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  • Pakistan Tests Nuclear Capable Missile

    Pakistan has test-fired an intermediate range surface-to-surface ballistic missile, capable of carrying a nuclear warhead deep into rival India, the military announced. The test, falling on the eve of India's first cricket tour to Pakistan in 14 years and in the midst of a peace process with its nuclear neighbour, proved Pakistan's intention to maintain.. More

  • Sunni Scholar Killed in Baghdad

    Sunni Muslim scholar Shiekh Ali Zahabi was walking to evening prayers in Baghdad when gunmen in a car shot him dead -- the latest in a string of attacks which some Iraqis say are aimed at igniting a sectarian war. "We were walking and a BMW stopped and fired at least five shots at Sheikh Ali's chest. They targeted him. They didn't say a word," said.. More

  • Mixed Reaction to Iraq Signing

    Mixed reaction followed the signing of the Iraqi interim constitution as many hailed the step, but top Shia cleric said it is an "obstacle". The 25 members of Iraq's US-appointed Governing Council signed the interim constitution earlier on Monday in a ceremony in Baghdad that was twice postponed. Among the first to react to the signing was Saudi.. More

  • Zimbabwe Seizes US Cargo Plane

    A US-registered cargo plane with 64 suspected mercenaries on board has been impounded in Harare, Zimbabwe says. The Boeing 727-100 was held on Sunday after it "made a false declaration of its cargo and crew," Zimbabwe Home Affairs Minister Kembo Mohadi said. "Mercenaries" of various nationalities and "military materiel" were on board, he told reporters... More

  • UN to Try Croat Generals for War Crimes

    Croatia says two retired generals are to surrender to the United Nations war crimes tribunal this, in the first act of compliance with the court since a new government took office in December. Justice Minister Vesna Skare-Ozbolt told a news conference on Monday that Generals Mladen Markac, 48, and Ivan Cermak, 54, would go to The Hague by the end.. More

  • Iran MPs Clash over Khamenei

    Conservative and reformist legislators scuffled in Iran's parliament yesterday after a reformist deputies called on a panel of clerics to examine the performance of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The brief bout of pushing and shouting involving around a dozen deputies reflected simmering political tension following parliamentary elections.. More

  • Six Killed in Anti-Aristide March in Haiti

    Suspected supporters of exiled Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide sprayed gunfire into a crowd of thousands of jubilant revelers outside the National Palace on Sunday, killing at least six people, including a Spanish journalist, and wounding 18. Eyewitnesses said gunmen linked to Aristide's Lavalas movement fired from rooftops and burst into.. More

  • Factional War Fears Spark Lanka Red Alert

    Sri Lankan troops were placed on alert yesterday as a renegade Tamil Tiger leader said he was being hunted by death squads and vowed to hit back, as the rival rebel camps purged subordinates whose loyalties were in doubt. Government forces, which have remained neutral in the deepening crisis within the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), were.. More

  • 15 Palestinians Killed in Gaza Strip, Factions Vow Revenge

    At least 15 Palestinians were killed in an exchange of fire with Israeli troops that raided the al Bureij and Nusseirat refugee camps in the Gaza Strip early Sunday. The Israeli forces ended their operation at noon. Palestinian witnesses said among the dead were a 7-year-old boy and four activists - including nine members of Hamas. The victims included,.. More

  • Rockets Attack on Occupation HQ in Baghdad

    A series of rockets have been fired at the headquarters of the US occupation administration in Baghdad on the eve of the planned signing of an interim constitution for Iraq. Police said there were no casualties from the Sunday blasts. Ten rockets were fired from a parked car and the attackers fled, police said, adding that they had also found explosives.. More

  • Syria Urges U.S. to Reconsider Sanctions Plan

    Syria's economy minister said Sunday Damascus wanted dialogue with Washington and urged the U.S. administration to reconsider plans to slap sanctions on Syria for backing Palestinian and Lebanese armed groups. "We hope that the administration would reconsider," Ghassan al-Rifai said. "There is nothing better than dialogue. Dialogue in my opinion.. More

  • Israeli Terror Strikes Gaza Kills Twelve

    Israeli forces have raided two Gaza refugee camps, killing at least 12 Palestinians and wounding 20 more. Witnesses to the Sunday raid said soldiers shot dead a 15-year-old and other young men who attempted to halt the Israeli military as it forced its way into the camp. Dozens of armoured military vehicles took part in the sweeps for Hamas members.. More

  • Blast Hits Moscow Apartment Block-Russian Agencies

    A suspected gas explosion ripped through a Russian apartment block early on Sunday, injuring at least eight people, Russian news agencies reported. The agencies quoted emergency workers as saying no people were killed by the blast, which occurred shortly after 4 a.m. (0100 GMT), destroying internal walls and blowing out windows in the southern Moscow.. More

  • French Muslims Protest after Mosques Attacks

    French Muslim leaders have sharply criticised "the inadequate response of politicians" after a spate of arson attacks on mosques. The leaders criticised the political establishment for failing to attend a silent protest demonstration at Annecy on Saturday, where one of the attacks occurred. One fire totally devastated an 80-square metre prayer room.. More

  • US to Impose Sanctions on Syria

    The United States will soon impose sanctions on Syria, under a 2003 law allowing President George W. Bush to punish the country for alleged support of Islamic groups and weapons programs, a US official said. "It's coming," said a White House official, speaking on condition of anonymity. The official would not say what kind of sanctions would be.. More