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  • Sixteen Immigrants Die as Boat Capsizes off Canaries

    At least 16 people have drowned in the latest tragedy involving illegal immigrants trying to start a new life in Europe. Disaster struck off Fuerteventura, one of Spain's Canary islands, off the west coast of Morocco. A boat carrying the migrants from Africa capsized on a reef as it was nearing the beach, tipping its occupants into the sea. Nine.. More

  • Basque Party to Stay Banned

    Spain's constitutional court has upheld the ban on an outfit, regarded as the political wing of the armed separatist group ETA. Basque party Batasuna had appealed a Supreme Court ruling last March banning its activities, but the constitutional court unanimously threw out the appeal. The Spanish government welcomed the ruling, with the Interior Minister.. More

  • Muslims March in Defence of Veil

    Thousands of people are expected on the streets of Paris today, to stand up for what they see as their religious freedom. They are outraged at a law that would ban Muslim headscarves from French state schools. Other conspicuous religious symbols such as Jewish skullcaps and large Christian crosses are also set to be outlawed in a move aimed at reinforcing.. More

  • Musharraf to Move House over Security

    Security concerns have prompted Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to make plans to move into his official presidential residence after having survived two assassination attempts last month, officials said yesterday. Musharraf, who also holds the post of army chief, now lives in his official military residence. He will move from the garrison city.. More

  • Shaikh Ahmad Yassin 'Marked for Death' Says Israel

    Israel has "marked for death" Hamas spiritual leader Ahmed Yassin, following a bomb attack that killed four Israeli soldiers in Gaza, Israel's deputy defense chief said on Friday. The wheelchair-bound Muslim cleric attended Friday prayers as usual at a mosque near his Gaza City home and told reporters he would embrace martyrdom. A Palestinian cabinet.. More

  • Iran Ups Death Toll from Bam Earthquake to 41,000

    Iran raised the death toll for the December 26 earthquake in the southeastern city of Bam to 41,000, with a close aide to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei saying the final figure could hit 45,000, state media reported. "In this incident, up until now 41,000 of the people of Bam have been killed, and there is a possibility that this could increase.. More

  • Hundreds Protest as Bush Visits MLK Grave

    In a sign of the difficulty President Bush faces as he tries to win black support for his reelection, several hundred protesters loudly booed him on Thursday as he laid a wreath at the grave of civil rights leader Martin Luther King. "Bush go home" and "peace not war" the predominantly black crowd of protesters shouted from behind a barrier of buses,.. More

  • Turkey closer to EU says Prodi

    Romano Prodi has become the first European Commission President to visit Turkey since 1963. But Ankara has every reason to feel the trip was well worth waiting for. That is because the VIP guest has given Turkey a firm thumbs-up for its flurry of human rights reforms - indicating that they have brought the candidate country closer to the EU. That.. More

  • Three Iraqi Civilians Killed in Tikrit

    At least three people have been killed when a university bus carrying students drove over an anti-tank mine in Tikrit. The US military said the bus drove over the mine on Thursday in the town 180km west of Baghdad. Another two people were injured. Half of the bus was mangled and destroyed in the blast, according to witnesses. US occupation forces.. More

  • Ex-Yukos Boss Bail Appeal Rejected

    An appeals court in Moscow has ruled that oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who is being held on fraud and tax evasion charges, should not be released on bail. In a video link from his jail cell the former head of the Yukos company asked the court that he be placed under house arrest rather than detained in prison. An earlier ruling recommended holding.. More

  • Israel Seals Off Gaza

    The Israeli army has sealed off the Gaza Strip, after a Palestinian attack at a border crossing. Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Thursday the measure was a sign of the government's determination to prevent "terrorism" after the bomb attack at a main crossing point between the Gaza Strip and Israel on Wednesday. "We have never let ourselves.. More

  • Russia Rules Out Speedy Pullout from Georgia

    Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov has ruled out speedy withdrawal of Russia soldiers from Georgia, saying the pullout would have to be carried out under a formal treaty. Defense Minister Ivanov went on the defensive about Russia's remaining military presence in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia, saying that a formal treaty would need to.. More

  • Bush Accused of Waging Unnecessary War in Iraq as Suicide Toll Rises among Soldiers

    A leading opposition U.S. politician accused President Bush of having forced Americans into an unnecessary conflict in Iraq, where a car bomb killed five people outside a police station. In other violence two Pakistanis and a Turk in a convoy of U.S. military supplies were killed in a resistance attack on Wednesday, and the Pentagon said a growing.. More

  • Heathrow Bullets Man Seized

    A Sudanese man was arrested under anti-terrorist legislation last night after he was found to be carrying bullets at Heathrow on a flight from Washington. Although no weapon was found, the incident raised serious concerns about security checks on passengers flying from Dulles airport, Washington, which in recent weeks has been the focus of intensive.. More

  • Red Brigades Fugitives Captured in Cairo

    Two fugitive members of Italy's ultra-left militant group the Red Brigades are in custody in Rome after being arrested at Cairo Airport. One of the pair, 46-year-old Rita Algranati, was sentenced in absentia to life in jail in 1993 for her part in the kidnap and murder of former Italian premier Aldo Moro. Italy's Interior Minister Giuseppe Pisanu.. More