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  • Bosnian Serb Gets 10 Years for War Crimes

    A former Bosnian Serb politician who was a star witness against Slobodan Milosevic and other top suspects at the UN war crimes tribunal has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for his own war crimes. As part of a deal with prosecutors, Miroslav Deronjic, 49, confessed to a single charge of persecution for ordering the destruction of the Muslim village.. More

  • Cyprus Talks Re-Start in Switzerland

    After a grueling night of talks aimed at ending thirty years of division on Cyprus, Greek and Turkish negotiators have re-convened in the Swiss alpine resort of Buergenstock. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan wants formal first views on his revised peace plan today and the talks to end by Wednesday. If there is no deal by then, both parts of the island.. More

  • Deadly Clashes Shake Uzbek Capital

    Clashes have erupted between police and suspected fighters in the Uzbek capital, leaving at least 21 people dead after several explosions shook the city. Uzbek forces stormed a suspected hideout in Tashkent near the president's residence on Tuesday, killing 16 people. Some had been shot by police but others killed themselves with grenades, said.. More

  • Sudanese Army Officers Held on Coup Charges

    Sudanese security forces have arrested 10 army officers who were allegedly plotting to overthrow the government, a high-ranking military official said on Monday. The official, who asked not to be named, said the officers were arrested on Sunday and were mostly from war-torn western Sudan. He said they all had sympathies to the opposition Popular.. More

  • Egypt to Host Summit of Arab Leaders

    Egypt stepped in yesterday to host an Arab summit after Tunisia stunned the Arab world with a unilateral decision to scrap the meeting on its soil, citing the reluctance of some countries to embrace democratic reform. Delegates to the Tunis summit, which would have opened today, disputed the Tunisian explanation, saying Tunisian President Zine Al.. More

  • Turkish Voters Back Erdogan Party

    Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is heading for a sweeping victory in local elections, according to early results. But the final hours of campaigning and the election itself were marred by outbreaks of violence, mostly in the Kurdish-majority eastern part of the country, which left nine dead and scores injured. A smiling Prime.. More

  • More Foreigners Killed in Iraq

    Two British nationals have been killed while five Iraqi civilians and four US soldiers injured in attacks across the country. In the northern city of Mosul, two foreigners were killed in an attack on Sunday, witnesses said. They said the two bodies were lying in the street beside their burned-out vehicle. "These were British civilians working at.. More

  • Pressure Mounts on Sharon over Bribes as Hamas Calls Bush "Enemy of Islam"

    The new leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Sunday called President Bush the enemy of Islam and said that "God declared war" against Bush, the United States and Israel. In a speech at Gaza's Islamic University, Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantisi said he was not surprised that the United States vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Israel's.. More

  • Afghan Poll Delayed until September

    Afghanistan's first post-Taleban elections have been postponed until September. President Hamid Karzai announced the delay, saying that parliamentary and presidential elections would now be held at the same time. The elections had been due to be held in June, according to the timetable established in late 2001. But security concerns and delays.. More

  • Arab Summit Postponed in Tunisia

    Tunisia has decided to postpone the two-day Arab summit that was to open on Monday in capital Tunis. Announcing the postponement late on Saturday, the Tunisian Foreign Minister Habib Bin Yehya said the meeting was put off to an indefinite date because of differences between Arab governments on reforms. "Tunisia deeply regrets postponing the summit.. More

  • Pakistani Soldiers Found 'Executed'

    Eight Pakistani soldiers have been found executed a few days after being taken hostage during fighting with alleged al-Qaida fighters and their tribal allies near the border with Afghanistan. The soldiers, their hands tied behind their backs and apparently shot at close range, were found on Friday near Wana, the capital of the South Waziristan area.. More

  • Israeli Troops Kill Palestinian Boy in Nablus

    Israeli troops Saturday killed a 7-year-old child in the Balata refugee camp of Nablus, medics and Palestinian Security Sources said. Medical sources at Rafedia Hospital in Nablus said that Khalid Maher Walweel, 7, was shot with a live bullet in the neck. According to WAFA, Palestinian security sources said that Israeli soldiers broke into Balata.. More

  • Hundreds of Thousands Protest Taiwan Poll Result

    More than 300,000 people protested against the re-election of Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian as China rapped the United States for meddling in its affairs by recognising his victory. The opposition vowed a long fight and streets leading to the presidential office in the capital Taipei filled with people as the turmoil continued after the vote last.. More

  • Arabs Divided over Reforms

    Arab foreign ministers preparing for an Arab summit which begins in Tunis on Monday held a sometimes stormy session yesterday marked by differences over a plan for wide-ranging political reform in the Arab world, officials said. "An Egyptian document containing ideas and plans for the future Middle East was presented and sparked discussions that were.. More

  • Many Iraqis Killed in Fighting

    At least 15 Iraqis, including three resistance fighters and four security service personnel, have been killed and many wounded in two separate instances of fighting in Baghdad and Falluja. Four Iraqi Civil Defence Corps (ICDC) personnel were killed and four wounded in heavy fighting north of Baghdad early on Friday. Three fighters too were killed.. More