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  • 10 Afghan Soldiers Killed in Fresh Taliban Attacks

    At least ten security officers have been killed in attacks in Afghanistan's southeast, officials said, a day after a top US general warned of an upsurge in Taliban attacks in the region. Five Afghan soldiers were killed in an ambush in Zabul province on Monday, provincial governor Khial Mohammed Husini announced. The soldiers were ambushed as they.. More

  • Five Israeli Settlers, Two Palestinian Fighters Killed in Gaza Strip

    Five Israeli settlers were killed Sunday and two were wounded in an attack on an Israeli vehicle at the entrance to the Gaza Strip, Israeli sources reported. The Israeli army confirmed the deaths of four girls and their mother. According to Israeli sources, two Palestinian fighters attacked the vehicle at the entrance to the Gaza Strip settlement.. More

  • Four US Soldiers Killed in Iraqi Attacks

    Outrage of human rights groups over prisoner abuse in Iraq as death toll of US soldiers mounts. The US-led coalition faced outrage Sunday amid mounting allegations of widespread abuse at its jails in Iraq and growing anger from the people it claims to have liberated. Human rights groups demanded an independent inquiry after allegations that US military.. More

  • Americans Urged to Leave Saudi Arabia

    The US has reiterated a warning after Saturday's attack on foreigners in Saudi Arabia for American citizens in the kingdom to leave. The State Dept. referred US citizens to a message issued on 15 April saying: "Private American citizens currently in Saudi Arabia are strongly urged to depart." The move came as the Western petrochemical firm ABB targeted.. More

  • Police Hose Down Anti-EU Marchers

    Irish riot police have driven back hundreds of anti-capitalist demonstrators protesting at Saturday's historic enlargement of the EU. They directed a water cannon into the crowd near the Phoenix Park venue for the EU summit before a phalanx of officers with shields forced it back. Irish police said 28 people were arrested over public order offences... More

  • Foreigners Targeted in New Saudi Attack

    Five Westerners, a Saudi and three unidentified attackers have been killed in two related incidents in the Saudi Red Sea port town of Yanbu. Attackers opened fire on an oil refinery co-owned by Exxon Mobil and the Saudi company SABIC in the kingdom's northwestern town. Two Americans, two Britons, an Australian and a Saudi were killed, company officials.. More

  • World Raps US over Abuse of Iraq Prisoners

    Photos of US soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners drew international condemnation yesterday, prompting the stark conclusion that the US campaign to win the hearts and minds of Iraqis is a lost cause. "This is the straw that broke the camel's back for America," said Abdel-Bari Atwan, editor of the Arab newspaper Al Quds Al Arabi. "The liberators are worse.. More

  • Two US Soldiers Killed as Iraqi Forces Move into Fallujah

    A car-bomb attack on Friday killed at least two marines and wounded six near their camp in Fallujah, the US military said. Earlier, US marines began withdrawing from the southeastern part of the Iraqi city of Fallujah where they have held positions for the last three weeks, according to AFP. The 1st Battalion, 5th Marines Regiment left frontline.. More

  • Six New Mass Graves Revealed at Srebrenica

    The Bosnian Serb government has disclosed for the first time the location of six new mass graves containing the remains of victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, an official said. "We have presented a preliminary report to the government, informing them about the discovery of six new mass graves in the region of Srebrenica, based on information obtained.. More

  • 'Al-Qaida': Jordan Bomb Threat Hyped

    An audio tape purportedly from suspected al-Qaida operative Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has said his group intended to attack Jordanian intelligence but denied they planned a chemical attack. The tape recording - broadcast on Friday by an Islamist website **http://alminbar.front.ru/mosabjo.rm*** - accused Jordanian authorities of lying and of extracting.. More

  • Indonesia's Bashir Re-arrested Amid Protests

    Indonesian police have arrested the popular Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir as he was freed from prison saying they had found proof he led a 'terrorist' network responsible for the Bali bombings. Police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse rock-throwing supporters of the white-bearded 65-year-old cleric shortly before his release from a Jakarta.. More

  • Chinese Woman 'Killed by Sars'

    A woman who died last week was suffering from the Sars virus, China's health ministry has confirmed. The death is said to be the first attributed to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in the world this year. The 53-year-old woman from the eastern province of Anhui was the mother of a Beijing laboratory employee who contracted the virus on the job... More

  • US Pounds Falluja Amid Pullout Talks

    American warplanes have struck three areas in the besieged city of Falluja amid talks to hand security over to former Iraqi army officers. The Golan district, the scene of heavy fighting over the past few days, was one of the three areas hit on Thursday, according to witnesses. The warplanes roared low over the city after pounding Golan and the al-Nawwab.. More

  • Two Palestinians Killed, Three Wounded in West Bank

    Israeli troops killed early Thursday a Palestinian in the eastern neighborhood of Jenin City, north of the West Bank, witnesses and medical sources said. Eyewitnesses told WAFA that Israeli forces moved into the neighbourhood and shortly after this Thae'r Abu Srour, 21, was killed. He was found with several gun-shots, Palestinian medical sources said... More

  • Anti-Globalisation Protest in Warsaw

    Thousands of people have gathered for a demonstration in the capital of Poland, as the country prepares to enter the European Union. Anti-globalisation activists marched through the city centre in a rally which coincided with a major economic summit being hosted by Warsaw, marking the reunification of Europe. The countdown is on to Saturday when ten.. More