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  • Nigerian Tribal Chief Sacked Amid Fighting

    Nigerian authorities have deposed a tribal ruler in the northeastern town of Numan, where ethnic fighting left at least 50 people dead this week. Freddy Bongo was removed because of his "insensitivity to the security situation in his domain and complicity in the violence which led to destruction and deaths," a spokesman for Adamawa state Governor Boni.. More

  • Hamas Vows to Continue Attacks

    Hamas will continue attacks against Israelis, despite plans to evacuate settlements and military camps from the Gaza Strip, a top Hamas leader said Saturday. "We do not trust the Israelis and we do not trust that the Israelis are going to withdraw from Gaza while they are speaking of controlling the sea and the air. Until the occupation completely.. More

  • American Shot Dead in Saudi Arabia

    An American has been killed in the Saudi capital Riyadh, a police official has said. "An American resident was shot dead in al-Malaz district at 4:00 pm (13:00 GMT) on Saturday," he said, quoted by the official SPA news agency. "We believe he is an American and we're trying to confirm this," a US embassy spokesman told reporters. Security men.. More

  • Iraqi Minister Assassinated

    An Iraqi deputy foreign minister, Bassam Kuba, has been assassinated in a Baghdad neighbourhood. A spokesman at the Iraq Foreign Ministry, Thamir al-Aadhami, told Aljazeera on Saturday that details of the incident were still not clear. "We heard that assailants opened fire on Bassam while he was driving his car near Assaf mosque," in the Aadamiya.. More

  • South Korea to Send Troops to Iraq

    South Korea plans to dispatch troops to Iraq in three stages between late July and August - creating the third largest military contingent after the US and UK. The report on Saturday finally gave a date after months of delays in the face of domestic opposition. A Defence Ministry official told Reuters the timing of the troop dispatch was likely.. More

  • Czechs Lead EU States in Historic Vote

    The Czechs became the first people from behind the old "Iron Curtain" to vote in a European Parliament election yesterday, as the continent where democracy was born staged the biggest ballot in its history. Vaclav Havel, the ailing playwright and statesman who led the Czech Republic from communism to the brink of European Union membership, was among.. More

  • No Major Breakthroughs at G8 Summit

    Leaders of the world's major industrialised powers have wrapped up a three-day summit without patching up differences over NATO's involvement in Iraq and new initiatives to end the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The Group of Eight leaders remained at odds over the dispatch of occupation troops to Iraq, a possible role for NATO and debt relief for the.. More

  • Serbs Admit 1995 Massacre of Muslims

    Bosnian Serbs have admitted for the first time that their forces killed several thousand Muslims in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, saying the perpetrators had tried to cover up the worst atrocity in Europe since The Second World War. A report by a Bosnian Serb government commission said that it has "established that during the 10-19 July 1995 period.. More

  • Four Palestinians Dead as Israeli Troops Arrest Hamas Member During His Wedding Party

    Four Palestinians were shot dead in less than 24 hours in various incidents in the West Bank as Israeli troops arrested a Hamas member during his wedding party. In Ramallah, Israeli soldiers on Thursday evening arrested a Hamas activist during his wedding. Troops from an elite unit arrived at the wedding hall in the city and used loudspeakers to.. More

  • DR Congo 'Foils' Coup Bid

    Renegade presidential guards in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been forced from the headquarters of the state radio station in an apparent failed coup attempt. Information Minister Vital Kamerhe said the situation was now calm and the radio station had been recaptured. He said the coup officers had retreated to a military base within Kinshasa.. More

  • Sudan Blames West for Darfur Conflict

    Sudan's vice-president has blamed the West for the conflict in western Darfur, which the UN has described as the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Ali Osman Taha told Egyptian and Sudanese intellectuals and politicians in Cairo on Thursday that the conflict was "fabricated" by the international community. The same parties that were responsible for.. More

  • Clashes Erupt in Najaf

    Five people have been killed in fighting between Iraqi police and Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr's militia in Najaf, the first battles in the holy city since al-Sadr agreed to a truce with US occupation forces last week. Another 25 people were wounded in Thursday's fighting, reported Aljazeera's correspondent. Those killed include policemen and al-Mahdi.. More

  • Palestinian Killed in Jenin

    A Palestinian has been shot dead during clashes with Israeli troops during an army raid on the northern West Bank city of Jenin. Mamun al-Zarini, 24, a resistance fighter with al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, was killed on Thursday, according to Palestinian security services and medics He died during a major gunfight which broke out in the early hours of.. More

  • Chirac Blocks Bush on NATO Role in Iraq

    The United States and France have clashed again over Iraq, with their new harmony on post-war strategy dissolving over NATO's role. The new spat ignited after President George Bush, bolstered by the United Nations Security Council green light for his bid to remake Iraq, went on the offensive, calling at the Group of Eight summit in Georgia for a greater.. More

  • German 'Bomb Blast' Injures Many

    At least 17 people have been hurt in a suspected bomb blast in a commercial district of the German city of Cologne. One person was critically injured and four people seriously injured in the blast, which showered the street with glass and debris. The explosion occurred outside a three-storey building housing both flats and shops in the district.. More