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  • Five US Soldiers Killed in Baghdad Blast

    Five US soldiers were killed and five wounded yesterday in a blast in east Baghdad as the number of soldiers killed in action in Iraq hit at least 600, the US military said. The 10 were members of Task Force Baghdad, which is made up primarily of the Texas-based 1st Cavalry Division, said Army Lt Col James Hutton, the division spokesman. The vehicles.. More

  • Protests Hit Bush Visit to Rome

    Anti-war demonstrators hurling stones clashed with police during a march by tens of thousands of people to protest US President George W Bush's visit yesterday in Rome, where streets were sealed off and massively guarded by anti-riot officers. Protesters took to the streets to demonstrate through central Rome, many with signs demanding Italy withdraw.. More

  • Korean Officials Vow to Lower Tensions

    South and North Korea have reached an agreement to open cross-border roads and make test runs on two railways across their heavily fortified frontier in October. Under the accord, which followed a meeting of economic officials in the North Korean capital, the two sides will open two roads, one across the western part of the inter-Korean border and.. More

  • Many Killed in Najaf Fighting

    Five civilians and an unknown number of Shi'ite militiamen were killed yesterday in clashes with American troops, the US military said, as fresh fighting rocked Najaf. Yesterday's clashes broke out as troops searched a school suspected of having been used by Moqtada Sadr's Mehdi Army members to launch mortar attacks. The search yielded three mortar.. More

  • Sharon Sacks Ministers over Gaza Pullout

    Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has dismissed two extreme-right members in an effort to pave the way for his unilateral withdrawal from the occupied Gaza Strip. Sharon sent the dismissal notices on Friday to Transport Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Tourism Minister Benny Elon of the National Union Party after they failed to answer a summons to.. More

  • Probe Sought into Tiananmen Massacre

    Human rights groups yesterday called for an independent inquiry on the eve of the 15th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, with all debate on the issue in China quashed, dissidents under house arrest and phone lines cut. Amnesty International led the charge in a strongly worded statement demanding those responsible for the deaths of hundreds,.. More

  • CIA Director Tenet Resigns

    The most senior US intelligence official, George Tenet, has resigned after months of controversy about the work of the agency he has run since 1996. President George Bush announced on Thursday that his director of Central Intelligence (DCI) was resigning for personal reasons after doing "a superb job". "He has been a strong leader in the War on Terror,".. More

  • UN Seeks Urgent Aid to Avert Crisis in Sudan

    The United Nations has mobilised donor countries against a mounting humanitarian crisis in Darfur. But rights groups warn that aid efforts could fail without a quick end to violence in the western Sudanese region. Aid agencies met behind closed doors with officials from leading donor countries on Thursday to speed up the flow of international help.. More

  • Israel Bulldozes more Palestinian Homes in Rafah

    Israeli troops have destroyed yet more homes in the occupied Gaza Strip refugee camp of Rafah where 1650 Palestinians were made homeless in raids last month. At least 18 houses were demolished in the latest campaign before dawn on Thursday, said Palestinian security officials. Israel claimed the homes were used in resistance attacks against occupation.. More

  • 'Non Grazie' Say Romans ahead of Bush Visit

    Rome is packed with police ahead of US president George W Bush's visit. The American leader arrives late tonight, and some 10,000 extra police officers and troops have been drafted into the Italian capital to make security airtight. The US embassy has all its approaches tightly controlled. The Italian communist party, anticipating an airspace ban.. More

  • Iraq Resolution Fails to Garner Full Support

    UN Security Council members have expressed their concern over a revised resolution on post-occupation Iraq circulated by the US and the UK. The occupying countries, who plan to relinquish some of their control over Iraq on 30 June, had hoped the new draft, issued on Tuesday, would address a variety of concerns raised by Security Council members. Members.. More

  • Gunmen Open Fire on Car Carrying Americans in Riyadh

    Gunmen opened fire Wednesday on a car carrying at least one American in western Saudi Arabia, a Western diplomat said. The diplomat's account came shortly after reports that gunmen opened fire on a car carrying at least one American outside a compound in Riyadh that is used by members of the U.S. military. "The car was coming out of the compound.. More

  • US Military Abuse Cases Rise

    The number of cases of misconduct by US soldiers against detainees and civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan has risen to 91, an army official has said. The new figure is nearly double the 49 cases of abuse disclosed two weeks ago by senior Pentagon officials - and the number is expected to rise. It is a blow to the administration's efforts to portray.. More

  • Brazil Prison Riot Leaves 30 Dead

    Inmates at a Rio de Janeiro prison killed at least 30 people, beheading half of them, in three days of gang war anarchy. Police on Tuesday said that it was the worst jail violence in Brazil in more than 10 years. Authorities said 15 decapitated bodies were found in the Benfica jail, which opened only a month ago, in an overnight search after the rioting.. More

  • Ghazi Al-Yawir Appointed Iraq President

    Sunni Muslim tribal chief Ghazi al-Yawir has been appointed as Iraq's new president, the Iraqi Governing Council has announced. Council sources said on Tuesday al-Yawir got the job after Adnan Pachachi, a candidate favoured by Washington, declined an offer to take the position. One aide to a governing council member said Pachachi and UN envoy al-Akhdar.. More