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  • US Troops Kill Six Iraqis near Kirkuk; FBI Invited to Investigate Najaf Bombing

    American occupation troops killed six Iraqis, who, according to a U.S. military spokesman, ambushed the US convoy and used rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire. Two American occupation troops were injured in this incident on Saturday afternoon close to the northern city of Kirkuk, Reuters quoted Lieutenant Colonel William MacDonald, spokesman.. More

  • Libya Makes Deal on Compensation to Help Lift UN Sanctions

    Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has agreed an increased compensation deal for the relatives of those who died in the 1989 bombing of a French airliner over Africa. A row erupted after Britain moved to end UN sanctions on Libya when Tripoli agreed this month to pay 2.5 billion euro to families of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing which killed 270 people. France,.. More

  • Bush under Pressure to Outline Iraq Costs

    Back in Washington after a month's break on his Texas ranch, President Bush is being pressed to spell out the cost to Americans of the occupation of Iraq. The US civil administrator in Iraq, Paul Bremer, says he needs more than 25 billion euro for water and electricity supplies over the next year. That figure is worrying Democrat Senator Richard.. More

  • Solana Faces Israeli Pressure over Arafat and Hamas

    Javier Solana, the European Union's foreign policy chief, has resisted calls for the EU to isolate the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat during a meeting with the Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom in Jerusalem. Shalom said the EU should follow the lead of the United States in rejecting dialogue with Arafat. He also called for the bloc to take.. More

  • Tanker Blaze in Russia Could Result in Ecological Damage

    Oil is now leaking freely from a tanker on Russia's river Volga, posing a serious threat to the region's fragile environment. A fire broke out on the vessel on Saturday after an explosion which killed one crew member. The blaze is now coming under control, according to fire-fighters dealing with it near the town of Sizran. But 700 tonnes of light.. More

  • 13 Killed, 70 Others Injured in Taipei Blaze

    At least 13 people were killed and 70 others injured when a fire, one of the worst in years, swept through a residential building in suburban Taipei, firefighters said. The fire erupted shortly after 2:00 am and immediately engulfed an eight-story building in Luzhou, a district of northern Taipei county, firefighters at the scene told AFP. Eighty-three.. More

  • Solana Warns Tehran over Nuclear Inspections

    European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana, on a visit to Tehran, has urged Iran to sign up for tougher inspections of its nuclear programme. EU officials said Iran must sign the so-called Additional Protocol and allow short-notice inspections, if talks on a possible trade pact are to progress. The UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic.. More

  • Indian Consulate in Afghanistan Attacked

    Attackers hurled a hand grenade at the Indian consulate in Afghanistan's eastern city of Jalalabad, damaging a wall of the building and shattering windows, Afghan police said Sunday. No injuries were reported. The drive-by attack occurred late Saturday in the city, capital of the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar, Gul Karim, the provincial police.. More

  • Zionists Kill Two Hamas Men, One Girl in Gaza

    Two Hamas activists were killed in an Israeli helicopter attack in central Gaza, the fifth attack in nine days, as Israel increased pressure on the Palestinian Islamic group to stop rocket attacks on Israeli targets. Saturday's attack came just hours after Israel officials vowed to pursue a harassment campaign against Hamas through incursions and.. More

  • Russian Submarine Sinks in Arctic

    A Russian nuclear submarine with at least 10 crew on board has sunk in the Barents Sea. A spokesman for Russia's Northern Fleet said one of the crew had been rescued and the bodies of two others had been retrieved, the Interfax news agency reports. Russia's Navy chief-of-staff Viktor Kravchenko told the NTV television channel that "the hopes of.. More

  • Six-Way Nuclear Talks were Useless: North Korea

    North Korea said the six-way talks recently concluded in Beijing had been used to force it to disarm and dismissed the meeting as "not only useless but harmful in every aspect." "Betraying our expectation, the talks turned out to be no more than armchair arguments and degenerated into a stage show to force us to disarm," North Korea's foreign ministry.. More

  • 82 Killed in Najaf, Mohammed Baqir Al-Hakim Dies in Explosion

    A car bomb exploded at the Imam Ali mosque in Najaf during Friday prayers, killing at least 82 people, including one of Iraq 's most important Shiite clerics, Mohammad Baqir Al-Hakim. Mohammed Baqir Al-Hakim died in the bombing, his nephew told The Associated Press. "I called family in Najaf and they confirmed he was dead," said the nephew, Murthada.. More

  • Hamas Vows to Avenge Death of Activist as Jewish Settler Shot Dead

    The Palestinian Islamic group Hamas vowed to avenge the death of an activist killed in a helicopter strike and Palestinian gunmen shot dead an Israeli settler as an upsurge of violence in the region showed no sign of abating. "Our mujahedeen will avenge our martyr as soon as possible to ensure that the Zionists pay the price," said a statement from.. More

  • Over 11,000 Dead in French Heat

    An estimated 11,435 people died in France's heatwave in the first half of August, according to the country's Health Ministry. Temperatures rose to over 40C in the first two weeks of the month, leading to an unusually high number of deaths of mainly elderly people and putting a heavy strain on mortuaries and funeral services. The figures are the.. More

  • Press Supreme Campbell Resigns over Kelly Affair

    Alistair Campbell, the British government's communications director, has resigned. Campbell was a key witness in the inquiry into events leading to the apparent suicide of government scientist Dr. David Kelly. Kelly was named as the source of a BBC report alleging that Campbell exaggerated the intelligence evidence on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.. More