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  • Six Killed as Floods Hit Japan

    Torrential rains that flooded city streets and set off landslides in northern Japan had killed six people and forced thousands to evacuate by yesterday, and more storms were expected within the next day. Around 18,000 households were forced to evacuate in Niigata and Fukushima prefectures at one point on Tuesday and local authorities asked the military.. More

  • Many Killed in Central Baghdad Blast

    At least 15 people are dead and 40 injured after a bomb detonated outside the main entrance to Baghdad's Green Zone. Aljazeera's correspondent in Baghdad said that the toll from Wednesday's blast is likely to rise. A Reuter's correspondent reported seeing a large plume of black smoke rise into the air. A man walked away from the blast scene with blood.. More

  • Pro-Moscow Chechen President Escapes Bomb Attack

    A fresh wave of attacks hit Chechnya when a landmine blasted a convoy carrying its interim leader and 18 elite security forces were killed in clashes. News reports said a bodyguard was killed when a mine struck a motorcade carrying the pro-Moscow acting president, Sergei Abramov, through the devastated regional capital, Grozny. Abramov, who took over.. More

  • Iraqi Group Says it Executed Bulgarian

    In videotape sent to Aljazeera, an Iraqi group calling itself Al-Tawhid wa Al-Jihad says it has executed one of the two Bulgarian captives it seized last week. The group said it would kill the second captive within 24 hours unless its demands were met. On 9 July, the group claimed it had captured the two men in Iraq and said it would execute them.. More

  • Spain Grants Ex-Guantanamo Detainee Bail

    A Spanish man held for two years at Guantanamo Bay before being handed over to Spain has walked out of prison on bail. Hamid Abd al-Rahman Ahmad was the first detainee to be transferred to Spain from the prison camp where the US is holding about 600 people captured since its forces invaded Afghanistan in 2001. Judicial sources said investigating.. More

  • Muslims Rally to Overturn Europe Headscarf Bans

    Activists launched a campaign on Monday to protect the right of Muslim women in Europe to wear Islamic headscarves. The issue of the hijab has sparked controversy across the continent and underlined sharp divisions over integrating Muslims. Some 250 delegates from 14 countries congregated at London's City Hall under the banner of a pro-hijab pressure.. More

  • Peres, Sharon to Team up on Gaza Pullout

    Israel's centre-left opposition leader Shimon Peres has agreed to work with right-wing Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to push forward a unilateral plan to withdraw from the occupied Gaza Strip. The two met on Monday to discuss forming a national unity government, but both leaders are expected to hold more meetings with their own supporters before negotiations.. More

  • Afghan Politician Escapes Assassination

    A senior female Afghan politician has survived an attempt on her life in eastern Afghanistan in the latest attack on government and electoral workers in the area, officials said. Safia Sediqi, a representative for eastern Nangarhar province and an adviser to the rural development minister, said she escaped an attempted ambush on Monday as she was.. More

  • Sri Lanka Rebels Warn of Open War

    Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels have warned of a return to war, signalling further trouble for the already faltering Norwegian-backed peace process. The main Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) reacted angrily on Monday to a renegade regional commander's use of state broadcasting facilities to launch what they claimed was a propaganda war against.. More

  • Srebrenica Survivors Bury Loved Ones on Massacre Anniversary

    Thousands of Muslims from across Bosnia commemorated in Srebrenica Europe's worst atrocity since World War II and finally laid to rest some of the victims of the slaughter. Some 20,000 people attended a memorial service in the eastern town where more than 7,000 Muslim men and boys were slain by Serb forces in nine years ago in 1995. The 338 victims.. More

  • UN will Rebuild Homes Destroyed by Israel

    The UN agency for Palestinian refugees is to rebuild homes for some of the 15,000 people made homeless by an Israeli policy of home demolitions, officials said on Sunday. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) reached an agreement with the Palestinian Authority (PA) and another UN agency to build 700 homes for Palestinians left homeless.. More

  • Egypt's Mubarak Appoints New PM

    Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has appointed former Communications Minister Ahmed Nazif to be the country's new prime minister. The 52-year-old computer expert has also been asked by Mubarak to form a new government. Former Prime Minister Atef Obeid and 32 ministers resigned after an emergency cabinet meeting late on Friday. The reshuffle was.. More

  • Annan Asks Israel to Respect ICJ Wall Ruling

    UN Secretary General Kofi Annan says Israel should abide by international law after the world court ruled that the controversial West Bank separation barrier is illegal. Speaking to reporters in Bangkok on Friday, Annan said Israel is responsible for complying with the decision. "I think the decision of the court is clear," he told reporters in Bangkok,.. More

  • Several Killed in Herat Bomb Blast

    An explosion has rocked the western Afghan city of Herat killing at least five and injuring 34 others according to officials. The blast happened outside a military post near a market on Sunday. Herat police chief Ziauddin Mahmoudi said a time-bomb concealed in a pile of rubbish beside a main road exploded near a building with shops on the ground.. More

  • Kerry-Edwards: Bush Distorted Intelligence

    Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry and his running mate John Edwards have accused US President George Bush of betraying Americans over the war in Iraq. Insisting that the country needed to start afresh on Iraq and seek wider alliances, the Democratic duo on Saturday alleged that the president broke promises and launched the invasion with.. More