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  • Israel 'Violating UN Vote on Wall', Says Annan

    UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan reported that Israel has failed to comply with a General Assembly demand that it halt construction of a barrier cutting deep into Palestinian West Bank lands. The official finding lays the groundwork for the Palestinians to return to the 191-nation assembly to seek further action against Israel, probably next week. "I.. More

  • Bloodshed in Iraq as Iraqis Critical of Bush Visit

    If US President George Bush's Thanksgiving visit to Iraq was intended to boost American morale, events on the ground have quickly eroded whatever positive effects it may have had. The deaths of two young girls have led to a storm of protest from Iraqis in the northern town of Baquba. They claim they were killed by US troops who opened fire on bushes.. More

  • New Attacks Kill Four in Kashmir

    Four people were killed in Kashmir, three of them freedom fighters shot dead along the de facto border with Pakistan by Indian troops, while the region's army chief said a ceasefire between the rival militaries was holding. Three Kashmiri fighters were gunned down by security forces yesterday as they tried to cross from the Pakistani zone of Kashmir.. More

  • Israeli Troops Kill Three Palestinians

    The Israeli army yesterday admitted that three Palestinians who were shot dead by soldiers late on Wednesday were unarmed, retracting an earlier statement which claimed the troops had killed two gunmen. A new statement said that Israeli troops were pursuing "a group of armed gunmen" who were believed to be planning an attack in the Gaza Strip and.. More

  • London's Nightmare Looms in Northern Ireland

    Hardline Unionists opposed to Northern Ireland's Good Friday peace pact are leading the assembly election field at the moment, a result unlikely to lead to a swift return to home rule. Britain's nightmare scenario of fiery cleric Ian Paisley's Democratic Unionist Party and Nationalist Sinn Fein squaring up as the leading choices has been confirmed.. More

  • Congo Boat Tragedy Kills 200

    More than 200 people are feared dead after a ferry accident during a storm in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A DR Congo minister says that 163 bodies have been recovered on Lake Mayi Ndombe, about 400 kilometres (248 miles) north-east of the capital. It is still unclear whether more than one vessel was involved. Some reports said two ferries.. More

  • Bush Makes Dramatic Thanksgiving Visit to Iraq under Cover of Darkness

    US President George W Bush has made a surprise visit to Baghdad to mark America's Thanksgiving holiday. President Bush secretly traveled to Baghdad and paid a surprise to U.S. troops on Thursday in a mission to boost the morale of forces in Iraq amid mounting casualties. In a highly unusual maneuver, Bush left his Texas ranch on Wednesday night,.. More

  • US to Send Extra Marines to Iraq

    The Pentagon has announced plans to send about 3,000 additional US marines to Iraq. They will form part of next year's massive rotation of US forces in Iraq. The announcement comes amid continuing attacks on US-led coalition troops, but the Pentagon denies it is in response to a worsening security situation. In the latest attack on Wednesday,.. More

  • Retired Garner: US Made Postwar Iraq Mistakes

    The retired general who headed the first occupation government in Iraq said Wednesday the United States made major mistakes, including disbanding the Iraqi army, putting too few troops on the ground and failing to explain the goals of the war. Jay Garner, in his most critical comments yet, said in an interview broadcast Wednesday that the series.. More

  • U.N. Atomic Agency Censures Iran

    The U.N. atomic agency on Wednesday adopted a resolution censuring Iran for past nuclear cover-ups and warning that its activities would be thoroughly policed to put to rest suspicions that the country had a weapons agenda. The UN nuclear watchdog has condemned Iran for hiding its nuclear activities over a period of 18 years, but it has stopped short.. More

  • U.S. Arrests Wife of Saddam Deputy

    US forces have detained wife and daughter of Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri, who is the most wanted man in Iraq after Saddam Hussein. Lieutenant Colonel William MacDonald, spokesman for the 4th Infantry Division in Saddam's hometown of Tikrit, said the two women, along with a son of Ibrahim's doctor, were caught during a raid on Tuesday morning. "Task Force.. More

  • US Military Targets Opposition Clerics in Mosul

    The US military is acting to stem the rising tide of Islamic resistance in Iraq's third largest city and rooting out preachers held to be using their sermons to incite attacks on Americans. Alarmed by a surge of deadly attacks in Mosul, a Sunni Muslim stronghold of 1.7 million Arabs and Kurds, coalition forces are running what the US commander, Major.. More

  • Rockets Fired Into the Heart of Baghdad

    Resistant groups fired rockets at the headquarters of the U.S.-led administration in central Baghdad Tuesday and loudspeakers ordered personnel in the compound to take cover as explosions echoed across the Iraqi capital. "Attack. Take cover. This is not a test," warned loudspeakers at the compound in one of Saddam Hussein's former palace complexes... More

  • Saudi Police Foil Planned Car Bomb Attack

    Saudi police have killed two militants who were planning to carry out a bomb attack, officials in the kingdom say. The two suspects died in a shoot-out with police in the capital Riyadh, a Saudi interior ministry official said. The incident happened at noon (0900GMT), "as the terror operation... was about to be carried out," he said. The authorities.. More

  • Eid al-Fitr Arrives as Ramadan Ends

    The crescent moon has been sighted across most of the Gulf region, marking the end to Ramadan, the month of fasting and the start of the celebration of the festival of Eid al-Fitr. Saudi Arabia, birthplace of Islam, and other Gulf states such as the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Yemen and Bahrain are observing the festival on Tuesday... More