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  • Russia Endures Mining Drama

    Hope is still being kept flickering alive for the 13 Russian miners trapped underground in the Zapadnaia pit. Since Thursday the men have been cut off by rising water 80 metres underground, although 20 others who were with them have managed to make it to the surface. It is hoped they have found an air pocket to stay alive, but in 40 hours water will.. More

  • New Explosions Kill At least 18 in Baghdad

    At least 18 people have been killed and scores injured as four huge explosions rocked central Baghdad in continuation of a series of high-intensity attacks since the arrival of top US official Paul Wolfowitz to Iraq. In an unrelated incident, a US soldier was killed on Sunday night in a mortar attack west of Baghdad. The impact of the Monday morning.. More

  • At least 13 Killed as Result of Wildfires in Southern California

    At least 13 people have died in a violent wave of wildfires in southern California that have burned around 500 homes and forced tens of thousands of people to flee, officials said. Eleven people were confirmed to have died in fire-related incidents around the city of San Diego, south of Los Angeles, while two others succumbed as a result of a fire.. More

  • Israel Accused of Violating International Law

    Israel was accused of violating international law after troops blew up scores of apartments in the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile Damascus threatened to attack Jewish settlers living in the occupied Golan Heights if Israel launched further attacks on Syrian soil like the one earlier this month. Some 2,000 Palestinians residents of the Gaza town of Al-Zahra.. More

  • US Soldier Killed, 15 Wounded in Baghdad Hotel Attack, Wolfowitz Escapes

    A US soldier was killed and 15 people, 11 of them American, were wounded when dozens of rockets were fired at a Baghdad hotel while US Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz was staying there during a tour of the war-torn country. "One US soldier was killed. Seven US civilians were wounded, four military were injured, along with four foreign nationals,".. More

  • Anti-war Protesters Take to San Francisco Streets

    Anti-war protesters from around the state took to the streets of San Francisco Saturday, protesting the U.S. occupation of Iraq and urging President Bush to bring the troops back home. One of the groups organizing the protest, International ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and Racism) says the anti war movement has gained momentum since President Bush.. More

  • Twin Earthquakes Kill at Least 8 in China

    Two powerful tremors shook a remote, earthquake prone region of northwestern China, killing eight people and seriously injuring dozens, the government said Sunday. Local officials reported collapsed houses and scores of minor aftershocks. The earthquakes- measured at magnitudes 6.1 and 5.8, respectively - hit a desert area of Gansu province at.. More

  • Thousands Evacuate for Israeli Demolitions

    Forcing thousands of residents to leave their homes in the night, the Israeli army has blown up three Palestinian Authority buildings in the Gaza Strip. Sunday's deafening explosion sent shock waves kilometres away. It was the largest such demolition since the start of the Intifada three years ago. The 13-storey partly constructed buildings were.. More

  • U.S. Black Hawk Goes Down Near Tikrit

    A U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter was shot down by ground fire near Tikrit, U.S. officials said. At least one person was injured. Two helicopters were flying overhead when the second one in the formation was hit by a projectile, believed to be a rocket propelled grenade, witnesses said. The striken copter circled, swayed then came down in a farming.. More

  • Trapped Miners Being Rescued in Russia

    Rescue workers on Saturday began lifting to the surface miners trapped in a flooded mine for nearly two days in southern Russia. The miners were taken from the shaft in groups of three or four in a special elevator cage. By midday, 11 miners were brought to the surface. All were taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital, and one was reported in serious.. More

  • American and Australian Shot by Israeli Troops

    Two international peace activists have been shot by Israeli soldiers at a Palestinian refugee camp near Nablus. Details of the shooting were released to Aljazeera.net within hours of the incident on Friday evening, but the identities of the injured are being witheld until their families can be contacted. The Australian and American men were both.. More

  • Anti-War Rallies on Both US Coasts

    Vietnam veteran David Cline sees resemblances between the war in Iraq and the one in which he almost lost his life. "This has got a lot of eerie parallels to what we went through," Cline said. As president of Veterans for Peace, Cline planned to join protesters Saturday to demonstrate against the war. Organizers predicted more than 30,000 people would.. More

  • Resistance Attacks Kill Two US Soldiers North of Baghdad

    Two U.S. troops were killed and four were injured Friday in a mortar attack on their base north of Baghdad, and another American died in a shootout in the northern city of Mosul, the U.S. military said. Elsewhere, 13 other soldiers were injured Thursday night in a mortar attack near Baqouba, some 65 kilometers northeast of the capital, the command.. More

  • Rescuers Try to Save 46 Trapped Miners in Russia

    Rescuers bored passages to a flooded coal mine in southern Russia in a frantic attempt to save 46 miners trapped for more than a day by freezing water. Bulldozers and trucks dumped concrete slabs, metal rods and rocks into the main shaft of the Zapadnaya mine in the Rostov region to try and stop icy water from filling any more galleries more than.. More

  • Three Israeli Soldiers Shot Dead near Jewish Settlement

    Three Israeli soldiers were killed and two others were wounded in an attack by at least one Palestinian who early Friday infiltrated a military camp near the heavily guarded Gaza Strip settlement of Netzarim. The head of the Israeli military southern command, Maj. Gen. Dan Harel said one of the Palestinians entered the camp and began shooting at.. More