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  • Protests over Iraq at Blair's Labour Conference

    Trade union members provided a noisy background to the first full day of the annual conference of Britain's ruling Labour party. They were angry that a motion to discuss Iraq during the coming week was defeated. It has saved Prime Minister Tony Blair from a rancorous and potentially damaging debate. Finance Minister Gordon Brown defended Blair over.. More

  • Barghouti Wraps up Defence in Murder Trial

    Palestinian politician Marwan Barghouti, in closing arguments at his trial in Israel on murder charges, has defended the current uprising on its third anniversary. Journalists followed proceedings via a video screen in an adjoining screen. Barghouthi, who was the leader of Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction in the West Bank, was tipped as a possible successor.. More

  • Iran Ready to Cooperate with IAEA

    Iran's foreign minister has said that his country is willing to cooperate with the UN's nuclear watchdog agency, though its nuclear power programme would go ahead. "We are trying and we are determined to cooperate (with the International Atomic Energy Agency)," Kamal Kharazi told ABC television. "The problem is that United States administration asked.. More

  • Egyptian Islamic Leader Released from Prison after 22 Years

    An Islamic armed group leader who helped plot the assassination of President Anwar Sadat but later expressed regret for the Egyptian leader's killing has been released from prison after nearly 22 years, officials said Sunday. Karam Zohdy, 51, one of the leaders of Al-Gamaa al-Islamiyya, or Islamic Group, was serving a life sentence for being among.. More

  • New Al-Qaida Tape Calls for Musharraf's Ouster

    Aljazeera has aired an audiotape of Osama bin Laden's second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, calling on Pakistanis to overthrow President Pervez Musharraf. Al-Zawahiri said the Pakistani leader should be removed from power for "betraying" Islam, in a tape aired on Sunday. The top al-Qaida member accused Musharraf of making it possible for the United.. More

  • U.S. Soldiers Injured in Iraqi Bomb Attacks

    At least four U.S. soldiers were injured in two separate bomb attacks in Iraq, a US military spokesman said. Sergeant Mark Ingham said an attack with an "improvised explosive device" took place about 11:00 am in the town of Iskandariya, some 45 kilometers south of Baghdad. The attack occurred on a stretch of road linking Baghdad with Karbala. No.. More

  • Pro-Russian Chechen Prime Minister 'Poisoned'

    The Chechen Government has said doctors treating its prime minister and acting president have confirmed he has been poisoned. A government statement says doctors diagnosed Anatoly Popov with "poisoning from an unknown toxin. "He is currently in one of Chechnya's hospitals and will soon be taken to Moscow. He is in serious condition," the statement.. More

  • Massive Power Cut Hits Italy

    Most of Italy remains without power after a massive and unprecedented blackout in the early hours of the morning. Only the island of Sardinia escaped the power cut, which struck at about 0330 (0130GMT). About 110 trains were reported to have been brought to a standstill across the country - trapping thousands of people. It is the latest in a.. More

  • Extremists Attack Mosques, Muslim Families Fled from Rajasthan Town

    More than a hundred Muslim families have fled several tribal-dominated villages in Rajasthan's Jhalawar district after extremist Bajrang Dal activists destroyed a village mosque with explosives and subjected them to a series of attacks over three consecutive days last week, an Indian daily reported on Friday. Nearly 30 people have been arrested in.. More

  • U.S. Troops Kill Two Iraqis in Fallujah as US Agrees to Bigger UN Role

    American soldiers fired on two cars at a checkpoint in Fallujah, killing four Iraqis and wounding five others, local residents and Arab satellite television reported Saturday. Residents said the incident occurred about 10 p.m. Friday on the eastern edge of the city. Al-Jazeera television and local residents said the dead included two men and two.. More

  • Global Demonstrations Call for US UK Pullout of Iraq

    Thousands of anti-war protesters have converged on central London. They are demanding an end to the US and British occupation of Iraq. It is the first rally to take place in the capital since the fall of Saddam Hussein. Similar protests are taking place around the world, including France, Greece, Germany, Spain, Canada, Australia and the United States. Or.. More

  • Palestinian Gunman Kills Two Israelis

    An Israeli man, 28, and a baby were shot dead and two others wounded when a Palestinian gunman infiltrated a Jewish settlement in the southern West Bank shortly after the start of the Jewish New Year last evening, Israeli sources said. "We have reports of two killed, an Israeli man aged 30 and a baby," Yerucham Mandola, a spokesman for the Magen David.. More

  • Bush, Putin Hold Talks at Camp David

    Russia's President Vladimir Putin has begun talks at Camp David with his American counterpart George W. Bush which are likely to focus on Iraq and Iran. Bush needs Russian support for a new United Nations resolution on Iraq, authorising a multinational force and establishing a path to self-rule. America foresees a lengthy period of US control in.. More

  • Lindh Murder Suspect Remanded in Custody

    A judge on Friday identified a Swedish man of Serbian origin as the main suspect in the murder of Foreign Minister Anna Lindh and ordered him held for at least two more weeks while investigators gather more evidence. Judge Goeran Nilsson called Mijailo Mijailovic, 24, a flight risk and said he could jeopardize the investigation if freed from police.. More

  • German Police Shatter Child Porn Ring

    German authorities said they shattered an enormous international online child pornography ring and have launched investigations into hundreds of suspects after a global sweep in 166 countries. An interior ministry spokesman in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt reported that police carried out raids of more than 500 apartments in Germany alone under.. More