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  • Eight Killed in Iran Clashes

    Eight people died in clashes with police in two towns in southern Iran over disputed results for a parliamentary election, in which Shiite conservatives secured a big victory over reformists, local officials said yesterday. Four people, including a policeman, died in clashes on Saturday in Firouzabad in Fars province after the governor's office declared.. More

  • Palestinian Bomber Kills 8 in Jerusalem

    A Palestinian bomber killed eight people on a crowded Jerusalem bus Sunday on the eve of World Court hearings into a controversial barrier Israel says will ensure its security against such attacks. Police said around 60 people were wounded in the blast, which turned the green number 14 bus into a charred skeleton at a busy intersection near the Inbal.. More

  • Massacre at Uganda Refugee Camp: 170 Dead

    Up to 170 civilians have been massacred at a refugee camp in northern Uganda, according to sources. Reports on Sunday blamed the carnage on rebels from the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), who have been fighting the government in Kampala for several years. "I have just been there, and I have managed to confirm that 173 people were killed of which 57.. More

  • Haiti Rebels Seized Major Northern City

    Rebels on Sunday seized the government's last major stronghold in the north, Cap-Haitien, shooting off celebratory rounds in the air as people looted and torched buildings. The rebels said they had met little resistance except at the airport, where they said eight people were killed in fighting with militants loyal to President Jean-Bertrand Aristide... More

  • Sunni Cleric Assassinated in Baghdad

    A Sunni Muslim cleric has been shot dead in Baghdad as occupied Iraq experienced more mayhem. A spokesman of the Association of Muslim Scholars said Sheikh Dhamer al-Dhari was walking down a street near his mosque when gunmen opened fire from a car, killing him. Al-Dhari was not a prominent member of the association, but his half brother serves.. More

  • Palestinians Rally against Security Wall

    Thousands of Palestinians turned out for noisy street demonstrations across the West Bank yesterday, firing weapons into the air to protest Israel's construction of a massive barrier sealing off parts of the territory. It was one of the largest public outpourings of anger at the barrier, which Palestinians fear will ruin chances for building an independent.. More

  • Red Cross Visits Saddam for First Time

    The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) visited deposed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in US custody, two months after his capture, an ICRC spokeswoman told AFP. "Two ICRC representatives, including a doctor, visited Saddam Hussein Saturday in Iraq and were able to stay with him long enough for a physical and mental evaluation," Nada Dumani.. More

  • Iran Right Sweeps to Win Over Shackled Reformists

    Shiite conservatives hostile to President Mohammad Khatami's liberal reforms swept toward a predictable victory over shackled reformists on Saturday after a disputed parliamentary election with a sharply reduced turnout. Interior Ministry figures showed conservatives won 133 of the first 194 provincial seats declared, deputy parliament speaker Behzad.. More

  • Libya Refined a Small Amount of Plutonium in Nuclear Program: IAEA

    Libya refined a small amount of plutonium in a secret nuclear program that extended from the 1980s until the end of last year, the UN nuclear watchdog said in a report obtained by AFP. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report outlines a more advanced Libyan program than had previously been shown publicly since Libya agreed in December.. More

  • US Soldier Killed in Central Iraq

    An American soldier died Friday in a traffic accident close to the central Iraqi town of Balad, the U.S. military command said. The soldier was from Task Force Ironhorse, a 30,000-strong unit that started leaving Iraq this week after almost a year in the country, the command said, according to The AP. The accident brings to 546 the number of American.. More

  • Clashes Spread to Haiti Capital

    At least 20 people have been injured during a march in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, when militants loyal to the president attacked protesters. About 500 students demonstrating against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide were set upon by gangs armed with guns and machetes. The BBC's Claire Marshall says police witnessed the attack but did not appear.. More

  • Iranian Officials Foil Vote Cheating Bid

    Provincial officials in southern Iran foiled a bid by some candidates to cheat in parliamentary elections by transferring large numbers of voters by bus to other constituencies. According to Abd Allah Shah-Hassani, responsible for monitoring the vote in the southern province of Fars, "the supporters of certain candidates were trying to set up convoys.. More

  • Two Palestinians Shot Dead in Gaza Strip

    Israeli troops late Thursday night killed two Palestinian fighters and wounded another during a Palestinian attempt to infiltrate an army base in the Gaza Strip. A fourth Palestinian managed to escape. According to an Israel Army Radio report, the four armed Palestinians were crawling toward the main road leading to the Gush Katif settlement bloc,.. More

  • Voting Rights for Belgium's Non-EU Immigrants

    Belgium's parliament has given the go-ahead for new election rules that have divided the country. It has approved a bill that grants non-European Union immigrants the right to vote in local elections. It is a delicate subject in a country where the government needs a majority in Dutch-speaking Flanders and French-speaking Wallonia in order to rule... More

  • Belarus and Russia Move from Union to Enmity

    Something has gone badly wrong between Moscow and Minsk. The turning-off of the gas supply was just one symptom of a souring in relations that had, not that long ago, seemed rosy. In fact, Russia and Belarus committed to a form of union in the 1990s. Initiated by Russia's then-president Boris Yeltsin, this vaguely-defined agreement has helped Alexander.. More