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  • Four Civilians, Three US Troops Killed in Iraq

    Four Iraqis were killed when a US convoy opened fire on their car in northern Iraq as three US soldiers were confirmed dead in separate insurgency attacks. Local police said the Iraqis, including a woman and a child, were killed when a US convoy opened fire on their car in the northern town of Tikrit. "The car, a gray Chevrolet Caprice, was hit.. More

  • Pakistanis Fleeing to Canada

    Fearing reprisals and deportations in the face of US Immigration registration deadline drawing near, hundreds of Pakistanis have crossed into Canada seeking political asylum, several Pakistani families said on Friday. "There has been an increase in the number of asylum seekers at our border posts," a spokesperson for Canadian foreign office, Nancy.. More

  • Bangladesh Hit by Opposition Strike

    Bangladeshi police fought with their fists against stone-throwing women protesters and detained several in the capital yesterday as the first opposition-led general strike of the year largely halted transport and business. Witnesses said baton-wielding police chased hundreds of chanting activists of main opposition party, the Awami League, who hurled.. More

  • Iraqi Resistance Attacks Kill U.S. Soldier

    A U.S. soldier was killed in a mortar assault on a military base north of Baghdad, the U.S. Army said Saturday, and a top commander warned attacks by Iraqi resistance fighters were growing more sophisticated. Several mortars were fired at a base near the town of Balad, about 80 km (50 miles) north of the capital Baghdad, Friday evening, killing one.. More

  • Five Dead in Buenos Aires Blast

    At least five people have been killed in an explosion in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires. The blast occurred in a shop suspected of illegally selling fireworks. At least 15 people were injured and part of the surrounding block collapsed after the blast, in the suburb of Florencio Varela. Police said the power of the explosion, and the smell.. More

  • French Factory Closed amid Deadly Epidemic

    An outbreak of the deadly Legionnaire's Disease has prompted the closure of a petrochemicals factory in northern France. Tests have shown Noroxo, part of the world's biggest oil company Exxon Mobil,was the primary source of contamination. Noroxo directors have said they don't agree with the administrators' decision to suspend production at the factory... More

  • Israeli Troops Kill Three Palestinians as Hamas Says Support for Resistance Growing

    Palestinian medics said that Israeli troops shot dead three Palestinians, among them two teenagers, in the West Bank city of Nablus early Saturday. Palestinian eyewitnesses said the fire killed three men, including one passer-by. Hospital and Red Crescent officials identified the dead as Rohi Shoman, 19; Amer Arafat, 26; and Amjad al-Masri, 15. Amjad.. More

  • Egyptian Airliner Crashes into Sea, 141 Passengers Dead

    An Egyptian charter plane has crashed into the Red Sea, killing all 141 passengers and crew on board, Egyptian aviation officials say. The plane, belonging to Egypt charter company Flash Airlines, crashed shortly after take-off at 0244 GMT from the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. Most of the passengers were French tourists. Wreckage has been found in.. More

  • One US Soldier Killed in Iraq

    At least one US soldier has been killed and one wounded in a helicopter crash near the town of Falluja, west of Baghdad. A US military spokeswoman said on Friday the helicopter, an OH-58 observation chopper, came down around 12:50 p.m. (09:50 GMT) but had no further details. She said the cause of the crash was under investigation. "US forces began.. More

  • Fears Ground British Airways Flight

    The British Airways afternoon flight to Washington has been cancelled due to security fears. BA has now confirmed that flight BA 223 from Heathrow will not take off this afternoon. This is the third consecutive day on which the flight has been affected. A later flight on the route will take off, said the airline. It was due to take off just after.. More

  • Libyan PM: US Should Lift Sanctions by May 12

    Libya's prime minister, in an interview published in The New York Times, urged Washington to lift its sanctions on Libya by May 12, the deadline for Tripoli to complete compensation payments to the families of the victims of the Lockerbie disaster. Prime Minister Shukri Ghanim said the United States should act quickly to reward Libya for its decision.. More

  • Quake Hits Indonesia's Bali, 29 Said Hurt

    A severe earthquake shook Indonesia's islands of Bali and Lombok on Friday, injuring 29 people and damaging dozens of buildings, officials and witnesses said. The Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said the quake had a magnitude of 6.1. The U.S Geological Service recorded the temblor at 5.4. The undersea quake struck shortly before dawn in the Straits.. More

  • Palestinian Boy Shot Dead as Egypt Resumes Truce Efforts

    A 16-year-old Palestinian boy, Mohammed Jabr Saeed, was killed late Wednesday night after Israeli soldiers fired at him in the village of Usarin, east of the West Bank city of Nablus. On Thursday afternoon, two Israeli officers suffered light wounds from an explosive device detonated near their vehicle in the Old City quarter of Nablus, Israel Radio.. More

  • Parliaments Seal Musharraf Rule

    Pakistan's national and four provincial parliaments have voted to make Pervez Musharraf head of state with a five-year term. The general declared himself president in 2001, having seized power in an army coup two years earlier, but the move lacked any constitutional backing. The constitution was amended this week to enable him to be made "elected".. More

  • Brazil to Fingerprint US Citizens

    A Brazilian judge has announced that US citizens will be fingerprinted and photographed on entering the country. Judge Julier Sebastiao da Silva was reacting to US plans to do the same to Brazilians entering the United States. He made the order after a Brazilian government office filed a complaint in a federal court over the new US immigration.. More