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  • Sudan Pledges to Disarm Militias

    Sudan says it will begin disarming Arab militias who have forced tens of thousands of people from their homes in the western Darfur region. The pledge was made in a joint statement with the UN, following a visit by Secretary General Kofi Annan. Annan has just ended a tour of the region in which he visited refugees camps in Chad, neighbouring Darfur... More

  • Five Dead in Kansas Meat Plant Shooting

    An employee walked into a meat-processing plant in Kansas on Friday and opened fire with handguns, shooting four other workers to death and then killing himself, local police said. The shooting took place at a plant in Kansas City, Kansas, operated by ConAgra Foods Inc., one of the largest U.S. food and agribusiness companies. The identities of the.. More

  • Fatalities in Turkey Earthquake

    Eighteeen people have been killed and 27 injured after an earthquake shook villages in the north-eastern Turkish province of Agri. Soldiers worked with residents to rescue people trapped in the rubble and set up tents and mobile kitchens for those made homeless, Anatolian news agency said on Friday. Istanbul's Kandilli Observatory said the quake.. More

  • Israel Kills Three Palestinians in Gaza

    Israeli occupation troops have shot dead three Palestinians in separate incidents in the Gaza Strip. One of the Palestinian fatalities, a 25-year-old man, was shot in the morning on Friday during clashes between Palestinian resistance fighters and Israeli occupation soldiers, as the troops were pulling out of the border town of Rafah, which they had.. More

  • Rocket Attack on Baghdad Hotel Complex

    Several rockets have been fired at a central Baghdad hotel complex used by foreign businessmen and journalists. A US soldier and an eyewitness said plumes of smoke rose into the air when the rockets struck the Sheraton hotel, although there have been no reports of casualties. A minivan drove up to within range of the heavily guarded Sheraton and.. More

  • Car Bomb Attack on Turkish Governor Kills Three

    A car bomb ripped through a street in the eastern Turkish town of Van on Friday, killing three people and wounding 22 in an apparent attack on the local governor, who was unhurt in the blast, police said. The bomb, planted in a parked car and detonated by remote control, revived security worries in Turkey after a series of explosions ahead of and.. More

  • French Girl Serial Killer Buried 2 Victims

    A 62-year-old Frenchman who has confessed to killing six girls in France and Belgium yesterday admitted to burying two of his victims at his former home, French prosecutors said. Michel Fourinet told French investigators during questioning in Belgium that he had buried two girls at a chateau that he once owned in the heavily wooded Ardennes border.. More

  • Saddam Defiant in First Court Appearance

    Saddam Hussein has questioned the legitimacy of the tribunal set up to try him during his first appearance in the dock. The former Iraqi president on Thursday signalled his refusal to cooperate after seven charges against him were read out in the military tribunal before which he and his 11 co-accused are to be tried. According to Aljazeera correspondent.. More

  • US Planes Bomb Fallujah

    At least 13 Iraqis have been killed after US military planes bombed a neighbourhood in the Iraqi city of Fallujah. The US military on Thursday said they attacked a safe house belonging to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian accused by Washington of being a "terrorist". Hassan Ali Daly, Aljazeera's correspondent in the town, said US fighter planes.. More

  • Israel Wreaks Death and Havoc

    A nine-year-old Palestinian boy has been shot dead by Israeli troops during a military invasion into the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah. Umar Muhammad Abu Zraihan was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital after being shot in the head during the early morning incursion in the Brazil neighbourhood, witnesses said. Around 15 armoured vehicles had.. More

  • 'I Apologise to all Muslims for what My Country has Done'

    A US lawyer representing three Bahraini Guantanamo Bay detainees has hit out against his own government, which he accused of trampling on the rights of prisoners. Clive Stafford Smith apologised for what he called "the misguided actions" of the US administration and pledged to secure a lawyer for each detainee free of charge. His promise came just.. More

  • Tunisian Prison Accused of Torture

    A human rights group has condemned the Abu Ghraib style treatment of a political prisoner held in solitary confinement in a Tunisian jail. Speaking to Aljazeera.net on Thursday, the secretary general of Solidarite Tunisienne, Fathi Ennaes, alleged that Nabil al-Waair has suffered sexual and physical abuse in Burj al-Rumi jail over a sustained length.. More

  • US Says Sudan 'In Denial' over Darfur

    A US delegation visiting the conflict-ridden Sudanese region of Darfur has criticised Khartoum for a lack of urgency in dealing with the overwhelming humanitarian crisis. A senior US State Department official on Wednesday said the Sudanese government did not see the gravity of the humanitarian crisis, which the United Nations calls the worst in the.. More

  • Uncharged Saddam to Make Court Appearance

    Iraq's interim government says it is ready to take legal custody on Wednesday of Saddam Hussein and other former officials of his ousted government. But the announcement revealed the limits of Iraq's vaunted "sovereignty", as Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said the detainees would remain under the physical custody of the US-led multinational occupation.. More

  • Israeli Court Orders Barrier Route Changes

    Israel's High Court has ordered changes to the route of its controversial West Bank barrier to minimise hardships to Palestinians living in the area. The landmark move by the three-judge panel ruling on Wednesday came ahead of an expected 9 July decision by the International Court of Justice, which was asked by the United Nations to examine the legality.. More