear Weapons Data Goes Missing

    A leading US military nuclear centre has stopped all classified work following the disappearance of vital data. The Los Alamos National Laboratory, a key centrer for nuclear weapons research, has temporarily ceased all classified work after vital data was reported missing last week from a research area, lab officials said on Thursday. Such a precaution.. More

  • Darfur Rebels Set Terms for Talks

    Darfur rebel groups have set six conditions for peace talks with the Sudanese government, including disarming of Arab militias and access for an international inquiry into genocide charges. Ahmad Tugod Lissan of the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), flanked by officials of the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA), said the two groups had jointly worked.. More

  • By-Election Disaster for Blair

    Besieged UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has received yet another unwelcome reminder of his falling popularity as his Labour party lost a formerly safe parliamentary seat in a by-election. Thursday's two by-elections saw Labour lose one seat and barely retain the other. Labour lost Leicester South, which it had held almost without break for the past.. More

  • Israel Invades and Detains Palestinians

    Eighteen Palestinians, including two young women, were arrested overnight by the Israeli occupation army in the West Bank. The two women, aged 18 and 22, members of Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat's Fatah movement, were detained in the Janin refugee camp in the north of the West Bank during an Israeli invasion on Thursday, Palestinian security sources.. More

  • Surgery Abroad for Anwar is Ruled Out

    Malaysia yesterday ruled out allowing jailed former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim to seek treatment abroad for a back injury which his wife said could leave him paralyzed. Anwar was rushed to hospital from prison late due to complications from a damaged spinal disc, which he says was caused by a police beating after his arrest in 1998, his wife Wan.. More

  • UK Intelligence 'Seriously Flawed' on Iraq

    Prime Minister Tony Blair has been cleared of responsibility for holes in his case for war in Iraq, while Britain's secret services are facing fresh embarrassment. Five days after a Senate committee lambasted US intelligence services for exaggerating the threat of Iraqi weapons, Lord Butler's report subjected British spy agencies to similarly tough.. More