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  • US Air Attack Kills Nine Afghan Children

    Nine children are among 10 people killed in a US air attack on a suspected "terrorist" in southeast Afghanistan. The US military has confirmed the incident. A US military statement released early on Sunday from the coalition's Bagram Air Base headquarters north of the capital Kabul says: "Following the attack, coalition ground forces searching the.. More

  • Three Palestinians Killed as Islamic Jihad Vows to Continue Resistance against Israel

    Three Palestinians were killed overnight Friday by Israeli troops in two separate incidents in the Gaza Strip. In one incident, Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian in the Gaza Strip on Friday night, an army spokesman said. The Palestinian was later identified as 16-year-old Jihad al-Akhras, 16, of the Rafah refugee camp. The shooting took.. More

  • US Dangles Carrot for Sudan Peace

    The United States has increased pressure on Khartoum and Sudan's main rebel group to reach a final peace agreement before the end of December. In doing so, Washington has pledged to assist the country and review its status as a "sponsor of terrorism". "I am optimistic that they will do it in time before the end of the year," senior US government.. More

  • Bosnian Serb Gets 20 Years for Sarajevo Siege

    A former Bosnian Serb general has been jailed for 20 years for commanding forces which terrorised civilians during the siege of Sarajevo in the 1992-95 Bosnian war. Stanislav Galic is the first person to be tried by the UN tribunal in The Hague exclusively in connection with the siege of the Bosnian capital. Prosecutors said Bosnian Serb forces had.. More

  • Train Blast Kills Dozens in Russia

    An explosion has ripped through a crowded commuter train near Chechnya in Russia, killing at least 35 people. The blast derailed the train - which was packed with students and workers - between the southern resort towns of Mineralnye Vody and Kislovodsk. Interior ministry officials said the blast was caused by a bomber, but the FSB internal security.. More

  • Iraqis Killed, US Soldier Wounded in Baghdad Blast

    An explosion near a mosque as a US convoy drove by left several Iraqis dead and wounded at least one US soldier hurt and covered in blood in Baghdad, Iraqi witnesses said. Sweets seller Ahmed Ali, 30, said: "At 9:30 this morning a convoy of two American vehicles passed outside my shop. I saw one American soldier badly wounded and covered in blood.".. More

  • Powell Seeks NATO Help in Baghdad

    US Secretary of State Colin Powell urged NATO to take a more prominent role in postwar Iraq, days after a dozen people allied to America were killed in attacks throughout the country. Powell's call for help came as the bodies of two Japanese diplomats killed last weekend arrived in Japan for burial. In an address to NATO foreign ministers in Brussels,.. More

  • Palestinian Factions in Cairo for Talks

    Officials talks are set to begin in Cairo among Palestinian factions, including the leading resistance groups spearheading the Intifada, in an effort to halt anti-occupation attacks. Hamas, the main Palestinian resistance group, said they will discuss supporting resistance and uniting various factions, said Musa Abu Marzuq, who is heading the group's.. More

  • Rumsfeld Meets Afghan Warlords

    US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is in Afghanistan on a visit to assess progress in stabilizing the country. Rumsfeld met two powerful regional warlords and a UK-led reconstruction team, before heading for talks with President Hamid Karzai. The visit comes amid concerns over factional fighting in the north, and TalIban forces regrouping in.. More

  • Death Toll Hits 5 from Flooding in France

    Flooding began in earnest on Tuesday as rivers swollen from heavy rains jumped their banks and flooded towns and villages across the south, damaging roads and train tracks and forcing a halt to some travel. Some 2,000 soldiers were brought in to help evacuate thousands of people, some via helicopters and rafts, and more were ready to move in if needed,.. More

  • Cincinnati Death Blamed on Police

    The coroner in the US city of Cincinnati says a struggle with police caused the death of black man whose beating was videotaped on Sunday. The coroner said Nathaniel Jones, 41, suffered obesity, heart problems and had illegal drugs in his blood. But he gave a homicide ruling, saying the stress caused by the struggle directly led to Jones' death... More

  • TV Station Bombed in Georgia

    An explosion has rocked the state television centre in Georgia's capital Tbilisi as the Russian ambassador was giving an interview live on air. The state security ministry said there were no casualties but the explosion was powerful. Television correspondents at the scene said the blast affected part of the building housing radio studios, but the.. More

  • India Troops Kill Seven in Kashmir

    Twelve more people - including seven fighters - were killed in occupied Kashmir, as a truce by the armies of India and Pakistan on the borders of the disputed region was in its eighth day yesterday, police said. Two fighters and an Indian army soldier were killed in a fierce encounter in the southern village of Kharpora overnight, police said. The.. More

  • Israel Detains Resistance Fighters

    Israel has arrested 17 members of the Islamic Jihad movement on the eve of talks in Cairo designed to persuade Palestinian resistance groups to declare a new truce. An Israeli army spokesman said on Wednesday that the wanted activists were detained in and around the northern West Bank city of Jenin. A Palestinian security source said the Israeli.. More

  • US Hunts for Saddam Deputy

    The US military denied reports that Izzat Ibrahim Al Douri had been captured in a raid yesterday. However, Hawija police chief Awad Al Obeidi said Al Douri's private secretary Saad Mohammed Al Douri, had been detained. Twenty-seven suspected fighters were caught when up to 1,000 soldiers stormed into the small town of Hawija near the northern city.. More