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  • Two US Soldiers Killed in Bomb Attack, Pushes US Death Toll over 200

    Two US soldiers and an Iraqi interpreter were killed when their convoy hit a roadside bomb in Baghdad, raising to 201 the US death toll in action since major hostilities were declared over May 1. The violence came as US soldiers arrested hundreds of suspected resistance fighters around central Iraq and Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski paid.. More

  • U.S. Detainee More Iraqis as Saboteurs Hit Oil

    America's top soldier says hundreds of Iraqis, including some suspected resistance leaders, have been arrested following the capture of Saddam Hussein. The chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Richard Myers also said Saddam was not cooperating with US authorities who have been interrogating him since he was caught on 13 December near.. More

  • 8 Afghan Soldiers Die in Three Incidents

    Eight Afghan soldiers were killed and six others wounded in three separate incidents in Afghanistan on Sunday, Afghan government officials in the two areas bordering Pakistan said. In the first incident, in Spin Boldak, the border with Pakistan, unidentified gunmen attacked a military borderpost killing five Afghan soldiers and wounding three others... More

  • Libya Provides Intelligence on al-Qaeda; Bush, Blair Plan to Meet Gaddafi

    Libya provided intelligence on hundreds of al-Qaeda and other Muslim fighters, in addition to renouncing attempts to develop weapons of mass destruction, in its bid to end its pariah nation status, a British newspaper reported on Sunday. Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi's moves came as part of a deal to have United States sanctions against his country.. More

  • Three Palestinians Killed in Nablus as Israeli Soldiers Refuse to Serve

    A six-year-old Palestinian child was killed by Israeli fire in Balata refugee camp outside this northern West Bank city. Mohammad al-Araj was hit in the chest after being caught out in the street by exchanges between stone throwing demonstrators and Israeli troops, Palestinian medics said Sunday. Another Palestinian boy was pronounced dead Sunday.. More

  • Hopes Fade for Survivors after Immigrant Boat Sinks off Turkey

    Turkish rescuers were losing hope of finding survivors after a vessel carrying up to 60 illegal immigrants sank off the popular tourist resort of Marmaris on the country's southwestern coast. Greek officials in Athens announced that a Greek ferry had found four bodies on the coast of a nearby Greek island, while Turkey said that rescue efforts since.. More

  • Philippines Landslide Deaths Rise

    As many as 200 people may have died in landslides triggered by heavy rainfall in the southern Philippines, according to officials. Most of the victims were asleep when the landslides hit the southern towns of San Francisco and Liloan in Leyte province late on Friday. At least 77 bodies have been recovered and about 120 people are missing. The.. More

  • Sudan, Rebel Group Agree on Oil Revenue Shares

    The Sudanese government and the main rebel group has agreed in principle on oil revenue shares, one of three major outstanding issues in the peace talks between the two sides, a Kenyan chief mediator confirmed here Saturday. Lazarus Sumbeiywo, Kenyan special envoy for peace in the Sudan and chief mediator, told Xinhua that both sides reached an agreement.. More

  • US Troops Kill Four Iraqi Protestors

    Four Iraqis were killed in a Sunni district of Baghdad earlier this week during an exchange of fire with US troops who tried to quell a pro-Saddam demonstration, US and Iraqi sources said. A number of American soldiers were also wounded in the December 15 incident, a senior US officer told AFP on Saturday without giving an exact figure. "US troops.. More

  • Libya Seeks Reward for Scrapping Weapons

    Libya has sought to shed its pariah status, meeting with UN nuclear inspectors after a surprise announcement that it was abandoning efforts to build an atomic bomb and other banned weapons. As the United States and Britain promised rewards, Tripoli acted swiftly to prove its commitment to the world at large. A top Libyan official met the head of.. More

  • Israeli Wall Hearing Date Set

    The World Court said yesterday it would hold hearings in February on the legal consequences of the building of the controversial barrier by Israel in the West Bank. Earlier this month, the UN General Assembly voted for a Palestinian-initiated resolution to ask The Hague-based International Court of Justice - also known as the World Court - whether.. More

  • New Al-Qaida Tape Calls US Soldiers 'Cowards'

    Al-Qaida number two Ayman al-Zawahri has called American soldiers cowards "with no faith in their leaders". In an audio tape broadcast on Aljazeera TV on Friday, al-Zawahri said al-Qaida is pursuing Americans everywhere, but especially "in Afghanistan, in Iraq, in Palestine and in the Arab peninsula". The tape, which has yet to be verified for authenticit.. More

  • Musharraf is Accused of Betrayal

    Pakistan's President Gen Pervez Musharraf was praised internationally but criticized at home yesterday for his latest peace offer to rival India, after he signaled new flexibility on the flashpoint issue of Kashmir. Musharraf said on Thursday that Pakistan was willing to look beyond a long-standing UN resolution that calls for a referendum in the.. More

  • Clark Says Milosevic Knew about Massacre Plans

    The War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague has released testimony from former NATO commander Wesley Clark in which he claims Slobodan Milosevic knew about plans to massacre Muslims at Srebrenica during the Bosnian War. Clark was giving evidence against the ousted Yugoslav President who is accused of genocide and crimes against humanity. "I said, 'Mr President,.. More

  • Explosion in Shiite Party Office as Bremer Survives Attack on His Convoy

    An explosion destroyed a house belonging to Iraq's largest Shi'ite party Friday in an attack again blamed by the movement on Saddam Hussein supporters following the assassination of one of its officials this week. Witnesses said at least one person was killed and up to seven injured when the blast struck a Baghdad office of the SCIRI movement, representing.. More