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  • Flooding Kills 65 in Indonesian's Sumatra

    Flash floods swept through a popular tourist resort on Indonesia's Sumatra island on Monday, killing 65 people, and leaving dozens missing, a rescue official said. The floods, which were triggered by days of heavy rain, took place in Bohorok, close to the provincial capital of Medan in north Sumatra province. A police official, Lt. Kosim, who goes.. More

  • Deadliest Day for US Occupation in Iraq: Helicopter Blast Kills At Least 16 Soldiers

    In the deadliest day for American troops in Iraq, a U.S. Chinook helicopter was shot down Sunday near Baghdad airport, and at least 15 troops were killed and some 20 were injured, U.S. officials said. Another U.S. soldier was killed early Sunday by a bomb blast in the Iraqi capital. The U.S. Central Command in Tampa, Fla., said the helicopter included.. More

  • Israeli Soldiers Hit in Nablus

    Six Israeli soldiers have been injured in the West Bank city of Nablus after their military patrol car was hit by an explosive device in the Old City. The soldiers were in the al-Yasmina area of the city, attempting to arrest some Palestinian youngsters when they were targeted by an explosive device, witnesses told Aljazeera.net It is not known how.. More

  • Tamil Rebels Unveil Historic Draft

    Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels ended a boycott of peace talks after handing over historic proposals to end three decades of ethnic bloodshed. The rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) called for an Interim Self-Governing Authority (ISGA) in their first ever blueprint for peace in a country where more than 60,000 people have been killed in separatist.. More

  • Screaming Woman Rams Car into Arena at Bush Rally

    A woman rammed a car carrying children into a building where President Bush was campaigning on Saturday, drawing a swarm of police in her wake before being dragged away at gunpoint. Bush was in his limousine ready to leave the arena when the screaming woman hit the same side of the building, near the exit the president's motorcade was to use. Bush.. More

  • Iraqi Resistance Kills At Least Three US Soldiers in Mosul

    A roadside bomb in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul has left at least three American soldiers dead and two wounded, Iraqi police in Mosul said. The explosion, the latest to target occupation forces, was detonated as a convoy of US vehicles drove past. A traffic policeman and another witness said the Americans were travelling in civilian clothes.. More

  • One Civilian Killed in Nablus as Palestinians Wary over New Israeli Talks Offer

    A Palestinian man riding a motorcycle was shot and killed in the West Bank city of Nablus. Palestinians accuse Israeli soldiers of often deliberately shooting civilians and then claiming they were resistance fighters. The military said the man, Muhammad Hamad, 23, was lightly wounded in the leg. But a reporter with the Associated Press said he.. More

  • Concern Mounts over Russia Crisis

    The US and German governments have raised serious concerns over the way Russia has handled the investigation into alleged tax fraud at the country's largest oil company, Yukos. They have asked for assurances over the legality of the arrest a week ago of the Yukos chief, Mikhail Khodorkovsky. The US State Department spokesman, Richard Boucher, said.. More

  • Five Die in Kashmir Violence

    Five more people have been killed in occupied Kashmir, police said on Friday, while the army said it had foiled 13 attempts by Mujahideen to infiltrate in the region. A police spokesman said freedom fighters shot dead Ghulam Mohammed Yatoo, an official of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) late on Thursday at his house in the Shangus area.. More

  • Malaysia's New PM Gets Warm Welcome on first Day in Power

    Malaysia's Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was warmly welcomed by the mainstream media on his first day in office, but warned of major challenges ahead. Abdullah, 63, was sworn in Friday as Malaysia's fifth prime minister since independence from Britain in 1957, ushering in a new political era in a country that has been dominated for 22 years.. More

  • Occupation Soldiers Kill Four Iraqi Protesters

    Four Iraqis, including a policeman, were killed and two US soldiers wounded in violent incidents at a marketplace in Baghdad's western suburb of Abu Ghuraib. Following Friday midday prayer, Iraqis gathered to protest what they said was the destruction of their market stalls by US forces. "The police tried to contain the protest, the protesters opened.. More

  • U.S. Soldier Killed in Southern Afghanistan

    A U.S. special force soldier has died of wounds suffered in a clash in volatile southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said on Friday, the third U.S. death in Afghanistan in less than a week. The clash between U.S.-led special operation forces and their Afghan allies and "a 10- to 15-member anti coalition element" took place on Thursday in an area.. More

  • US Congress Backs Multi-Billion Afghano-Iraqi Package

    Ignoring popular rising anti-occupation sentiment the US House of Representatives has strongly endorsed a 87.5 billion US dollars package, mainly to sustain the country's military forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. "Congress stood with the president and our soldiers tonight, sending them the support they need to defend our nation and all those working.. More

  • UN Pulls Foreign Staff from Baghdad as US Troops Hunt Saddam Official

    The United Nations said it would temporarily pull its foreign staff out of Baghdad as US forces hunted a top former official under Saddam Hussein suspected of coordinating resistance attacks. The UN announcement followed a similar one by the International Red Cross (ICRC), which said it was slashing foreign staff in Iraq after a truck bomb killed.. More

  • Malaysian PM Bows Out

    Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is stepping down on Friday, after twenty-two years in power. But, as he gave his final address to Parliament, he delivered none of the fiery rhetoric that has made him a controversial figure on the international stage. Mahathir Mohamad provoked sharp criticism from Western governments and Israel earlier.. More