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  • Iraqi Ex-Soldiers Clash Again with Occupying Troops

    Occupation troops clashed with hundreds of former soldiers of Iraqi's army in a second day of violent confrontations, which have left at least three Iraqis dead and scores wounded. British soldiers fired rubber bullets to disperse hundreds of former Iraqi conscripts who hurled rocks and set tires ablaze in the southern city of Basra. The protesters.. More

  • Moscow's Man Set to Win Chechen Poll

    A man who can bring peace to war-torn Chechnya? Or a puppet of the Kremlin? Whatever your view of Akhmad Kadyrov, it is almost certain that he will be named president of the southern Russian republic following controversial election. At first glance, he may seem an unlikely choice as Moscow's man in the rebellious region. After all, Kadyrov is a former.. More

  • UN Meets over Israel Airstrike

    UN Security Council members held an emergency session early today to discuss an Israeli attack on a suspected Palestinian training camp north of Damascus as tensions in the Middle East reached the boiling point. Syria demanded that the council condemn the most serious Israeli attack on that country in three decades, calling it a "flagrant violation.. More

  • Flooding Forces Relocation of Tens of Thousands of People in China

    Flooding along China's mighty Yellow River and one of its tributaries has forced 238,000 people to flee their homes in northern China, while another 11,000 people in east China must be relocated, officials said. Some 300,000 people in Weinan city in north China's Shaanxi province have been relocated as continuous heavy rain since September 27 has.. More

  • Chechens Take Skeptical View of Election Aimed at Ending War

    Business was slow at the polling station in central Grozny, and the four election commission ladies in the cafeteria had time to sip their tea in leisurely fashion before rushing over to record the occasional ballot. By midday Sunday, they had been troubled by only 170 of the 1,099 electors registered to vote here. Perhaps the electors were put.. More

  • Israel Claims Hitting Palestinian Training Camp in Syria

    Israeli forces have attacked a Palestinian "training base" inside Syrian territory in response to a Palestinian bomb attack on Saturday, the Israeli officials say. In its statement, the army said the attack was carried out "deep inside Syrian territory", but did not make clear whether air or ground forces were involved. **Islamic Jihad Denies Combatants.. More

  • Blair 'Knew Iraq Threat Limited', Says Cook

    The prime minister knew Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction ready for use within 45 minutes, former Foreign Secretary Robin Cook has claimed. He said that before the war started Mr Blair privately admitted that Saddam Hussein had no weapons posing a "real and present danger". Mr Cook - who resigned as Leader of the Commons in protest at the.. More

  • Woman Bomber Kills At Least 19 in Israel Restaurant

    At least 19 people, were killed and dozens injured Saturday in a bomb attack by a Palestinian woman at a restaurant in the Israeli port city of Haifa on the Jewish holiday. "We confirm that 19 people were killed," national police spokesman Gil Kleiman told AFP, adding that the toll did not include the bomber. "Five of the victims are known to have.. More

  • Two Iraqis Killed in Countrywide Protests

    At least two Iraqis were killed and dozens wounded in clashes across Iraq between US forces and Iraqi demonstrators, many of whom had gathered to receive back pay. In Baghdad, US ground forces and helicopters opened fire at former Iraqi soldiers, who were heading to the Conference Palace - where the US-backed Iraqi Governing Council is based - to.. More

  • Violent Scenes at Anti-Globalisation Demonstration

    An anti-globalisation march in Rome has turned nasty, with Italian riot police responding to a hail of bottles and stones with tear gas and batons. Earlier a small group of demonstrators had set fire to an employment agency and attacked a bank building. The diverse collective of anarchists, environmentalists and fair trade activists accuse the EU.. More

  • Palestinian Territories Closed off for Jewish Holiday

    Palestinian residents woke up to face the total closure of their territories for the Jewish holiday, raising tension already high due to the erection of a controversial security wall and Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank. Israel also appeared determined Friday to extend the separation wall which will cut deep into the West Bank despite.. More

  • Six Killed in Huge Afghan Explosion

    At least six people were killed and seven others injured yesterday in a massive explosion that destroyed several houses outside the US-led military coalition's main base in Afghanistan, the US military and rescue workers said. "Four bodies were pulled out from the rubble and two bodies were missing," US Army Major David Long said at the site of the.. More

  • Chechnya Counts Down to Presidential Poll

    Russia stages an election in Chechnya on Sunday in a fresh bid to end a bloody conflict that dates from the tsars. The vote for Chechen president is central to Kremlin plans to keep hold of the rebel region while undermining a separatist armed resistance that makes almost daily claims on Russian soldiers' lives. In the three years until last December.. More

  • France, Russia Reject US Iraq Draft

    US efforts to push through a new UN draft resolution on Iraq received a setback on Friday with France and Russia dismissing it. Both France and Russia said they were not satisfied with the new draft, which if passed would pave the way for other countries to pump in troops and money to rebuild Iraq. "Our first impression is that our concerns are only.. More

  • Bosnia's Largest Mass Grave Held Remains of Over 600 Dead

    The remains of 629 people have been recovered from Bosnia's largest known mass grave, a local official said as forensic experts completed two months of exhumations. In one corner of the grave, investigators found 11 skeletons of children aged between 18 months and 12 years, along with with those of 12 women believed to have been their mothers. Bullet.. More