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  • Two Palestinians, Israeli Soldier Killed in Nablus Firefight

    At least two Palestinians and an Israeli soldier were killed during an early Friday clash, in a refugee camp near Nablus, Al-Jazeera satellite channel reported. Friday's pre-dawn gunbattle centered on a three-story apartment building in the Askar refugee camp, next to the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Zionist force searching for a Hamas leader.. More

  • Peacekeepers in Monrovia; Taylor Set to Go

    West African peacekeeping forces drove into Liberia's rebel-besieged, famished capital on Thursday to deafening cheers from the city's people. The triumphant arrival came as President Charles Taylor announced his successor - a step toward his much-anticipated resignation and toward ending two months of bloody warfare in Monrovia that has killed at.. More

  • Bomb Kills 11 at Jordan's Baghdad Embassy, Two U.S. Soldiers Killed in Firefight

    Two occupation soldiers were killed in a firefight in the Al Rashid district of the Iraqi capital at 11 p.m. Wednesday night, the U.S. Central Command in Tampa (Florida) announced today. A massive car bomb exploded outside the Jordanian Embassy in the Iraqi capital Thursday morning, killing at least eleven people and wounding 28, hospital officials.. More

  • Israel Frees 342 Palestinian Prisoners but Tension Remains High

    There have been scenes of jubilation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip as 342 Palestinians returned home from Israeli jails. But the limited prisoner release has done little to ease tensions between the two sides. Israel says the move is a 'goodwill' gesture, and more of the 6,000 Palestinians held in their jails will be going home soon. But Palestinians.. More

  • Blast in Baghdad Kills at Least One Iraqi, Arab League Doesn't Recognize Iraq's Council

    A truck parked outside a Baghdad shop selling chemicals exploded today, killing at least one Iraqi and setting the shop ablaze. Locals said three more people were killed inside the burning shop. They said the shop sold chemicals, some of which could be used to make explosives, and they believed the blast had been an accident. **Arab League Doesn't.. More

  • Hiroshima Mayor Lashes out at Bush on Atomic Bombing Anniversary

    Hiroshima's mayor lashed out at the United States' nuclear weapons policy during ceremonies marking the 58th anniversary of the city's atomic bombing, which caused the deaths of over 230,000 people. Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba said the United States worshipped nuclear weapons as "God" and blamed it for jeopardising the global nuclear non-proliferation regime... More

  • Liberia Takes Steps to Peace as Pressure Mounts on Taylor

    Liberia's war-ravaged capital Monrovia took its first tentative steps towards peace Tuesday, but confusion surrounded the fate of President Charles Taylor who has pledged to step down in less than a week. Humanitarian aid supplies were stepped up as a west African peacekeeping force grew in strength, while aid workers and journalists were able for.. More

  • US Citizen Killed in Iraq, Three Occupation Soldiers Injured

    A US contractor was killed in Iraq while at least three US soldiers and a trio of Iraqi policemen were wounded in a separate rocket-propelled grenade attack, dealing further severe blows to reconstruction efforts in the country. The American citizen, employee of Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR), contracted by the army was killed when his vehicle ran.. More

  • Qatar Gets New Crown Prince

    Qatar's Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani replaced the state's crown prince on Tuesday, naming his fourth son, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani, as his new heir apparent. According to the official Qatari News Agency, the Emir issued an order "accepting the stepping down" by the Heir Apparent Sheikh Jassem bin Hamad al Thani from his post. The.. More

  • Abbas Cancelled Meeting with Sharon, Israel Arrests Peace Activists

    Palestinian prime minister Mahmud Abbas cancelled a meeting with his Israeli counterpart Ariel Sharon over Israel's reluctance to implement the peace roadmap, a Palestinian source said. The move came as a senior US official said the United States was considering punishing Israel for the construction of a controversial security wall in Palestinian.. More

  • Eight Killed in Indonesia Explosion

    JAKARTA, Indonesia; An explosion tore through the luxury JW Marriott Hotel and surrounding buildings in Jakarta's main business district leaving at least eight people dead, witnesses said. The blast ripped apart a restaurant and part of the lobby, as well as buildings on either side of the hotel in the Auningang district south of the city centre... More

  • Leader of Moro Islamic Liberation Front Dies

    Sheikh Salamat Hashim, leader of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), died of natural death due to cardiac arrest on Sunday, July 13 at 11:00 o'clock in the morning in the Bangsamoro homeland. The vice chairman of the group said news of the death had been delayed while the group informed his relatives and chose a successor. Being the No- 2.. More

  • Afghanistan Explosion Kills 13, Injures 9

    A soldier mishandled a mortar and the shell exploded, killing 13 troops and injuring nine others in northern Afghanistan, a warlord in the region said Monday. Meanwhile, rival Afghan factions traded fire with automatic weapons and rocket launchers on Monday, wounding at least two civilians in the latest round of fighting in the north of the country,.. More

  • Special US Military Team Participates in Hunt for Saddam; Five American Troops Wounded

    A top secret military team and other US forces have carried out a series of raids in the hunt for Saddam Hussein, the military said Monday. Special Operations Task Force 20, which is roaming Iraq on the hunt for Saddam and other high-profile targets, captured four key figures last week, 4th Infantry Division spokeswoman Maj. Josslyn Aberle said at.. More

  • UN Seeks Snap Iran Inspections

    Talks on inspections without notice of Iran's nuclear facilities have begun in Tehran. A team of legal experts from the UN's nuclear watchdog is seeking to persuade it to drop opposition to such visits. Iran said in the past it would only agree to them if it was granted more access to nuclear technology. Washington believes Iran is secretly developing.. More