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  • Israeli Troops Storm Ramallah

    Israeli forces have launched a major raid on the West Bank city of Ram Allah. Around 40 Israeli army jeeps and armoured trucks entered the administrative capital of the Palestinian territories shortly after 6:30 pm (1630 GMT) Tuesday and imposed a curfew in the centre of the city. Troops surrounded the landmark Abd al-Nasir mosque, Palestinian security.. More

  • Ulster Unionists Reject IRA Arms Decommissioning

    It has been a tumultuous day for the Northern Ireland peace process. The Irish Republican Army, or IRA, has decommissioned more weapons, a move rejected by the Ulster Unionist leader, David Trimble. Hours earlier Britain called for fresh elections to Northern Ireland's power sharing assembly. That announcement triggered the IRA's arms scrap, an event.. More

  • Germany, Britain, France Warn Iran of "Serious Problem" if no Nuclear Deal

    Britain, France and Germany told Iran to show "full transparency" over its suspect nuclear programme, warning of a "serious problem" if their foreign ministers ended their unprecedented visit to Tehran without a deal on the crisis. But the signs were that the dramatic convergence on the Iranian capital by the European Union's big three would secure.. More

  • US Posts Record 374 $ Billion Budget Deficit in 2003

    US President George W. Bush's administration posted an unprecedented 374-billion-dollar budget gap in 2003 and warned of a further explosion in the deficit next year. The record budget shortfall for the 2003 fiscal year ending September 30 had more than doubled from a deficit of 158 billion dollars in 2002 as military spending surged, partly to pay.. More

  • At Least 12 Killed, Scores Wounded in Israeli Raids

    Israeli warplanes launched three air strikes in Gaza City in the space of several hours Monday morning, killing two members of the Hamas armed wing, one passerby and injuring at least 23 others in the first two strikes, according to Palestinian sources. A fourth attack took place in the evening after Israeli helicopters fired at least two missiles.. More

  • Another American Soldier Killed in Iraq as US Rallies for Funds

    Another US soldier was killed in Iraq as the United States called on reluctant nations to donate generously to the war-ravaged country at conference this week in Madrid. A US soldier was killed and five were wounded in an attack in the flashpoint town of Fallujah Monday, a coalition statement said. "At 1 pm (1000 GMT) today in Fallujah, a patrol.. More

  • Bloody Grenade Attack in Kashmir

    A grenade attack hurled near a bus terminal in Srinigar has killed one person and injured more than 50. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack which comes three days after armed men threw grenades outside the Chief Minister's house in Srinigar. The two men were later killed by Indian soldiers, following a long gun battle. In a separate.. More

  • Tragedy on Italian Coast - Dozens of African Immigrants Die Seeking Refuge

    Traumatized and hungry African immigrants have completed their nightmarish 20-day odyssey across the Mediterranean sea. But out of the 80-odd men, women and children who set out on the voyage for a better life in Europe, around 70 never made it. A scene from hell greeted rescuers with bodies stuffed in the engine room and under the deck. The Africans,.. More

  • Hard Right Party Wins Swiss Election

    Christoph Blocher's right wing, anti-immigration, Swiss People's Party is set to become the country's dominant political force after parliamentary elections yesterday. The result reflects a lurch to the right in voter sentiment and could shift the balance of power in Switzerland. Blocher said it was an historic result and that no party had won such.. More

  • Israeli Helicopters Kill Two Palestinian Civilians

    Israeli helicopters fired two missiles at a pickup truck in Gaza City, killing two Palestinian civilians and wounding at least five in the second air strike in less than three hours. The pickup had stopped at a traffic light near a gas station, on a busy street crowded with schoolchildren, when the missiles hit the front of the vehicle. A kindergarten.. More

  • Palestinian Resistance Kills Three Israeli Soldiers

    Palestinian resistance gunmen killed three Zionist soldiers and wounded at least one Sunday in an ambush on a West Bank road north of the city of Ramallah, an Israeli security source said. The attack occurred in the Palestinian village of Ein Yabrud, near the Jewish settlement of Ofra. Following the attack, Israeli troops stormed into Ein Yabrud.. More

  • Former Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic Dies at 78

    Alija Izetbegovic, who led Bosnia's Muslims during the 1992-95 war for independence then became one of the multiethnic republic's first postwar presidents, died Sunday, a hospital official said. He was 78. Izetbegovic died of complications that developed after he was hospitalized for injuries sustained from a fall in his home, said Dr. Ismet Gavrankapetanov.. More

  • Resistance Attack Kills Two US Soldiers on Patrol in Iraq

    At least two American soldiers were killed and one was wounded in an ambush in the resistance zone north of Baghdad, the U.S. military reported Sunday. The attack with rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire occurred at 10:45 p.m. Saturday outside the northern city of Kirkuk, 160 miles north of Baghdad, said Maj. Josslyn Aberle, spokeswoman.. More

  • Turkey May Scrap Iraq Troop Deployment

    Turkey's prime minister said Saturday that his country would scrap plans to send troops to Iraq if Iraqis continue to oppose the deployment. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government supports sending peacekeepers to Iraq, as requested by the United States, and parliament approved a deployment last week. But the proposed deployment has met.. More

  • Israelis Kill Four Palestinians in Gaza Strip

    Four Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire yesterday, three of them in the southern Gaza Strip as the army continued a major operation on the Egyptian border. Three Palestinians, including a Hamas fighter, were killed by tank fire and 18 others wounded, three of them seriously, in the violence in the border town of Rafah. In the northern West.. More