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  • New Attack in Ramadi, U.S. Soldiers Killed in Baghdad

    Two US soldiers and two Iraqis were killed as attacks against the US-led coalition escalated, while Ankara said the US arrest of Turkish troops had sparked a "crisis" between the NATO allies. The latest shootings -- which raised to three the number of US soldiers who died within 24 hours -- overshadowed the "historic" inaugural meeting of a Baghdad.. More

  • Babri Mosque Site Talks Fail

    NEW DELHI, India: Muslim leaders on Sunday rejected proposals by a top Hindu religious leader to resolve a dispute over building a temple on land where Hindu zealots demolished Babri Mosque 11 years ago. The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) rejected the compromise suggested by Shankeracharya Jayendra Saraswati to resolve the issue. The.. More

  • Turkey Strongly Reacts to U.S. Detention of Turkish Soldiers

    Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday about detention of Turkish soldiers by U.S. soldiers in northern Iraq, ''it is an extremely distressing incident. Such a development should not have occurred. This attitude of an ally country against its ally cannot be explained with any political style.'' Responding questions of journalists, Prime.. More

  • At Least Four Dead in Iraq Explosion - Jazeera TV

    A powerful explosion killed at least four Iraqi police and recruits as they walked out of a training facility in western Iraq, witnesses and police officials said. The recruits had just finished a class about highway patrols in the one-story building, located in the tense town of Ramadi, 60 miles west of Baghdad. Witnesses told that a powerful roadside.. More

  • Palestinian Dies in Gaza Strip Explosion

    A Palestinian died and another was injured in explosion in the Gaza Strip. The explosion occurred to the east of the town of Khan Yunes, in the southern Gaza Strip, where the dead man was named as Majdi Abu Shaluf, 22. Earlier reports from the same sources had claimed Shaluf died as a result of Israeli gunfire but a Palestinian security spokesman.. More

  • 20 Dead in Bomb Attacks in Moscow

    20 people died and dozens were seriously injured when two female bombers blew themselves up at a Moscow rock concert, with suspicions immediately falling on separatists from Chechnya. The two women blew themselves up at a ticket booth at the entrance to the outdoor concert at Tushino airfield in northwestern Moscow after police prevented them from.. More

  • At least 40 Dead in Pakistan Mosque Attack

    QUETTA, Pakistan - At least 40 people were killed and dozens injured in a suspected bomb attack at a Shiite Muslim mosque in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, sparking riots that forced the government to impose an indefinite curfew, officials said. Armed policemen and paramilitary troops spread out in the city, as local administration declared.. More

  • Palestinian Security Forces Arrest Palestinian Activists

    Palestinian security forces arrested one Palestinian accused of violating a truce with Israel, the first such arrests under a U.S.-backed peace plan, prompting a protest by gunmen, who marched in the street and fired volleys into the air. Seven other Palestinians were arrested in Gaza City and the town of Khan Younis, apparently for firing anti-tank.. More

  • New 'Saddam tape', U.S. Troops Kill 11 Iraqis

    Al-Jazeera television has broadcast what it says is a recent recording of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. The Arabic satellite channel said the taped message was dated 14 June, six weeks after US President George W Bush declared major hostilities over. The broadcast comes as the top US official in Iraq, Paul Bremer, announced a 25m US dollar.. More

  • After Nazi Gaffe, Berlusconi Faces Uphill EU Battle

    Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi met the European Commission on Friday in a frescoed Rome villa, hoping to patch up Italy's scarred European Union presidency after his Nazi jibe upset much of the continent. Berlusconi appeased German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder on Thursday, telling him that he regretted having compared a German politician to a Nazi.. More

  • Bush Approves Military Trial for Guantanamo Prisoners

    Six unidentified terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay may be tried before American military commissions. US President George W. Bush has said he has reason to believe the captives are members of Al-Qaeda or otherwise involved in terrorism against the United States. Charges set out by the Pentagon in instructions for the trials could bring the.. More

  • Saudi Bomb Suspect Killed During Police Operation

    A man thought to have masterminded a series of bomb attacks in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, in May has been killed during a police operation to arrest him, Saudi officials have said. They initially said the suspect, Turki Nasser al-Dandani, had blown himself up after being cornered in the northern province of al-Jawf. But a later statement by the.. More

  • Algeria Frees Islamic Party Leaders

    Algeria's top two Islamic leaders, hailed by some as heroes and others as murderers, were released Wednesday after serving out their 12-year prison terms. The men - Ali Belhadj, 47, and Abassi Madani, 72 - were banned from politics, part of a bid to squelch their influence a year before presidential elections. Belhadj refused to sign the ban, an.. More

  • Palestinian Police March Into Bethlehem

    Israeli troops killed a militant and Palestinians fired shells at an Israeli settlement in Gaza, the first violence since Palestinian security took control of Bethlehem in the latest step along the "road map" plan to end 33 months of intifadha. The Palestinian was killed trying to escape arrest in the West Bank city of Qalqiliya early Thursday and.. More

  • U.S. Soldier Wounded in Grenade Attack in Baghdad

    A U.S. soldier was wounded when a rocket-propelled grenade damaged a Humvee car in central Baghdad on Thursday, in the latest of a spate of increasingly bold guerrilla-style attacks, Iraqi witnesses said. At least two Iraqi passers-by were also wounded in the attack which took place shortly after 10 a.m. The soldier was given first aid by his comrades.. More