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  • Thousands Protest Iraq Occupation, Abuse

    Thousands of anti-war protesters have marched through London, calling for an end to the occupation in Iraq. The march was headed by a number of demonstrators dressed as occupation troops who pretended to torture other protesters wearing black hoods, in scenes reminiscent of photographs of the torture of Iraqi prisoners by US soldiers. Others dressed.. More

  • Libyan Leader Walks out of Arab Summit Opening Session

    The Arab states summit was opened Saturday noon in the Tunisian capital, amid low expectations of tangible success regarding a number of issues, mainly the situation in both Palestine and Iraq. The summit was marred yet again by the absence of top leaders from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen and Sudan, who have.. More

  • Six Dead in Blast at Iraqi Official's Home

    A car bomb has exploded outside the home of the Iraqi deputy interior minister in Baghdad, killing at least six people and injuring ten others including the official. The blast damaged the home of Abd Al-Jabbar Yusuf, located about 200 metres from the headquarters of the former Iraqi general security service. More than an hour after the blast, Iraqi.. More

  • Israel Kills Palestinian Child

    A three-and-a-half-year-old Palestinian girl has been shot dead by Israeli occupation forces in the town of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Rawan Abu Zaid was shot twice in the head in her home in Rafah's Brazil neighbourhood on Saturday, according to the head of Rafah's main hospital. The girl's family said she was hit by Israeli army fire as.. More

  • Train Crashes in Netherlands and Spain

    An Intercity passenger service has slammed into an empty train at Amsterdam's main train station. Despite the force of the impact lifting the front carriage into the air there were no fatalities. It is reported 21 people were injured, two of them seriously. Dutch authorities say they still do not know what caused the crash. The landmark station is.. More

  • Manmohan Singh Sworn in as Prime Minister of India

    Manmohan Singh was sworn in as prime minister of India by President Abdul Kalam to head a left-leaning government. Singh, a Sikh who is the first non-Hindu prime minister of India, read and signed an oath in the presence of Kalam, the ceremonial head of state, under glittering chandeliers in the 340-room presidential palace. Members of the incoming.. More

  • Anti-US Demonstrations Shake Bahrain

    Bahrain's interior minister has been sacked after police attacked protesters angry at the presence of US-led forces in Shia holy cities in Iraq. King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa on Friday replaced Shaikh Muhammad bin Khalifa al-Khalifa with another member of the royal family, Rashid bin Abd Allah bin Ahmad al-Khalifa, the official news agency said. "We.. More

  • Three Afghan Civilians Killed in US Bombing

    Three civilians were killed early yesterday when US helicopters bombed their home in Afghanistan's southeastern province of Khost, a local official said. But the US military said it had killed three suspected Taliban fighters in "tactical raids" and detained 23 others. Four US soldiers were wounded in the firefight, but none seriously. Khost's mayor.. More

  • Spanish Newsman Released, Troops Leave Iraq

    Spanish radio journalist has been released from the Iraqi city of Najaf by his captors as Spanish troops head out of the war-torn country. Spanish state radio said its correspondent Fran Sevilla, who reported the Spanish troops' withdrawal from their base at Diwaniya earlier on Friday, was in good health He was reportedly held by a group loyal to.. More

  • Palestinian Dies as Israeli Troops ''Redeploy'' in Rafah

    One Palestinian died Friday morning of wounds he sustained last Saturday. Medical sources in Rafah said Ahmed Abu Siyam died on Friday of critical wounds he sustained after having been shot in by Israeli soldiers in the Block O neighborhood of Rafah. Meanwhile, Palestinians reported Friday that Israeli troops and tanks were pulling out of three areas.. More

  • Dostum Accused of Prison Abuses

    Inmates at the imposing Pul-i-Charki jail east of Kabul may well wonder at the international outcry over US military abuses at prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan, having been badly mistreated themselves. Most of the 1,244 men at the fortress-like prison have just been moved from Shiberghan jail in the north belonging to General Abdul Rashid Dostum, a.. More

  • New CJD Fears in the UK

    Thousands of people in the UK could be unwitting carriers of the protein which causes the human form of mad cow disease, according to new research. In a government-funded study scientists examined the appendices and tonsils of 12,500 people and found three of the samples tested positive for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob-Disease. On that basis they have.. More

  • New Video Images Highlight Iraq Abuse

    In a collection of hundreds of so-far-unreleased photographs and short digital videos obtained by The Washington Post, US soldiers are shown abusing detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison. The new pictures and videos go beyond the photos previously shown in the media, displaying a variety of abusive techniques and US soldiers appearing to delight in.. More

  • Bomb in Bangladesh Kills 2, Injures 100

    A bomb exploded during Friday prayer at a Muslim 'shrine' in northeastern Bangladesh, killing two Bangladeshi men and wounding about 100 people, including the British ambassador, police and witnesses said. British High Commissioner Anwar Choudhury was taken to Osmani Medical College Hospital in Sylhet. He suffered an injury to his right leg that did.. More

  • Israeli Court Convicts Resistance Leader

    In a classic trial of the "occupied" by the "occupier", a Tel Aviv court on Thursday convicted imprisoned Fatah leader Marwan Barghuthi on five accounts of murder. He was also found guilty of commanding a "terrorist organisation", a reference to Palestinian resistance attacks against Israeli occupation. The court, however, acquitted Barghuthi on.. More