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  • Iraqi Group Denies Releasing Filipino Driver

    Aljazeera is reporting that the Iraqi group holding a Filipino driver has denied Philippine TV reports that he was released. The purported Iraqi group instead told the Philippine government that it has an additional 24 hours to prove that it is sincere in removing its forces from Iraq. Calling itself the 'Khalid bin Walid brigade of the Islamic Army',.. More

  • Israel Asks U.S. for Support at U.N. Over Barrier

    Israel has asked Washington to intervene to prevent any United Nations Security Council resolution after the U.N.'s highest court ruled its West Bank barrier illegal, Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said on Saturday. "The issue will go to the Security Council because the (Palestinians) have an automatic majority in the U.N. General Assembly," Shalom.. More

  • Sudan Warns US against Sanctions

    Sudan has cautioned the United States and United Kingdom against imposing sanctions on it over the violence in Darfur. SUNA, Sudan's official news agency on Friday quoted Foreign Minister Mustafa Usman Ismail as saying that the harsh measures could lead to another Iraq-like quagmire. "The American and British voices that call for the imposition of.. More

  • Afghan Presidential Election in October

    Presidential elections in Afghanistan are to be held on 9 October, but parliamentary polls are delayed and would not be held until next April. Making the announcement on Friday, Zakim Shah, chairman of the UN-Afghan Electoral Management Body, also urged the international community to step up security assistance. "These efforts will greatly enhance.. More

  • Australian PM under Fire over CIA's Iraq Report

    The political pressure is piling on Australian prime minister John Howard following a damning US report showing the CIA's pre-Iraq war intelligence failures. The opposition Labour Party said on Saturday that the report showed Prime Minister John Howard had taken Australia to war on the basis of a lie and owed the electorate an apology. Opposition.. More

  • Report: World Court to Rule against Israel

    The World Court will on Friday rule against Israel's West Bank barrier and order its demolition, reports Israeli newspaper Haaretz. Quoting documents it had obtained, the daily said the International Court of Justice - better known as the World Court - is set to describe the barrier as an "infringement" on Palestinian rights. "The construction of.. More

  • London Police Launch Raids against Tamil Gangs

    Hundreds of police launched raids around London yesterday in a major crackdown on organised crime gangs based around the British capital's Sri Lankan Tamil community, officers said. Thirteen Sri Lankan men were arrested in connection with crimes linked to serious violence, drugs and fraud, some of the proceeds of which are thought to end up with the.. More

  • Swede Freed from Guantanamo

    A Swedish citizen held for more than two years by the United States in Guantanamo Bay has been handed over to the Swedish government. A Pentagon spokesman said Mehdi-Muhammed Ghezali had been released to Sweden's government and was no longer at Guantanamo. Swedish officials confirmed Ghezali's release, and said he was being flown back to the Scandinavian.. More

  • Five U.S. Soldiers, Six Iraqis Killed in Samarra

    At least six Iraqis and five US soldiers have been killed in fresh clashes in Samarra, north of the capital, according to US military and hospital sources. The fresh unrest in Samarra, 125 km north of Baghdad, started just before 11 am (0700 GMT) when the Iraqi national guard headquarters at the entrance of the city was attacked with some 35 mortars... More

  • Gaza Strip: 10 Palestinians Killed, Two Senior Israeli Officers Wounded

    Five Israeli soldiers, among them two senior officers with the rank of colonel, were wounded Thursday when Palestinian fighters detonated a roadside bomb near the jeep in which the occupation troops were travelling, close to the Gaza Strip settlement of Morag. One of the officers lost his legs at a result of the blast. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.. More

  • Swedish FM's Killer Escapes Prison as Court Orders Psychiatric Care

    A Swedish appeals court overturned a life sentence against the man who fatally stabbed Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh last year, ordering him instead into psychiatric care. The Svea Court of Appeals upheld an earlier ruling that Mijailo Mijailovic, 25, committed murder when he knifed Lindh repeatedly on September 10, but said that rather than.. More

  • Manila Vows to Explore ''All Avenues'' to Release Filipino Worker Taken Hostage in Iraq

    Manila said Thursday it would explore "all avenues" to obtain the release of the Filipino worker reportedly hostaged by an Iraqi group. Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye said President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's concern now was saving Filipino lives. He said the President is praying "that no harm comes to our countryman." "The President has ordered.. More

  • Fleeing US Soldiers Seek Asylum in Canada

    Two US soldiers pleading for asylum in Canada after walking out on their units over fierce objections to the Iraq war have appeared in a Toronto courtroom. Jeremy Hinzman, 25, attended a technical pre-hearing at Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) in Toronto on Wednesday, supported by another fugitive American soldier Brandon Hughey. The.. More

  • Gaza Car Blast Wounds Three Including Child

    A car blast has injured three people including a four-year-old boy in a neighbourhood of Gaza City. The cause of Wednesday's blast in the Zaitun district of Gaza City remains unclear. Palestinian witnesses said an Israeli helicopter had fired a missile at the vehicle, but security officials said they are investigating whether the cause was a bomb.. More

  • Three Americans Arrested in Kabul

    Three US citizens have been arrested in Kabul for allegedly holding Afghans in a private prison, an Afghan intelligence official has said. The high-ranking official told the AFP news agency that the Americans and four Afghans had been detained in a house in the capital on Monday. US embassy official Roy Glover said he was aware the US citizens were.. More