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  • Lebanese Airliner Crash Kills 90 in Benin

    At least 90 people have been killed in a plane crash in the West African state of Benin. The chartered Boeing 727 bound for Beirut plunged into the sea shortly after take-off from the country's main city, Cotonou, on Thursday. Benin's Health Minister Celine Segnon said 18 people survived the crash. It is not clear how many were on board. Most of.. More

  • No Terror Links on Cancelled Flights: Air France

    Fears of a new September 11 have subsided - after checks by French intelligence officers on passenger lists threw up no terrorist links on cancelled Air France flights. The company grounded flights between Paris and Los Angeles on Christian festivals after the US told French authorities there was a credible threat of attacks on the scale of September.. More

  • U.S. Soldier Killed in Bomb Blast as Rockets Hit Several Targets in Baghdad

    A U.S. soldier was killed in a roadside bomb blast in Baghdad on Wednesday, the U.S. military said on Thursday. The military said the soldier was taking part in an operation in north-central Baghdad when he was killed. Rockets Hit Several Targets in Baghdad About half a dozen rockets slammed into central Baghdad Thursday in resistance attacks.. More

  • Another Attempt on Musharraf's Life

    Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has escaped another attempt on his life as two powerful blasts went off minutes after his motorcade passed a bridge in Rawalpindi, near the capital Islamabad. Musharraf, who narrowly escaped an assassination bid this month on the same road, was not hurt, a spokesman said. "The President and all his companions are.. More

  • China Gas Field Blast Kills at Least 163

    An explosion at a natural gas field in China's southwestern municipality of Chongqing has killed at least 163 people and poisoned scores, the official Xinhua news agency said Thursday. Authorities had evacuated residents within five km (three mile) of the disaster site, it said. The blast happened Tuesday morning at the Chuandongbei gas field in.. More

  • Karzai, Afghan Warlords Clash Over Powers

    Afghan President Hamid Karzai faced an open rebellion Wednesday among powerful faction leaders opposing his drive for a strongly centralized presidency during a historic constitutional council taking place in the capital. Some 500 delegates to the grand council, or loya jirga, have spent 11 days debating a draft put forward by Karzai's government... More

  • Four Dead in Car Blast in Northern Iraq as Bomb Kills Three US Soldiers

    Four Dead in Car Blast in Northern Iraq as Bomb Kills Three US Soldiers Three US soldiers were killed north of Baghdad as a car blast killed four people in the city of Arbil. The three US troops died in a roadside bombing near Samarra, north of Baghdad on Wednesday, a US military spokesman said. Their vehicle was hit by a homemade bomb of the sort.. More

  • Police in Spain Foil ETA Bomb Attack in Capital

    Spanish police say they have foiled an attempted terrorist attack at a Madrid train station. Basque separatists were apparently planning to blow up a train - if successful, it would have caused chaos on one of the busiest travel days of the year. Two suspected members of armed Basque group ETA have been arrested. The train was travelling to the.. More

  • Musharraf to Step Down as Army Chief

    Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has agreed to step down as Chief of Army Staff by the end of 2004. The president's move resolves a row with an opposition Islamic alliance that had virtually paralysed parliament on the issue. Musharraf called his decision "difficult". "I realise that it's time. I have decided that I will give up my.. More

  • Seven Nations Halt U.S. Beef Imports

    Japan and South Korea halted imports of U.S. beef on Wednesday after a cow in Washington state tested positive for mad cow disease, depriving American exporters of two of their largest overseas markets. Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan and Australia followed suit. Japan's Agriculture Ministry said the ban applied to beef and beef products and.. More

  • No Agreement yet Between UN, US on Iraq Talks

    The United States and United Nations were in a game of cat-and-mouse over UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's call for talks next month on the UN's future role in post-war Iraq. Annan's spokesman said there was still no word on whether the United States would take part while Washington insisted it had never received any invitation for the talks. The.. More

  • Khodorkovsky Kept Behind Bars

    The Russian oil tycoon, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, will remain in prison pending trial for fraud and tax evasion. A court in Moscow handed down the ruling on the second day of a closed hearing to decide whether he should be granted bail. The former head of oil giant Yukos has been ordered to stay in jail for three more months. That would keep him behind.. More

  • Five Palestinians Killed in Gaza Invasion

    Israeli occupation forces have killed four Palestinians in the Gaza Strip as Israeli forces continue their deadly raids into the Rafah refugee camp. The Palestinians were killed early on Tuesday several hours after two Israeli officers were killed in an ambush in central Gaza Strip, witnesses told Aljazeera. The latest victim was named as Khamis.. More

  • Two Killed in Strong California Earthquake

    At least two people have died after a strong earthquake shook coastal cities in central and southern California. Buildings from San Francisco to Los Angeles swayed in the quake, recorded at a magnitude of 6.5. Two women were crushed to death by falling debris in the wine-making town of Paso Robles, about 20 miles (32 kilometres) east of the epicentre... More

  • Two Israeli Officers Killed amid Fresh Mideast Tensions

    Only hours after two Israeli army officers were killed in an ambush in central Gaza, Israeli forces raided southern Gaza strip on Monday, Palestinian sources have said. These are the first Israeli deaths in fighting in the occupied territories in a month. Two Palestinian militant factions claimed responsibility for killing the army officers. A gunman.. More