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  • BJP Seen Losing Ground as Indian Elections End

    The curtain fell yesterday on India's five-round election in which 370 million people voted, with exit polls showing the ruling Hindu nationalists losing seats and struggling to form a stable government. Up to 55 per cent of the 671.5 million eligible voters cast ballots in the polls, which began on April 20 and closed in a massive finale yesterday.. More

  • U.S. Bombs al-Sadr's Baghdad HQ

    U.S. bombers flattened the Baghdad offices of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Monday in a dramatic new show of force against his resistance. A Marine armored column pushed through Falluja for the first time in more than a month to prove that a shaky truce with local guerrillas was holding. But the killings of a South African and a New Zealand engineer.. More

  • Akhmad Kadyrov Buried

    Assassinated Chechen president Akhmad Kadyrov was buried on Monday as Prime Minister Sergei Abramov took over as acting leader of the region. According to Russian media, thousands of people came to Tsentoroi, the settlement in southeastern Chechnya that is home to Kadyrov's clan, a day after the Moscow-backed leader was killed by a bomb blast. Mourning.. More

  • Sharon Cancels US Trip as Israeli Troops Demolish Palestinian Homes

    Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has cancelled a visit to Washington in the wake of his party's rejection of a US-endorsed Gaza pullout. "The prime minister has decided not to go to Washington. He will be having consultations here in Israel regarding the disengagement plan," his office said on Sunday, referring to the initiative voted down by the.. More

  • Putin's Top Man Dies in Chechnya Bomb Attack

    A bomb at a packed stadium has killed Chechnya's Moscow-backed president Akhmad Kadyrov and at least 31 other people. At least 46 others have been reported wounded by Sunday's blast. The commander of Russian forces in the region, Valery Baranov was among the injured, although earlier reports suggested he was killed. He is currently undergoing emergency.. More

  • New Accusations Surface on Prisoner Abuse, 6 Killed in Baghdad Blast

    New evidence emerged of abuse of Iraqi prisoners by US troops, as Iraqi police and witnesses said six people were killed in a bomb blast at a crowded marketplace in Baghdad. The bomb was concealed in a box of bananas in Baya market, western Baghdad, a police officer said, giving a casualty toll of four dead and nine wounded. Witnesses said two more.. More

  • Many Dead in Chechen Stadium Blast

    A huge blast in the Russian republic has killed and injured many. There are conflicting reports whether pro-Moscow Chechen leader Akhmad Kadyrov was killed. The blast on Sunday at the Dynamo stadium in the capital city of Grozny came during a ceremony marking victory in the second world war. There are varying reports of the toll as details are still.. More

  • Two Foreigners Stoned to Death in Afghanistan

    Two foreign nationals, one of them Swiss, have been stoned to death in the Afghan capital, a government official said on Sunday. Bodies of the men were discovered in Baghe Chilstone, an ancient garden not far from the city's center, Interior Ministry spokesman Lufullah Mashal, told Reuters. "Locals informed the police and showed them the bodies and.. More

  • New 'Evidences' of British Army Abuse in Iraq

    British newspaper The Daily Mirror has published further allegations of British troops abusing Iraqi prisoners. The newspaper claims it has further evidence of abuse and on Saturday its front page carried a photograph which apparently shows a soldier photographing a bound captive in the back of an armoured personnel carrier. The picture was allegedly.. More

  • Two Iraqis Killed in Basra Clashes

    Hundreds of Shi'ite fighters loyal to Iraqi leader Moqtada al-Sadr took to the streets of the southern city of Basra on Saturday and clashed with British occupation troops, witnesses said. Two Iraqis were killed in the clashes and one was captured. Locals said the Shiite fighters, armed with assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades, took over.. More

  • Bush Pleases Israel, Riles Palestinians by Querying 2005 Statehood Target

    Palestinian negotiations minister Saeb Erakat accused Bush of effectively torpedoing the peace plan drawn up by the European Union, Russia and the United Nations as well as the United States, and published amid great fanfare last June. "President Bush's position removes any substance from the roadmap by calling into question the timetable for its.. More

  • At Least One US Marine Killed in Afghanistan

    One US Marine has been killed and one wounded in a clash overnight with suspected insurgents in the central Afghan province of Uruzgan. The soldiers were on patrol south of the town of Tirin Kot late on Friday when they came under attack, Lieutenant Colonel Tucker Mansager told reporters in Kabul on Saturday. "Coalition forces have reported coming.. More

  • German Police Arrest "SASSER" Suspect

    An 18-year-old arrested by German police has admitted creating the "SASSER" computer worm. The computer programmer was detained in the northern state of Lower Saxony yesterday, but he has since been released. At the moment police have given no more information. The SASSER worm, which struck a week ago, created havoc and is believed to have affected.. More

  • 14 Iraqis Killed in Karbala Clashes

    At least fourteen Iraqis were killed by US troops during the clashes with supporters of Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr in Karbala, hospital sources have said. Witnesses said US forces had withdrawn from the city, 110km southwest of Baghdad, after the incursion early on Friday. Hospital sources said 15 other Iraqis were wounded in the clashes. The clashes.. More

  • 'Bin Laden' Offers Gold for Killing Bremer, Annan, Brahimi

    A recording described as the voice of Osama bin Laden, posted on the Internet on Thursday, offered bounties in gold to anyone who kills U.S Iraq administrator Paul Bremer or U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. The recording on an unknown 'Islamist' web site said a prize of 22 lb in gold would also be given to anyone who killed other officials including.. More