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  • Europe: Former Belgian Minster commits suicide, Dutch tourists killed in France

    Alain van der Biest committed suicide at his mother's near Liege during last might. The politician was being investigated in connection with the murder of former deputy Prime Minister Andre Cools. He had been arrested and then released several times. He had always maintained his innocence.Several theories have been put forward about Cools' murder. Amongst.. More

  • US Says 'The Fighters Seek Shelter in Gorge'

    DUISI, GEORGIATargeted for a possible U.S.-backed anti-terrorist operation, Georgia's remote Pankisi Gorge bordering Chechnya is a pocket of allegations and denials, of welcoming smiles and challenging stares. Walking up a side street in a Pankisi village, two men in the garb associated with Chechen rebels stopped cold when they saw a Western stranger,.. More

  • So Far Over 100 US Servicemen Killed in Afghanistan

    The armed forces of the United States have lost 102 men killed and 124 wounded during the "anti-terrorist" operation which began in Afghanistan in October 2001. The figure was furnished to Itar-Tass by military sources in the Afghan capital. They noted that the indicated number of killed and wounded American officers and men included only the "combat.. More

  • Palestinian and Israeli generals meet, Cheney arrives in Israel

    JERUSALEM, PALESTINEAt least five people died on Sunday, and several others were injured in separate incidents. General Zinni, who later met Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in Ramallah, sharply criticised the violence, which comes after a two-day lull in the bloodshed. Clashes erupted when Israeli tanks moved into Bethlehem.Yesterday the Islamic Jihad.. More

  • Five Killed in Bomb Attack at Islamabad Protestant Church

    ISLAMABAD, PAKISTANFive people were killed when several grenades exploded during a Sunday service at a Protestant church in the diplomatic enclave of Islamabad, police and witnesses said. Calling it a "terrorist attack," Islamabad police chief Nasir Durrani told reporters at the scene that the blasts happened at about 10:50 a.m. as about 150 people.. More

  • Cheney fails to find support for Iraq attack

    JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIAUS Vice President Dick Cheney took his Mideast tour to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates yesterday but found no support for new US strikes on Iraq while hearing protests about Israel's continuing attacks on Palestinians.Cheney held talks with Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd and Crown Prince Abdullah, deputy premier.. More

  • 'Operation Anaconda a Failure', Say Afghan Commanders

    GARDEZ, Afghanistan To some veteran Afghan commanders, the recent U.S. offensive against al-Qaida fighters in eastern Afghanistan failed because most of the enemy escaped. Moreover, they said, this month's Operation Anaconda, the biggest U.S.-led offensive of the Afghan war, should serve as a warning of what lies ahead if the United States wants to.. More

  • 14 girls die in Makkah school stampede

    MAKKAH, 12 March - Fourteen Saudi and expatriate schoolgirls died in a stampede here yesterday as they tried to escape from their school after a fire broke out, the Presidency for Girls' Education said.More than 50 girls were injured, but many were discharged from hospital after receiving treatment, a security official told Arab News."No one was burned.. More

  • US Troops In Yemen Already

    US special forces have landed in Yemen. A second stage of the 'anti-terror' operation mentioned by President George W.Bush yesterday has already started. The USA outwitted everybody: nobody even guessed Yemen would be the US's next target. Yemen's leadership had supported the US's struggle with terrorism, and even organized an internal anti-terror operation.. More

  • More Blood Before Zinni Arrives

    At least 31 Palestinianshave been killed today and more than thousand taken into custody. The operations continued into Tuesday afternoon, reports came in from northern Israel that at least seven Israelis had been killed in an attack on a bus. The Israeli army said the bus had been hit by gunfire and grenades close to the town of Shlomi near the Lebanese.. More

  • Afghan officials, 'Taliban Retreat'

    GARDEZ/BAGRAM AIR BASE, AfghanistanU.S. and Afghan troops said that the Taliban and Al-Qaeda fighters start to flee toward the Pakistan border and effectively ending the biggest battle of the Afghan war. On the 11th day of the battle 95 miles south of Kabul, General Abdullah Joyenda said U.S. and Afghan forces now controlled the entire Shahi Kot area,.. More

  • Election results in Zimbabwe expected soon

    HARAREZimbabwe's election results should be revealed today. President Robert Mugabe has taken an early lead but already local and international observers are saying the electoral process has not been fair.The first real challenge to Mugabe in 22 years comes from Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai.Most international observers were forced to leave the.. More

  • Karla del Ponte Will Charge Putin Over Chechniya

    THE HAGUEThe chief prosecutor at The Hague tribunal on former Yugoslavia has threatened to book Russian President Vladimir Putin on charges of war crimes in Chechnya. Karla del Ponte, who indicted former Yugoslavian president Slobodan Milosevic, has reportedly promised Chechen leader Ahmed Zakayev, a senior aide to ousted anti-Moscow Chechen leader.. More

  • Hindus head for Ayodhya

    NEW DELHI, 13 March Thousands of Hindus were trying yesterday to head toward the northern Indian town of Ayodhya - a lighting rod for Hindu-Muslim tension for a decade - ahead of a court ruling which could stoke religious strife. The Supreme Court was to decide today whether to allow Hindus to hold what they call a prayer ceremony in Ayodhya despite.. More

  • UN Support Palestinian State, Israeli Terror Doesn't Stop

    After the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, strongly criticized Israel yesterday, telling the Jewish state to rein in its attacks on Palestinian civilians and end its "illegal occupation" of Palestinian lands, today the UN passed a resolution first time in the history, calling for a Palestinian state alongside Israel. The US-drafted document "affirming.. More