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  • Palestinian Prime Minister Ready to Resign

    Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Quraya, who was sworn in only 48 hours ago, has told President Yasir Arafat he wants to resign. Aides close to the Palestinian President said on Thursday that Quraya told Arafat that he did not want to be prime minister any more. Palestinian officials said Arafat wanted to dismiss Interior Minister Nasir Yusuf,.. More

  • EU Tells Israel to Stop International Law Breaches

    In a gloomy report to the European Parliament, the EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana has said there is a real danger the Israeli-Palestinian crisis could degenerate into a region-wide conflict after last weekend's Israeli air strikes on Syria. Solana said: "The government of Israel has not only the right but the obligation to take measures to.. More

  • Spanish Diplomat and Eight Iraqis Killed in Separate Incidents in Baghdad

    A Spanish diplomat in Iraq was shot dead upon leaving his home in Baghdad Thursday, a Spanish foreign ministry spokesman said. The victim, Jose Antonio Bernal, was described as an information attache in the Iraqi capital. **Car Bomb Kills Eight Iraqis*** A car bomb exploded in Baghdad police station, killing at least three policemen and five.. More

  • Pakistanis on the Run in US

    Pakistanis staying in the US allege that they are being tormented and subjected to severe physical abuse on the pretext of being terrorists. According to a Daily Times report, several Pakistani citizens have been kept in solitary confinement and made to live without food and water for weeks together. Quoting an unnamed American journalist who had.. More

  • 60 Killed in Fighting by Afghan Militias

    Fighting erupted Wednesday between rival warlords who both claim allegiance to the government of President Hamid Karzai, and an official of one of the warring groups said as many as 60 people were killed and scores more wounded. A commander for the other side, however, said only three people had been killed in a battle outside the northern city of.. More

  • Six Dead in Bogota Car Blast

    At least six people have been killed and another 12 injured in a car bomb explosion in the Colombian capital, Bogota. Police chief General Jorge Dario Castro said two of those killed were police officers. The explosion took place in a commercial area of central Bogota at about 0800 local time (1300 GMT). It is not clear who was behind the attack... More

  • Israelis 'Trying to Widen Crisis' Says Al-Assad

    Syrian President Bashar Al Assad accused Israel of trying to drag Syria and the rest of the Middle East into wider conflict. He told London-based Al Hayat newspaper Syria would not yield to US demands to expel Palestinian organisations. In his first public comments on Sunday's Israeli air strike on a Palestinian camp near Damascus, Assad said: "(The.. More

  • Pakistan Has 2nd Missile Test in a Week

    Pakistan on Wednesday test fired a medium-range, nuclear-capable missile, the second such test in less than a week, the army said. The army said it successfully fired off the Hatf-4 missile, also known as the Shaheen 1, in the early morning hours. The missile has a range of 435 miles, meaning it can hit most major targets in rival India. "The test.. More

  • Three US Soldiers Killed by Iraqi Resistance as Turkey's Parliament Approves Troops to Iraq

    Iraqi resistance fighters killed at least three U.S. soldiers with roadside bombs, the US military reported, and former Iraqi intelligence officers demanding jobs hurled stones and charged American forces guarding occupation headquarters in the capital. Large sections of Baghdad were in turmoil. There was an explosion inside the Foreign Ministry compound.. More

  • Palestinian Cabinet Sworn in

    Palestinian President Yasir Arafat has sworn in an emergency cabinet, led by premier Ahmad Quraya. The Palestinian prime minister said on Tuesday the cabinet would try to end "a state of chaos" in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip by pressing resistance groups to halt anti-occupation attacks. Israel has threatened to "remove" Arafat unless.. More

  • After Loosing One of its Soldiers Israel Kills Lebanese Child

    A Lebanese boy was killed when a missile slammed into a house in a south Lebanon border town near Israel. The Israel missile hit the home of Kamil Yasin in the southern town of Hula early on Tuesday, killing the owner's grandchild, said security sources. The dead boy's eight-year-old brother was also injured. The origin of the projectile is still.. More

  • Maher Arar Freed from Syria Jail Returns to Canada

    Maher Arar, who also holds a Syrian passport, was detained in October 2002 as he changed planes at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport. U.S. agents deported him to Syria, prompting a formal protest by Ottawa to Washington. He had been accused by Damascus of belonging to a "terrorist organization," which Canadian authorities believed to be the Syrian.. More

  • Gul: No Secret Plan about Sending Soldiers to Iraq

    Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul said on Monday that Turkey didn't have any secret plan about sending soldiers to Iraq, adding that Turkey would not be a part of the occupation. Gul and Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hamad Bin Jasim Bin Jabir Al Thani held a joint news conference after their meeting. Upon.. More

  • Pakistan MP Killed in Attack

    Pakistani Sunni leader and Member of Parliament Azam Tariq was among five people killed in an attack on his car yesterday on the outskirts of the capital Islamabad, police and party officials said. "Yes, it was Maulana Azam Tariq," said a sobbing Rashid Mehmood Faruqi, Tariq's personal secretary and a fellow member of his Sunni Muslim group Sipah-e-Sahaba.. More

  • Public Outrage over Attack as Bush Backs Israeli 'Self-Defence'

    Many ordinary Syrians have voiced their anger over Israel's air strike near Damascus, with some calling for reprisals and others enraged by US reaction. The raid, Israel's deepest into Syria since the 1973 Middle East war, was a violent shock. One taxi driver, Mahir Awad, echoed others around him who hoped for a military response on the eve.. More