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  • Anger over Bush 9/11 Election Ads

    "I would vote for Saddam Hussein before George Bush." That was the reaction of one disgusted relative of a 9/11 victim to the president's first re-election adverts. The TV ads use images of the devastated World Trade Center to portray him as the right leader in difficult times. Families accuse Bush of trading on tragedy for personal gain. It feels.. More

  • Iraq Interim Constitution Signing Put off

    Iraqi leaders missed another deadline to sign the creation of an interim constitution after last-minute wrangling wrecked a carefully planned signing ceremony, as security in Baghdad was on heightened alert. As guests and members of a children's choir lost patience waiting for the council members to appear and left, an official from the US-led coalition.. More

  • Aristide Supporters Protest 'Occupation'

    Fresh protests have erupted in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince, but this time it is by supporters of exiled President Jean Bertrand Aristide. Marching past US Marines who stood guard at the presidential palace, the protesters on Friday shouted "long live Aristide" and "Down with George Bush." The protesters vented anger against "occupation of their.. More

  • Chavez Decries 'US Intervention'

    Embattled Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has demanded the US "get its hands off" his country. Mr Chavez, who accused the US of being behind an abortive coup in 2002, said he had evidence that Washington was financing opposition to his rule. At least eight people have died and dozens have been hurt in protests since Venezuela's electoral council.. More

  • Turkish Worker Killed as Straw Visits Kabul

    A Turkish engineer working on a U.S.-funded road project was killed and another was kidnapped in southern Afghanistan Friday in an ambush officials blamed on Taliban. The attack, which coincided with a visit to Kabul by British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, was the latest to target the U.S.-funded Kabul-Kandahar highway, the only major reconstruction.. More

  • Ashcroft Hospitalized With Pancreatitis

    US attorney General John Ashcroft has been hospitalized in an intensive care unit for a severe case of gallstone pancreatitis, his chief spokesman said Friday. Ashcroft, a 61-year-old former Missouri senator who has been free of health problems, canceled an appearance Thursday afternoon at which he was to have announced verdicts in a terrorism case... More

  • Three Iraqis Killed in Mosul Gun Fight

    Soldiers from the US-led occupation military force in Iraq have shot dead three Iraqis in a gun fight in Mosul. A US military spokesman said on Friday morning that that soldiers sustained no injuries in the overnight armed confrontation. It was unclear whether the troops had been American, the spokesman added. "We are still trying to find out more.. More

  • Venezuela UN Envoy Resigns, One Protester Killed

    Venezuela's envoy to the United Nations quit in protest against President Hugo Chavez's government on Thursday, denting its international image as anti-government demonstrations claimed another life. The resignation of Ambassador Milos Alcalay was an embarrassment to the leftist leader as he faced a furious opposition campaign for a recall referendum.. More

  • Libya Destroys Chemical Weapons

    In Libya more than 3,000 unfilled chemical bombs have been destroyed under international supervision. The United Nations body that supervises the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) says that this is only the first stage of Libya's chemical disarmament. On Friday Libyan officials are expected to deliver a complete inventory of all chemical weapons.. More

  • Israeli Troops Raid Gaza Strip, Two Palestinians, Including Boy, Killed

    Israeli forces launched an invasion of different parts of the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, in which two Palestinians, including a boy were killed and 14 others were wounded. Additionally, several Palestinian homes were completely demolished, and arable lands were bulldozed. Awni Kaloub, a well-known member of the Popular Resistance Committee.. More

  • ''Statement'' Claims Al-Qaeda Operative in Iraq ''Killed'' by US Bombing

    A Jordanian top operative suspected of bomb attacks in Iraq was killed "some time ago" in a US bombing and a letter outlining schemes for fomenting sectarian war is a "forgery", a statement allegedly from a group west of the capital said. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed in the Sulaimaniyah mountains of northern Iraq "during the American bombing there,".. More

  • Malaysia Parliament Set for Poll

    Parliament has been dissolved in Malaysia to clear the way for snap elections later this month. A spokesman from the Electoral Commission said the dates of the polls will be announced on Friday. The elections, which were announced by the Malaysian Prime Minister, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, will pit his coalition against Islamic opposition. Correspondents.. More

  • French Government Pass Islamic Headscarves Ban

    A law banning Islamic headscarves in France's public schools was overwhelmingly adopted Wednesday in the Senate despite protests by Muslims around the world that the measure is discriminatory and anti Islamic move. The 276-20 vote mirrored similar support by the National Assembly, the lower chamber of parliament, which passed it 494-36 on Feb. 10... More

  • Thousands Pack Streets to Mourn Dead Iraqis

    Huge crowds have gathered to mourn and bury more than 100 people killed in Tuesday's wave of bombings in Karbala and Baghdad. In Karbala, as the coffin of one local Shia cleric passed, draped in a black flag with verses from the Quran, bystanders on Wednesday reached out to touch it and then held their fingers to their lips whispering "al-Husain"! .. More

  • Hamas Vows Revenge after Israel Kills Three Activists

    An Israeli military helicopter fired three missiles at a car south to Gaza City on Wednesday afternoon killing three Hamas activists, Palestinian sources said. Three people were said to have been killed in the explosion. Hamas officials said the dead were members of Hamas military wing. The Israeli army confirmed the targets of the attack were "senior.. More