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  • Qatar Finds Russian Agents Guilty of Murder

    Qatar's criminal court has handed life sentences to the two Russian intelligence agents found guilty of murdering a former Chechen leader. Both Anatoly Bilashkov and Vassily Pokchov are to serve 25 years for murdering Salim Khan Yandarbiyev, attempting to murder his 14-year-old son, Dawud, and smuggling arms into Qatar. Bilashkov had pleaded not guilty.. More

  • US Tightens Restrictions on Cuban-Americans

    Cuban-Americans scrambled to get seats on packed planes to Havana on Tuesday ahead of new travel restrictions ordered by the US authorities in a bid to tighten the embargo on Fidel Castro's government. From Wednesday, the estimated 1.5 million Cubans living in the United States will have visits home and their right to send back remittances to families.. More

  • Three Marines Killed in Baghdad

    Three US marines were killed and two wounded when their convoy was hit in a bomb attack in Baghdad early Tuesday, the US military said in a statement. "Three marines were killed and two wounded when a Marine convoy was attacked with a roadside bomb in east Baghdad at 2:00 am (2200 GMT Monday) on June 29," the statement said. The US troops were the.. More

  • Blast on Plane at Istanbul Airport

    A booby-trapped device has exploded on a plane at Ataturk airport in the Turkish city of Istanbul, police say. Three cleaners on board the Turkish Airlines plane were injured in the blast, which happened after the passengers had left, police said. The plane had just arrived on an internal flight from Izmir on the Aegean coast. Security in Istanbul.. More

  • Palestinian Dead after Israeli Raid

    Israeli occupation troops have killed a Palestinian fighter believed to be a member of the resistance group Hamas during an attack in the north of the Gaza Strip. The fighter was attempting to stop Israeli occupation troops from entering Beit Hanoun in the early morning hours on Tuesday with an explosive device. The Israeli army claimed it was positioning.. More

  • Twenty-Four Killed in UN Helicopter Crash

    Twenty-four U.N. staff and others were killed in a helicopter that crashed Tuesday in Sierra Leone, the United Nations announced. The helicopter, leased by the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the West African country, was on an operational flight in the western part of the country. U.N. spokeswoman Marie Okabe said there were no survivors "in this.. More

  • Iraqis Sceptical as 'Power' is Transferred

    The US occupation authority has officially transferred power to an interim Iraqi government in a move greeted with a mixture of scepticism and hope in the still-occupied country. The outgoing US occupation chief Paul Bremer handed legal documents on Monday to interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi in a ceremony held in the heavily fortified Green Zone.. More

  • Seven Afghan Policemen Killed in Ambush

    Gunmen killed seven Afghan policemen in an ambush over the weekend, the latest in a spate of violence ahead of elections supposed to be held in September, an official said. The gunmen who attacked the policemen on Monday, were wearing military uniforms when they fired on police vehicles on a road in the Del Khak area of Farah, Interior Ministry spokesman.. More

  • Two Israelis Killed, Seven Wounded in Hamas Rocket Attack

    Two Israelis, including a child, were killed and seven were wounded on Monday morning, when two home-made Qassam rockets landed on the southern town of Sderot. The mother of the dead child was reported to be seriously wounded in the strike. According to emergency services, one of the rockets landed just meters from a pedestrian, killing him on the.. More

  • US Courts Can Rule on Foreign Detainees

    The US Supreme Court ruled that US courts have jurisdiction to hear appeals from foreign detainees held as enemy combatants in the US military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In a 6-3 decision, the high court held that "United States' courts have jurisdiction to consider challenges to the legality of the decision of foreign nationals captured abroad.. More

  • Serbian Reformists Celebrate Presidential Election Win

    There was jubilation in the streets of Belgrade as supporters of pro-western politician Boris Tadic celebrated his victory in Serbia's presidential election. Analysts say it clears the path to a return to the European mainstream and a reform process begun four years ago with the ousting of President Slobodan Milosevic. Tadic, candidate of the centre-left.. More

  • Turks Rally against Bush, NATO Summit

    More than 40,000 demonstrators, some chanting "USA get out of the Middle East!" gathered in an Istanbul square to protest the visit of US President George Bush and an upcoming NATO summit. The protest in the Kadikoy district, on the Asian side of Istanbul, attracted mostly members of leftist groups, police said. There were some 100 foreign protesters.. More

  • Occupation Forces end Nablus Raid as Palestinian PM Says Killing is Part of Israeli Policy

    While thousands of Palestinians participated Sunday in the funeral procession of eight activists, including the West Bank commander of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, killed Saturday in Nablus, Israeli soldiers ended their aggressive operation in the city. The Al-Aqsa Brigades vowed an unprecedented "earthquake" of revenge in the wake of the weekend.. More

  • UN Asks Israel to Go Nuclear-Free

    The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei, says Israel should start discussions on ridding the Middle East of nuclear weapons. He said such dialogue would help reduce frustration in the region about "what is seen to be a widespread imbalance". Mr ElBaradei is scheduled to travel to Israel next month to discuss making the Middle East.. More

  • China Executes Drug Traffickers

    China has sentenced dozens of drug dealers to death to mark International Anti-Drugs Day, says state media. Some 16 people received death sentences in a trial in the city of Chongqing on Saturday and a man was executed in Shanghai, said Xinhua news agency. Xinhua's website, Xinhuanet, said on Friday executions had also been carried out in several.. More