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  • Occupation Troops Violate Falluja Ceasefire

    Occupation forces in Iraq have used F16 fighter planes to bomb the Nizal neighbourhood in Falluja, Aljazeera TV's correspondent has reported. The journalist also said that the occupation on Tuesday pushed several tanks through the only open gateway used as an exit for Iraqi families in an apparent violation of the latest ceasefire in Falluja. "The.. More

  • South African President Confident of ANC Poll Win

    South Africans are sure to re-elect the ruling African National Congress on Wednesday, President Thabo Mbeki says. In an interview with the BBC, Mr Mbeki conceded that for many people, life had not seen great material improvements. But he insisted voters could see change was "coming", and said there was a "tremendous positive mood amongst all South.. More

  • Prime Minister Favourite for Macedonian President

    Supporters of the ruling Social Democrat party have rallied behind their candidate as Macedonia prepares for Wednesday's presidential election. Favourite, current prime minister, Branko Crvenkovski, says he will withdraw from public life if he loses. The latest polls give him 21 per cent of the vote, ahead of his nearest rival at 13 per cent. Macedonia.. More

  • Koizumi Asks Turkish PM for Help in Hostage Crisis

    Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi asked Turkish premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday for help with Japan 's hostage crisis in Iraq. "We are putting all our efforts into realizing the immediate release of the hostages," Koizumi told Erdogan, a foreign ministry official said. "As for Turkey, I ask for any cooperation you can provide, including.. More

  • Musharraf Critic Sentenced to 23

    A Pakistani opposition leader was sentenced to 23 years in prison yesterday after he was accused of defaming the military and trying to incite a mutiny. Makhdoom Javed Hashmi, de facto leader of the Pakistan Muslim League party led by exiled former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, was jailed on seven counts including forgery, defamation and inciting hatred.. More

  • Hutus 'Attacked Rwanda Village'

    Rwanda's army says it has repulsed an attack by Hutu rebels from neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. A military official said at least 16 rebels were killed attempting to attack a Tutsi village inside Rwanda's border. Rwanda is currently commemorating the 10th anniversary of the genocide in which some 800,000 people, mainly Tutsis, were.. More

  • Tigers Launch Bid to Remove Karuna

    Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels yesterday launched a new front in their offensive to remove a renegade commander in a further blow to the island's faltering peace process, officials said. The main Tamil Tiger force mounted the initial onslaught from the northeastern port district of Trincomalee, but another drive was launched from the opposite direction,.. More

  • Falluja Ceasefire to be Extended Overnight

    Negotiations with resistance fighters and US occupation forces have continued in Falluja as a 12-hour ceasefire is extended after a week-long siege of the Iraqi town. Muhammad Bashar al-Fiyadi, a spokesperson of the Association of Muslim Scholars (AMS), told Aljazeera television that minor skirmishes occurred on Sunday but there were no major clashes... More

  • Palestinian Killed by Israeli Troops

    A Palestinian man was shot dead in the West Bank village of Aqrabe near Nablus during an Israeli raid to arrest two Palestinians. According to WAFA, Israeli troops surrounded the house of Abu Kabar Dayriyah, 36, and called on him to surrender. When he opened the door, Israeli soldiers opened fire, killing him. Dayriyah was married with six children... More

  • At Least 20 Die in Russian Mining Accident

    At least 20 miners have been killed and dozens are still missing underground following a methane gas explosion in a Siberian colliery. Another sixteen miners have been brought up alive - two are in hospital. The accident happened in the Kemerovo district of Siberia in the Kuzbass coalfield region. The authorities said that mine shaft walls collapsed.. More

  • Memo Contradicts Condoleezza Rice

    The White House has released a classified intelligence document that warned a month before the September 11 attacks of a possible al-Qaida strike inside the United States. The document titled "Bin Ladin Determined to Strike Inside the United States" was de-classified on Saturday amid an escalating row over whether the Bush administration had received.. More

  • Palestinian Girl Shot Dead by Israeli Troops

    A 12-year-old Palestinian girl was shot dead by Israeli troops in Gaza yesterday as fighting in Iraq looked set to complicate Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's efforts to win support for his plan to disengage from the Palestinians in Washington next week. Iman Tulba sustained a fatal bullet wound to the head in the southern town of Khan Younis and died.. More

  • Occupation Troops Continue to Attack Falluja

    Occupation forces have continued to attack Falluja, with US warplanes striking twice early on Saturday, and also hours after a truce offer. In Baghdad an Iraqi is killed by tank fire and an Abrams tank and a trailer truck destroyed in separate incidents. Aljazeera's correspondent said the planes struck at 12:50am (20:50 GMT) and 03:30am (23:30 GMT)... More

  • 'Hamas to Declare Truce if Israel Withdraws from Gaza Strip' Says Palestinian FM

    Palestinian foreign minister Nabil Shaath projected that Hamas would call a ceasefire once Israel implements its plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip. "Our hope is that once there is a withdrawal from Gaza there will be a real ceasefire," Shaath told Israeli public radio on Thursday. Hamas "will be fully committed" to respecting such a ceasefire.. More

  • 'Shut Mosques' Call at UK Rally

    Some 50 members of the extreme-right National Front party shouted anti-Islam slogans and burned a picture of Osama bin Laden in a London protest calling for all mosques in Britain to be shut down. The demonstration took place outside the mosque of Abu Hamza Al Masri, closed down by police in January 2003. Al Masri and some 200 worshipers were praying.. More