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  • US Introduces UN Resolution on Liberia Force

    The United States has introduce a draft resolution at the United Nations Security Council authorizing deployment of a multinational force in Liberia. It would give a UN mandate to peacekeepers from West Africa or from other countries, such as the United States. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, said: "We also intend to make a proposal to the General.. More

  • Bosnian Serb gets Life Sentence for Crimes

    A UN war crimes court sentenced Bosnian Serb doctor Milomir Stakic to life in prison for crimes against humanity and war crimes during the 1992-95 war in Bosnia but cleared him of charges of genocide. The sentence was the longest handed down so far by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugsolavia. "The accused Milomir Stakic is guilty.. More

  • Fires Contained in France but not in Portugal

    Fire fighters in south east France say deadly blazes that have ravaged thousands of hectares of land are now contained. Though the fires are still burning, strong winds that were fanning the flames have now dropped. Water bombers from Spain, Greece and Russia have been drafted in to work along side the French aircraft. A 29 year old man has admitted.. More

  • Iraqi Council Selects First Leader

    Ibrahim al-Jaafari, the spokesman of the Iraqi Shi'ite party al-Dawa, has been chosen as the first president of Iraq's interim Governing Council. The decision came at a meeting of the American sponsored council, which also decided the presidency will rotate alphabetically among nine of its members. A constitutional commission will begin work on Saturday.. More

  • Palestinian Leader Rallies Regional Support, Dahlan and Mofaz Discuss about Israeli Pullout

    Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has been meeting Prince Abdullah in Jordan to rally support against Israeli plans to build a security wall. These talks come a day after US President George Bush met with the Israeli leader Ariel Sharon and did not publicly oppose the continued construction of the barrier. It is a move analysts say will leave Abbas.. More

  • Taliban Suspect's Father Protests in New York

    People expect strange things to happen in New York but, even so, it is not every day that you see a cage on the pavement with a man inside. No surprise then that a crowd formed around the cage yesterday afternoon. Who was the strange man in an orange jumpsuit, with his grey hair standing on end? Was it art? Were they shooting a film? It was Terry.. More

  • Lebanon Charges Canadian with Israeli Collaboration

    A tree-planting Canadian missionary who has languished in a Lebanese jail for three weeks faces charges of collaborating with an enemy state - Israel. Bruce Balfour, a 52-year-old Calgarian claiming to be on a mission from God, was arrested at the Beirut airport on July 10 and has yet to be charged. Canadian authorities have been told he will be.. More

  • Land Mine Kills 5 Russian Soldiers

    A land mine explosion shattered a military convoy near the border with Chechnya, killing at least five Russian soldiers, Moscow officials said Wednesday. The blast took place near the village of Galashki, in the republic of Ingushetia which borders Chechnya to the west, said Nadina Khadziyeva, a spokeswoman for the Ingush interior ministry. Fighting.. More

  • Jury Deadlocked in LA Assault Case

    The jury in the trial of a white Los Angeles police officer accused of assaulting a black teenager has said it is unable to reach a verdict. Jurors said they were deadlocked about whether an officer who was caught on video tape carrying out a rough arrest on teenager Donovan Jackson was guilty. The trial of officer Jeremy Morse has drawn comparisons.. More

  • Three Afghan Soldiers Die in Ambush

    Suspected Taliban members ambushed government troops in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing at least three soldiers before fleeing into a nearby mountain range, officials said. About 25 suspected Taliban fighters carried out the attacks in Naish, a village 40 miles north of the southern city of Kandahar, said Mohammed Akram, a regional police.. More

  • Saddam Mourns His Dead Sons

    A new audio tape purportedly from ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein has said his sons Uday and Qusay died as martyrs for Iraq. "I mourn to you the deaths of Uday and Qusay and those who struggled with them. You are the honour of this nation," he said on the tape, broadcast by al-Arabiya satellite television. The voice praised a "valiant battle.. More

  • Israel Will Keep Building Security Fence

    Israel will continue building a security fence that cuts into the West Bank despite criticism of the project by President Bush but will try to 'minimize' disruptions to Palestinians, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told Bush Tuesday. Bush stopped short of pressing the Israeli leader to halt construction but urged him to consider the consequences.. More

  • New Iraqi Group Threatens 'Jihad' against Occupation

    An unknown group of Iraqi Muslims has warned in a video tape aired on an Arab channel they will fight "jihad" against U.S. President George W. Bush and his administration. "Bush, Rumsfeld and decision makers in the 'black house' and in the Pentagon...we will shake the ground under your feet and we will send a fire upon you which only God can prevent,".. More

  • Israeli Police Fires at Protesters

    Israeli police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at Palestinian demonstrators protesting an Israeli security barrier in the West Bank on Monday, and police found the body of a soldier they suspect was kidnapped by Palestinians. The protest came ahead of a summit between Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and President Bush on Tuesday. The two will.. More

  • Myers to Visit Pakistan for Troops to Iraq

    ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: A top US military official was to visit Pakistan to discuss ``issues of mutual interests,'' a Pakistani army spokesman said Monday. Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen Richard B Myers was set to arrive in Islamabad Tuesday, Gen Shaukat Sultan told the media. Myers was to meet with his Pakistani counterpart, Gen. Aziz.. More