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  • Iraqis Killed, Wounded in Falluja Air Raid

    At least sixteen people were killed and eight injured in a US air raid on Falluja on Saturday, medical sources told Aljazeera's correspondent in the western Iraqi town. A Falluja resident said US planes bombed a residential area. "An American plane fired at about 10:30 am (0630 GMT) on our houses," said a resident of the Jbail district of the.. More

  • India, Pakistan Begin Talks to Reduce Risk of Nuclear Confrontation

    India and Pakistan began talks on reducing the risk of nuclear confrontation and accidental use of atomic weapons in South Asia, six years after becoming nuclear powers. A six-member Pakistani delegation led by additional secretary Tariq Usman Haider and an Indian team headed by senior foreign ministry official Sheel Kant Sharma began the talks late.. More

  • Leaders Agree EU Constitution

    The EU finally struck accord on a groundbreaking constitution yesterday to shake up its institutions to cope with a growing and more unwieldy membership, six months after efforts to strike a deal collapsed. But agreement on the second major issue confronting European Union leaders at a summit here, the choice of a successor to Romano Prodi as chief.. More

  • US Captive Executed in Saudi Arabia

    The American defence worker captured in Saudi Arabia last week has been killed after a 72-hour deadline for the Saudi government to release al-Qaida prisoners passed. Johnson was seized last weekend by Saudi dissidents who promised to kill him by Friday if the kingdom did not release its al-Qaida prisoners. Reports from the satellite channel al-Arabiya.. More

  • Arafat Refugee Climbdown Stuns Palestinians

    In what appears to be a significant departure from the erstwhile Palestinian position, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Yasir Arafat has voiced his willingness to recognise Israel as a "Jewish state." The remarks were made in an interview with the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz on Friday. According to the paper, Arafat said he "definitely" understood.. More

  • Fresh Skirmishes near Baquba

    Resistance fighters have clashed with US occupation forces near Baquba for the second time in as many days, leaving two Iraqis dead. An occupation patrol came under fire in the town of Buhriz near Baquba, some 50km north of Baghdad on Friday, said a military spokesman. Two Iraqi activists were killed. Baquba has been the scene of frequent clashes.. More

  • Deadline Looms for US Captive in Saudi

    The life of American Paul Johnson hangs in the balance as the clock ticks towards the Friday deadline set by his captors in Saudi Arabia. His abductors have threatened to kill him on Friday, but it's not clear at what time the deadline expires. While Saudi security forces continue their search for Johnson, the US State Department has again told its.. More

  • UN Agency Attacked in Afghanistan

    The office of the UN refugee agency in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar has been attacked with rocket-propelled grenades but no casualties have been reported. UN spokesman Manoel de Almeida e Silva said "Two or three RPGs were fired at the office at about 3 am; there were no casualties. An investigation is ongoing." No staff were in the office.. More

  • Moat Will Turn Gaza into 'Big Prison'

    Israel on Thursday set in motion a plan to build a moat along the Gaza-Egypt border, inviting contractors to bid on the project aimed at putting and end to alleged weapons smuggling. The Defence Ministry published a request for bids 11 days after the cabinet approved in principle a Gaza pullout, under which Israel would keep a narrow corridor on the.. More

  • Belgian Found Guilty of Rape, Murder

    After the most harrowing trial in Belgian history, a jury found notorious paedophile Marc Dutroux guilty on multiple charges of murder, rape and kidnapping girls as young as eight. But the question that has most anguished Belgians since Dutroux's arrest in 1996 -- whether he was part of a wider child-sex gang -- remained in the air after the jury returned.. More

  • 'Ghost Detention' Order Came from Rumsfeld

    US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld ordered at least one inmate of an Iraqi detention centre to be kept off the prison's roll, a Pentagon official said on Thursday, effectively making the prisoner a "ghost detainee". Senior Pentagon and intelligence officials, have confirmed that the prisoner, suspected of being a "terrorist", was hidden along with.. More

  • Many Killed in Central Baghdad Bombing

    At least 35 people have been killed and more than 100 others injured in a massive car bombing of the Civil Defence Corp recruitment centre in Baghdad, the Iraqi health ministry has said. Bodies, bloody and battered, lay tangled in the street outside the centre on Thursday, as ambulances on the scene struggled to deal with the chaos. A policeman told.. More

  • Under Fire, Iran Threatens to Back away from Nuclear Commitments

    Iran's president warned that Iran could back away from key commitments over its nuclear programme if the UN atomic energy watchdog adopted a harsh European-drafted resolution. Mohammad Khatami said Iran would feel no moral obligation to maintain a suspension of uranium enrichment nor allow tougher inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency.. More

  • Nine Dead in Ramadi Blast

    Nine people have been killed, including four foreigners, and 10 wounded after a vehicle was targeted in the western Iraqi town of Ramadi. Muhammad Jalal, a doctor in the neighbouring town of Falluja, said on Wednesday: "We have the bodies of five Iraqis and four foreigners... In addition, 10 injured Iraqis were admitted to our hospital." The doctor.. More

  • Israeli Undercover Forces Raid Jenin

    Israeli occupation forces have shot dead a Palestinian, wounded a second and arrested several others in the West Bank city of Jenin. An undercover unit stormed into a restaurant and shot dead 25-year-old Majid al-Saadi on Wednesday. Locals said no attempt was made to arrest the man Tel Aviv accuses of belonging to the Islamic Jihad resistance movement. A.. More