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  • Poland TV Reporters Shot Dead in Iraq

    One Polish and one Algerian journalist have been shot dead and a Polish cameraman has been wounded in central Iraq. Poland's embassy in Iraq confirmed that two people, including one Pole, were killed near Latifiya, about 30 km south of Baghdad on Friday on the road to Babylon, where the headquarters of the Polish military force in Iraq is based. "According.. More

  • Israeli Officer Killed in Hizbullah Clash

    Hizbullah fighters have killed an Israeli army officer and wounded a number of soldiers in fierce fighting in a disputed Lebanese border area. The fighting on Friday erupted when Israeli soldiers crossed the "blue line" and tried to infiltrate into the self-ruled territories in southern Lebanon, our correspondent reported, quoting a Hizbullah statement... More

  • Karachi Mosque Blast 'Kills 12'

    A bomb has exploded in a mosque in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi killing at least 12 people, according to officials. More than 100 other people were hurt, 25 of them critically, said the chief medical officer at the main hospital. The mosque, in the business district, was full of Shia worshippers attending Friday prayer. Witnesses say.. More

  • Democrats Calling for Rumsfeld's Ouster

    Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld drew withering fire Thursday from congressional Democrats, as Secretary of State Colin Powell sought to reassure the International Red Cross and the administration struggled to quell the uproar over abusive treatment of prisoners in postwar Iraq. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi told reporters she believes Rumsfeld.. More

  • Palestinian Shot Dead by Israeli Troops in Hebron

    Israeli forces on Thursday shot dead a Palestinian near the Tomb of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron. The man was identified as Yassin Rubin al Julani, 22, WAFA reported. Also in the West Bank, an Israeli woman was lightly hurt after shots were fired at her car near the settlements of Alei Zahav and Peduel. Israeli soldiers in the.. More

  • Death Sentences in Libya HIV Case

    Death sentences were given to five Bulgarian medics and a Palestinian doctor by a Libyan criminal court on Thursday, according to Bulgarian radio. The six were found guilty of deliberately infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the deadly HIV virus. The health workers, detained in Tripoli in early 1999, were convicted of giving 426 Libyan children.. More

  • Several Killed in Baghdad Blast

    Several Iraqis and a US soldier have been killed and many people wounded, including three occupation troops, by a car bomb at the entrance of the Green Zone complex in central Baghdad. Our correspondent reported that the car was booby-trapped. Quoting witnesses, the correspondent said 10 people were killed and scores wounded. An occupation official.. More

  • Israeli Troops Kill Resistance Leader

    Israeli troops have shot dead a Palestinian resistance leader in the occupied West Bank. Security sources confirmed Imad Janadra died north of Nablus, near the village of Taluza, on Wednesday evening but gave no details. The 30-year-old was a senior official in the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, an armed resistance wing of Hamas. However, another.. More

  • Bush not Apologizing for Iraqi Prisoners Abuse as many Iraqis Killed in Karbala

    In an attempt to repair US image among Arabs, US President George W. Bush vowed Wednesday that any American soldier guilty of "abhorrent" abuse of Iraqi prisoners will be punished. "We want to know the truth," Bush said in an interview with the US-sponsored al-Hurra television network, one of two he was giving. However, Bush did not apologize. He.. More

  • Britons among 3 Killed by Taliban

    The Taliban claimed responsibility yesterday for killing two Britons and their Afghan translator as they helped the United Nations to prepare for elections in eastern Afghanistan. The victims worked for London-based Global Risk Strategies, which supplies security consultants for a UN programme to register voters for landmark elections planned for September. .. More

  • Bombers Threaten Athens Olympics

    Just 100 days before the start of the Athens Olympics, three bombs exploded outside a police station in the Greek capital yesterday, raising new security concerns about the world's biggest sporting event. The Greek government was quick to play down the blasts, saying there was no evidence to link the explosions with the games and pointed the finger.. More

  • Abu Ghuraib Prisoners Speak of Torture

    Former inmates of the US-occupation run Abu Ghuraib prison near Baghdad still find it difficult to relate their experiences of torture and humiliation, as more pictures of abuse come to light. One of the released detainees who was forced to pose naked in a human pyramid has told Aljazeera that the acts committed against them were so horrible that he.. More

  • Israeli Troops Raid Gaza Strip, Kill 2 Palestinians, Wound Dozens

    Two Palestinian fighters were killed and 23 injured when Israeli troops raided a southern Gaza Strip town overnight, Palestinian security sources said Tuesday, adding that forces also demolished 20 houses. Billel Mohammed Hamdan, 23, and Jamil Abu Mustapha, 18, both members of Hamas, were killed. Hospital sources said at least two of the injured Palestinian.. More

  • Kashmir Polling Stations Attacked

    At least nine people were injured in overnight attacks by suspected Kashmiri freedom fighters on eight polling stations ahead of today's voting in the Indian Kashmir constituency of Anantnag-Pulwama, police said. Attackers threw a grenade at a polling booth in the village of Sarnal, injuring three polling officials and five members of the paramilitary.. More

  • Thousands Evacuated in Calif. Wildfires

    Southern California's first wildfires of the season burned homes and brush lands and forced thousands of people to evacuate on Tuesday, portending what could be an especially dangerous and costly summer. A man was charged with negligently setting the largest blaze. The fires burned through a total of more than 18,675 acres of grass and low-lying.. More