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  • Roben Cook Hits Out at Bush Alliance

    LONDON (Reuters) - Former British Foreign Minister Robin Cook, who resigned from the cabinet last month in protest against the government's stance on Iraq , urged Prime Minister Tony Blair on Thursday to distance himself from Washington. Writing in the left-leaning Guardian newspaper, Cook described Blair's alliance with President Bush as "a damaging.. More

  • Iraqi Politician Chalabi Returns to Baghdad

    Pro-American Iraqi politician Ahmad Chalabi returned to the capital Baghdad on Wednesday on his first visit to the city since the overthrow of the monarchy in 1958, an adviser said. "Our plans are to establish ourselves here, to set up an office and begin the work toward reconstructing democracy and civil society in Iraq ," said Zaab Sethna, who traveled.. More

  • U.S. Invasion Troops Accused of Killing Iraqis

    Anarchy and violence in Iraqi's third-largest city have drawn U.S. Marines into confrontations for two straight days, and hospital officials said 17 Iraqis died and at least 17 others were injured. The U.S. Central Command, while acknowledging a gunbattle on Tuesday, had no immediate comment on a second day of violence reported Wednesday by Mosul residents.. More

  • Kurds Oust Arabs From Homes in Kirkuk

    Years after they were dispossessed under Saddam Hussein , Kurds are taking what they say is rightfully theirs, evicting Iraqi Arabs and seizing their homes in northern Iraq . "We're homeless," complained Sadi Qader Muhammad, whose family was ordered out of their four-room house by a group of Kurds in this largely Kurdish city. "For years, we've worked.. More

  • Israelis Kill Palestinian in Passover Clampdown

    Israeli occupation troops enforcing a curfew on Palestinians during the Jewish Passover holiday killed a young Palestinian man in the West Bank city of Tulkarm on Thursday, Palestinian witnesses and medics said. They said Yusuf Yahya, 21, was shot several times after being spotted on a Tulkarm street by Israeli forces. They said Yahya had no connection.. More

  • Bush Seeks End to U.N. Sanctions on Iraq

    President Bush on Wednesday urged the United Nations to lift economic sanctions on Iraq, a move which would clear the way for the country to sell oil to help pay for post-war reconstruction. "Now that Iraq is liberated the United Nations should lift economic sanctions on that country," Bush told about 1,000 workers in an often politically flavored speech.. More

  • Iraq's Neighbours to Mull New Realities at Riyadh Conference

    Iraq's neighbours, faced with new geopolitical realities, meet in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Friday to mull ways of helping form a national government in Baghdad and shorten the presence of US forces there. Foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, the host nation, Turkey, Iran, Syria, Jordan and Kuwait, all bordering Iraq, in addition to Bahrain, the current Arab.. More

  • EU Tries to Mend Rift on Iraq, Mulls Peacekeepers

    European Union leaders moved to mend their rift over the Iraq war at a two-day summit formally dedicated to the bloc's historic eastward enlargement. Underscoring the EU's newfound sense of pragmatism on Iraq, diplomats said up to seven European countries might lend troops to a peacekeeping force proposed by the United States for the war-torn Arab country.. More

  • Palestinian Demands U.S. Free Abu Abbas

    GAZA (Reuters) - The Palestinian Authority demanded on Wednesday the United States free Palestinian guerrilla leader Abu Abbas, saying his detention by U.S. forces in Iraq violated a Middle East peace deal signed by Washington. Abbas, also known as Mohammed Abbas, masterminded the 1985 hijacking of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro in the.. More

  • EU Drawing Up Surprise Joint Statement on Iraq

    European Union leaders were drawing up a surprise joint statement on Iraq on Wednesday after the bloc's four members of the current United Nations Security Council agreed on future policies for Iraq, EU diplomats said. The informal EU summit that opened in Athens earlier in the day had not planned a statement because of the split between pro-war.. More

  • Syria Backs WMD-Free Middle East Zone

    Syrian Foreign Minister Farouq al-Shara said his government was willing to sign a treaty making the entire Middle East free of weapons of mass destruction, an Australian broadcaster reported on Wednesday. In an interview with the Australian government-owned Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), Shara vigorously denied U.S. allegations that Syria had chemical.. More

  • Israeli Occupation Forces Kill Hamas Resistance Leader

    Israeli occupation soldiers shot dead a Hamas activist who resisted arrest on Wednesday as Israel tightened restrictions on Palestinians for the week-long Jewish holiday of Passover. The Israeli occupation army said it had taken into custody 24 wanted Palestinians in West Bank operations ahead of the start at sundown of the Jewish festival of freedom.. More

  • US, Iraqi Factions to Meet in Ten Days, Agree to Dissolve Baath Party

    The United States assembled Iraqi factions on Tuesday at Ur and told them it has "absolutely no interest" in ruling Iraq. The session ended with an agreement by show of hands to meet again in 10 days to discuss forming an interim authority. The 80 participants also agreed to a list of 13 points, starting with the principle that Iraq must be democratic.. More

  • Powell Asserts No Plan for War With Syria

    Trying to calm a charged atmosphere, Secretary of State Colin Powell said Tuesday the United States has no plans to go to war with Syria or anyone else to bring democracy to a totalitarian state. "Iraq was a unique case, where it wasn't just a matter of a dictator being there," Powell said at a news conference with foreign reporters."There is no war.. More

  • Lebanon PM Resigns as U.S. Puts Pressure on Syria

    Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri submitted his resignation on Tuesday; a move that a senior official said was triggered partly by mounting U.S. pressure on Lebanon's neighbor and political master Syria. "Prime Minister Hariri presented his resignation Tuesday evening and Wednesday the president will begin his consultations with the deputies for.. More