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  • Chavez Ruling Triggers Protests

    Protests have erupted in cities across Venezuela after election officials said the president's opponents had failed to force a referendum on his future. At least one demonstrator was killed in clashes with the security forces in the capital, Caracas. The National Electoral Council said only 1.8m signatures calling for a referendum had been verified,.. More

  • Palestinian Resistance Fighter Shot Dead

    A Palestinian resistance fighter belonging to al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades has been shot dead by Israeli troops in the northern West Bank. Qais Ufi, 19, was hit early on Wednesday by two bullets during an exchange of fire with Israeli occupation troops who swarmed into Tulkaram refugee camp shortly before dawn, Palestinian medical and security sources.. More

  • 21 Soldiers Killed in Nepal Rebel Fight

    Leftist rebels killed at least 21 soldiers in fighting Wednesday at a telecommunications tower, the state-run Radio Nepal said. The rebels attacked soldiers guarding the tower about midnight and fighting continued until morning, the report said. One rebel also was killed in the fighting at Bhojpur, about 250 miles east of Nepal's capital, Katmandu... More

  • Kerry Closes in on Presidential Nomination

    In the US, the Democratic front-runner John Kerry looks poised to complete a coast-to-coast sweep and be confirmed as the party's presidential candidate. The Republicans are sure he is going to win. On Thursday they launch a massive media offensive to try to taint Kerry's image. Although Kerry has set a blistering pace, he still faces competition.. More

  • Protest at Baghdad University against Detention of Iraqi Scientists

    University students and teachers staged a sit-in at the University of Baghdad to protest the detention of Iraqi scientists by US forces on suspicion of involvement in weapons of mass destruction programmes under Saddam Hussein. "My husband has been detained for 28 days in an unknown location," said Galshin, the wife of 49-year-old Ali Abdelraa al-Zaaq,.. More

  • Arafat Adviser Shot Dead in Gaza

    A Palestinian journalist also working for the office of Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat has been shot dead in Gaza City by masked gunmen. Palestinian medical sources and the journalists' union told reporters Khalil al-Zabin, 59, was ambushed early on Tuesday by several masked men after leaving his office in central Gaza and shot several times. Al-Zabin.. More

  • At Least 50 Killed in Karbala Blasts

    An AFP reporter saw at least 50 bodies in and around the hospital in Karbala after blasts rocked the sacred Iraqi city as more than a million Shiites marked their holiest day of the year. Doctors said they expected the death toll to reach 100 as more casualties flooded in. Some 30 bodies were piled up outside the hospital and more were inside, including.. More

  • Aristide Tells U.S. Contacts He Was Abducted

    Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide said on Monday he was forced to leave Haiti against his will by the United States, a claim dismissed by senior Bush administration officials as nonsense. Aristide denied Washington assertions that he resigned willingly, calling it a "coup d'etat" and likening his "forced" departure to a kidnapping. "They.. More

  • Arab FMs Meet as Egypt Calls to Cooperate Conditionally with US Reform Plan

    The works of the non-ordinary session of the Arab League council started on Monday at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo on the level of foreign ministers. The two-days session precedes the works of the 121 ordinary session which will be held next Wednesday and Thursday. Meanwhile, Egypt proposed to fellow Arab states that they cooperate conditionally.. More

  • Ethnic Tensions Flare in Kirkuk

    Turkmen leaders in Iraq have called for international intervention in maintaining peace in the northern city of Kirkuk where ethnic tensions have flared between Kurds and Turks in recent days. Both Turkmen and Kurds say Kirkuk, Iraq's northern oil hub, should rightfully be theirs. Under ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein both communities were forcibly.. More

  • Iraqi Council Agrees Federalist Constitution

    Iraq's US-appointed Governing Council has agreed on an interim constitution and plans to have it signed and sealed within three days. The 25-member US-appointed Council had previously missed a 28 February deadline to strike a deal amid divisions over Islamic law, Kurdish autonomy demands and women in government. One council spokesman confirmed:.. More

  • U.S. Muslim Charities Complain of 'Witch Hunt'

    Muslim charities and organizations in the United States say they are the target of a government "witch hunt" since Sept. 11 which is intimidating donors and hampering their work. Required by their faith to pay "zakat," or alms for the needy, Muslims say the ripple effects of the government's hunt for terrorist funds are hurting their community at.. More

  • Indian Polls to be Held in Four Stages

    Indian voters will go to the polls in national elections to be held in four stages in April and May that are seen as likely to return the ruling Hindu nationalist-led alliance to power. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led coalition government sought early elections to capitalise on a booming economy and peace moves with Pakistan. The polls in which.. More

  • Israel Kills Two Palestinians in West Bank

    Two Palestinians have been shot dead by Israeli occupation soldiers in separate incidents in the West Bank. The latest victim, who was identified as Riad Abu Shallal, 15, was killed on Sunday during clashes with Israeli soldiers at the funeral of Muhammed Ouais who had been shot dead only hours earlier by troops. Earlier on Sunday, Israeli forces.. More

  • Aristide Flees Haiti, International Troops Due as Violence Engulfs Capital

    President Jean Bertrand Aristide fled Haiti in the face of an armed revolt and world pressure as rioting erupted here and the United States said an international peace-keeping force was being readied for the Caribbean state. Aristide, 50, increasingly isolated after months of bloody unrest in the Western hemisphere's poorest country, resigned and.. More