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  • Toy Gun Sparks US Congress Alert

    Police in Washington say a major security alert on Capitol Hill turned out to be a false alarm triggered by a 'Halloween' costume. Police initially said they were hunting two intruders armed with a revolver who had breached a checkpoint at an office building belonging to the US House of Representatives. A security guard at the Cannon Office Building.. More

  • Police Questions Sharon About Corruption

    Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was questioned by police Thursday in two corruption investigations, Israeli media reported. Sharon, the third sitting prime minister to be investigated by police, has denied wrongdoing. One probe involves a 1.5 million US dollars loan from a South African businessman to Sharon's two sons, allegedly used to cover.. More

  • Two Palestinians Killed as Israel's Top Officer Criticizes Sharon Policy Towards Palestinians

    Palestinians wounded an Israeli man and woman as they drove on a highway in the northern West Bank Wednesday, Israeli police said. The man was in serious condition following the shooting. The woman was lightly wounded. Also in the West Bank, a 13-year-old boy was shot and killed by Israeli gunfire in the Balata refugee camp, near Nablus, while Palestinians.. More

  • New Raids in Tikrit as Two US Soldiers Die North of Baghdad

    US troops carried out pre-dawn raids Thursday in Tikrit and detained more than a dozen suspects, the U.S. military said. U.S. forces had "reliable intelligence" that the suspects were involved in establishing a "new terrorist network in Tikrit and planning terrorist attacks against coalition forces," Lt. Col. Steve Russell told The Associated Press.. More

  • Iran Won't Give Al Qaeda Intelligence to U.S.

    Iran said it would not share intelligence with the United States about al Qaeda members it is holding and dismissed U.S. charges that anti-American fighters were slipping across its borders into Iraq. U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said on Tuesday Washington was prepared to resume limited contacts with the Iranian government but that.. More

  • Twenty Killed in Sudan Helicopter Crash

    A helicopter transporting troops crashed in western Sudan, killing 19 members of the armed forces and a university student, the army said in a statement carried Wednesday by the official news agency. The troops were being evacuated from the area by helicopter on Tuesday following a vehicle accident on the ground, the army said. "The helicopter.. More

  • Fresh Iraqi Bomb Kills At Least Six in Baghdad

    A bomb exploded west of Baghdad killing at least six people, a day after the Iraqi capital was rocked by a wave of car bomb attacks that killed at least 43 people, prompting US President George W. Bush to vow his forces would not be intimidated by attacks on civilians. Tuesday's car bomb exploded near a police station in Fallujah, a flashpoint town.. More

  • Russian Miners Found Alive

    11 Russian miners who have been trapped underground for several days are alive. One man is dead and another is missing. The breakthrough in the rescue operation came as workers managed to pierce a tunnel through to the shaft this morning. As they burrowed into the mine they found a sign written by the group. It indicated they had made their way to.. More

  • Israel 'Choosing Road to Disaster'

    Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher said yesterday Israel was choosing the "road to disasters" over the route to peace by continuing the construction of a West Bank barrier. Maher said the fence was being built to "capture more Palestinian territories" and would not contribute to the so-called "road map" peace plan endorsed by the EU, Russia, the.. More

  • Six Dead in Fallujah Car Bomb Blast, Four U.S. Soldiers Injured in Mosul

    At least six people, including school children, were killed Tuesday when a car bomb exploded near a police station in Fallujah. The explosion occurred when a pick up truck, belonging to the Fao construction company, exploded at 1:15 pm (1015 GMT) about 150 meters from the police station in Fallujah, some 50 kilometers west of Baghdad. According.. More

  • Mahathir Dismisses US Aid Cut

    Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Muhammad has brushed off a US Senate decision to curb aid to his country owing to remarks he made about Jews. The Senate unanimously agreed on Monday to make 1.2 million US dollars in military training aid to Malaysia conditional on US Secretary of State Colin Powell being persuaded the southeast Asian country supports.. More

  • Bush Declares Disaster as Fires Force Mass Evacuations, Kill 17

    Thousands of firefighters battled spreading wildfires across southern California, as blazes jumped freeways and threatened tens of thousands of homes after killing at least 17 people including two in Mexico. Eleven blazes, fanned by high and erratic desert winds, devoured close to 200,000 tinder-dry hectares (500,000 acres), gutting an area from the.. More

  • Two CIA Contract Agents Killed in Afghanistan

    Two US nationals working for the CIA in Afghanistan were killed in an ambush at the weekend, the American intelligence agency has said in a rare statement. William Carlson and Christopher Glenn Mueller were both working under contract for the agency, "tracking terrorists" in the east of the country, near the border with Pakistan. The statement said.. More

  • Scores Killed in Unprecedented Wave of Bombing Attacks in Baghdad

    Iraq's capital was rocked by five car bomb attacks against the Red Cross and Iraqi police in attacks which killed at least 42 people and wounded more than 200. The five morning attacks were launched with two simultaneous blasts at the police stations in Al-Bayaa, also known as Al-Elam, and Al-Dora, south of Baghdad. Within barely an hour, explosions.. More

  • Israeli Troops Kill Palestinian in Gaza Strip, Arrest At Least 16 in West Bank

    Israeli soldiers on Monday shot dead a Palestinian man and injured another man in the Gaza Strip. The two Palestinians were approaching the so-called "security fence" near Kibbutz Nahal Oz, together with three other men, Israel Radio reported. On Sunday, an 11-year-old boy, Mohammed Hameida, was killed in Dir al-Balah when Israeli troops opened.. More