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  • Pakistan's Premier Jamali Resigns

    Pakistan Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali has resigned from his office, Information Minister Shaikh Rashid has said. "Yes, he has resigned," the minister said on Saturday, confirming reports from party sources. President of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League, Chaudhry Shujaat Husain was nominated to succeed Jamali as prime minister. Husain is all.. More

  • Attackers Target Iraq's Political Parties

    A car bomb in northern Iraq has wounded a Kurdish politician as assailants detonated an explosion at the interim prime minister's offices and a Shia political party headquarters came under attack. The car bomb blast in the Kurdish city of Irbil wounded the Kurdistan Democratic Party's culture minister Mahmud Muhammad and killed one of his bodyguards,.. More

  • Israeli Troops Kill Two Palestinians in Nablus Raid

    Israeli occupation soldiers have killed two Palestinians on the second day of a major raid in the West Bank city of Nablus. In one deadly incident, members of a Palestinian family were hit by army fire on their balcony, leaving a 19-year-old dead and his father and brother seriously wounded with shots to the head and face, witnesses and medics said... More

  • Muslim Suffers Brain Damage in TX Immigration Center

    A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today called on the Department of Justice to investigate an incident at a Texas immigration facility that left a Jordanian Muslim detainee in critical condition following a "mysterious" injury to his head. The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said Khalfan Omari,.. More

  • Bombs Found at Istanbul Airport ahead of Summit

    Turkish authorities discovered a vehicle full of explosives at Istanbul's international airport Friday, television station CNN Turk said, but an airport official told Reuters that investigators had so far found no evidence of a bomb. "Security received a warning and closed the car park for 1-1/2 hours. At this time, they have been unable to find any.. More

  • US Marines Killed in Afghan Ambush

    Two US marines have been killed and one wounded when their patrol was ambushed in an operation against resistance fighters in eastern Afghanistan, military officials said. The marines were killed in Kunar province, which borders Pakistan, on Thursday evening, said military spokeswoman Master Sergeant Cindy Beam. She said the wounded marine was.. More

  • More Police Killed in Iraq

    Just days ahead of an expected US handover of power, another four Iraqi policemen have been killed in separate attacks in the occupied country. A roadside bomb went off in the residential neighbourhood of Amiriyah in Baghdad on Friday, killing one policeman and wounding another, said police. Iraqi police were out in force on the streets of Baghdad.. More

  • Up to 200 Feared Dead in Iran Road Accident

    Up to 200 people were feared dead after a truck loaded with fuel exploded following a collision outside the far southeastern city of Zahedan, Iranian state television said, quoting a Red Crescent official. The flames engulfed six buses and five other trucks, two of which were carrying tar, causing a massive inferno, the television said. It said the.. More

  • Dozens, Including Three US Soldiers, Killed in Multiple Attacks in Iraq

    Iraqi fighters, some believed linked with Al-Qaeda suspect Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi, unleashed attacks on four cities across Iraq Thursday leaving scores of people killed in what seems to be the boldest assault yet ahead of Iraqi self-rule. In Baghdad, the Iraqi Health Ministry said at least 66 people were killed and 268 injured nationwide. However,.. More

  • Israeli Army Storms Nablus again

    Israeli occupation troops backed by tanks and armoured personnel carriers have stormed Nablus, Palestinian eyewitnesses have said. Palestinian sources said the army imposed a tight curfew on the city's old quarter early on Thursday, with military bulldozers closing all routes in and out with huge barriers and dirt piles. Israeli snipers took up positions.. More

  • Turkey Bomb Blasts Kill Four ahead of NATO Summit

    Four people were killed in bomb blasts in Turkey's two biggest cities just days before US President George W. Bush and other world leaders descend on Istanbul for a NATO summit. A powerful bomb tore through a crowded bus in Istanbul, killing four and injuring about 15, hours after another three people were wounded in a small bomb explosion outside.. More

  • Iran Releases British Servicemen

    Eight British naval personnel have been released after being held in Iran for straying into the country's territorial waters. A British diplomat said that the six Marines and two soldiers were handed over by Iran's Revolutionary Guard and arrived in Tehran on Thursday. "They are quite tired but in good spirits," said British embassy spokesman.. More

  • Saudis Offer Fighters Month to Surrender

    Saudi Arabia has offered an amnesty to al-Qaida members and dissidents who turn themselves in within a month. Those who surrender will be "secure" but those who do not will be subjected to a fierce crackdown, King Fahd said in a speech on Wednesday and delivered on his behalf by Crown Prince Abd Allah bin Abd al-Aziz on state television. While officials.. More

  • Israeli Troops Kill Palestinian Activists

    Two Palestinian activists have been shot dead by Israeli troops posted near a Jewish settlement in the occupied Gaza Strip. The armed Palestinians were just metres from an army outpost responsible for protecting the settlement of Dugit when soldiers spotted them and fired late on Wednesday, the Israeli army claimed on Thursday. Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades,.. More

  • Korea to Press ahead with Iraq Deployment

    South Korea's president has denounced the beheading of one of his country's nationals in Iraq and vowed to press on with plans to deploy 3000 more troops to the occupied country. Roh Moo-hyun expressed his anger and shock on Wednesday at the gruesome nature of 33-year-old Kim Sun-il's death but said it would not lead to the 670 Korean troops already.. More