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  • Muslims Try to Prevent Jews from Entering Al-Haram Al-Shareef

    A group of Muslim worshippers on Monday morning tried to prevent Jewish visitors from entering Al-Haram Al-Shareef. The Muslims were standing at the Mugrabi Gate in order to prevent the entrance of the Jewish visitors, and a confrontation erupted between the groups. After police intervention, the Muslims left the area and the Jews were allowed to.. More

  • Serial Blasts Rock Mumbai, 40 Killed,150 Injured

    At least 40 people were killed and over 100 injured when serial blasts ripped through busy areas of Mumbai on Monday afternoon. As panic spread in Mumbai, initial reports said there had been four explosions in a haunting replay of the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts after the Babri Masjid demolition. But authorities maintained there were two blasts, at.. More

  • Israelis Kill Four Hamas Fighters in Gaza

    Israeli helicopters fired missiles at a group of armed men sitting near the Gaza City beach Sunday, killing four Hamas fighters, including a fugitive commander, just hours after Israel's army chief said Hamas members were targets for "liquidation." The attack occurred just 200 yards from the office of Palestinian security chief Mohammed Dahlan. Palestinia.. More

  • Two US Soldiers Die, Bomb Hits Home of Key Iraqi Shiite Cleric

    A US soldier from the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment has drowned in the Euphrates River and another died from "non-hostile gunshot" wounds, the US Central Command said in a statement Sunday. It said that the soldier who drowned died at around 8:30 p.m. (local time) Saturday near Hadithah Dam, west of the Iraqi town of Ar Ramadi. "After a thorough.. More

  • 1000 Liberians Feared Killed in New Massacre

    Many civilians were killed and villages torched in a massacre in Nimba county northeast of Monrovia, a senior Liberian military official told AFP. "I have received a report from our security officers that many villages there had burned down and that there have been lots of massacres," said General Benjamin Yeaten, deputy head of the government army... More

  • Taliban Attack Kills at Least Five Troops

    Taliban fighters ambushed a truck full of government soldiers in the southern province of Zabul, killing several, the provincial governor and a Taliban spokesman said Sunday. The sides gave differing death tolls from Saturday's attack. Mohammed Hanif, a Taliban spokesman who contacted The Associated Press by satellite telephone, said 12 government.. More

  • Palestinian Authority Seeks US Mediation for Peace

    The Palestinian Authority called for the United States to help mediate a new ceasefire between Islamic groups and Israel and said the authority will crack down on Hamas and Islamic Jihad only if Israel halts military actions. "We want truce between the whole Palestinian Authority and Israel, that Israel commit itself to as much as we do," Palestinian.. More

  • Wreckage of Russian Chopper Found, No Survivors

    Rescuers found the wreckage of a helicopter which went missing in Russia's far eastern Kamchatka peninsula, with a regional governor and his top aides on board, local officials in the emergency situations ministry said. There were no survivors among the 16 or 17 passengers and three crew, whose bodies were all still trapped in the wreckage, they.. More

  • Over 30,000 Flee Blazes in Western Canada

    A wildfire burned through orchards and vineyards Saturday, advancing to the edge of this city and forcing thousands to flee their homes ahead of flames that towered up to 400 feet. Authorities have evacuated some 30,000 people from homes in the suburbs of the city of Kelowna in recent days. Another 11,000 people were on evacuation alert. Police.. More

  • Three British Soldiers Killed in Basra, UN Returns to Work in Baghdad

    Three British soldiers were killed by gunmen in the southern port of Basra. "A serious incident took place in central Basra at 8:30 this morning. We can confirm that three British servicemen have been killed and one seriously injured," a coalition spokesman said Saturday. "The casualty has been taken to the hospital for treatment." Witnesses and.. More

  • Brazil Rocket Explodes, Killing 16 People

    A rocket exploded on its launch pad Friday while undergoing final pre-launch tests, killing at least 16 people, officials said. The blast in northeastern Brazil killed mostly civilian technicians and destroyed a research satellite, said Defense Minster Jose Veigas Filho. He did not provide more details. Globo television showed footage of a plume.. More

  • Iran Ex- Ambassador Faces Bomb Attack Hearing

    A former Iranian diplomat has appeared at a London court in connection with claims that he was involved in a bomb attack which killed 85 people and wounded 200. The Argentine Government wants Hade Soleimanpour extradited to face charges that he was part of the conspiracy to bomb a Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires in 1994. Mr Soleimanpour,.. More

  • Thousands Turn Out for Ismail Abu Shanab Funeral, Zionist Troops Kill Three Palestinians

    More than 100,000 Palestinians turned out for the funeral of assassinated leader as the conflict with Zionists seemed headed for a major escalation after the collapse of a seven-week-old truce. Chanting anti-Israeli slogans, the demonstrators packed the streets of Gaza City Friday for the funeral of Ismail Abu Shanab, who died with two bodyguards.. More

  • World Bank Steps Back from Iraq

    The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund are putting their work on hold after the devastating bomb which ripped apart the United Nations' headquarters in Baghdad on Tuesday. Both international financial institutions had staff injured in the blast, and one Iraq employee of the World Bank is still missing. The other 14 World Bank staffers.. More

  • Two US Soldiers Killed, Powell Calls for Help in Iraq

    Two US soldiers were killed in separate incidents in Iraq, one in Baghdad and the other near Hilla, south of the capital, the US army said Friday. The first soldier died after being caught in a fire at 4:30 pm Thursday that broke out at a building on a shooting range in Baghdad's Karrada district, said military spokesman. He died 20 minutes later.. More