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  • Israeli Air Strike, Bush Call for Hamas Crackdown

    A bungled Israeli strike against a Hamas Members and a call by US President George Bush for the Islamic movement to be dismantled imperiled moves towards a truce deal with armed Palestinian factions. Following a new helicopter attack aimed at a wanted member from Hamas' armed wing, Islamic group promised retribution. "Faced by this aggression ... we.. More

  • U.K. Rules out More Troops after British Troops Killed in Iraq

    Six British soldiers killed in southern Iraq were shot dead after confronting angry demonstrators, residents said, as British Prime Minister Tony Blair ruled out sending more troops to the country. Meanwhile, the US overseer in Iraq, Paul Bremer, blamed members of Saddam Hussein's banned Baath party for the sabotage that he said was responsible for.. More

  • New Israeli Strike in Gaza Yanks Palestinians Back from Brink of Truce

    An Israeli air strike targeting a Hamas members killed two Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, dealing a blow to mounting expectation of an imminent truce announcement by armed Palestinian factions. A helicopter gunship fired two missiles at a vehicle east of the southern city of Khan Yunis, killing a 17-year-old girl and a 33-year-old man, Palestinian.. More

  • U.S. and EU Demand Iran Keep Word on Nukes

    The U.S. president George Bush and European leaders stood united Wednesday in demanding that Iran abandon any nuclear weapons ambitions. "Iran must comply" or face consequences, Bush said. "If the world speaks together, they'll comply," the president told a joint news conference. Bush and leaders of the European Union said Tehran must agree to new.. More

  • Palestinians Expected to Announce Truce in Cairo

    The Palestinian factions, including Hamas and Islamic Jihad, are expected to announce a truce in Cairo by the end of the week, the Palestinian newspaper Al-Ayyam reported. "The situation is now ripe enough to accept an Egyptian invitation for a meeting in Cairo by the end of the week for the announcement of a truce and a comprehensive ceasefire," the.. More

  • Bush Hails Pakistan President

    President George W Bush has praised visiting Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf as a "courageous leader" and a friend of the United States. After talks at Bush's Camp David presidential retreat, Mr Bush said he would seek to work with the US Congress on a 3 US billion economic aid package to Pakistan. However, he did not - as some analysts had.. More

  • Six British Occupation Soldiers Killed in S. Iraq

    Six British soldiers were killed in a police station in southern Iraq and eight were wounded in a nearby ambush Tuesday, marking the deadliest day of attacks on coalition forces since the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime. The casualties were a shock to British troops occupying the largely Shiite south, which until now had been essentially free of the.. More

  • Israeli Forces Arrest 150 Palestinians, Hamas Nearing Truce Deal

    Israeli forces swept through Hebron early Tuesday and arrested more than 150 Palestinians in a roundup targeting the West Bank city's Hamas network, the army said. The arrests came just days after Israeli troops shot and killed Abdullah Kawasme, the Hamas group's leader in Hebron. Palestinian residents said troops rounded up people with any Hamas connections.. More

  • US Probes Syria Bombing Claim, New Attack in Fallujah, 5 Iraqis Killed in Ramadi

    A US attack on a convoy that is believed to have been carrying Iraqi leaders may have taken place inside neighbouring Syria, a Pentagon official has admitted. At least five Syrian border guards were injured in the attack, which was carried out by US Special Forces backed by aircraft, US officials said. US military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Gary.. More

  • Sudan Slams Greece for Seizing Explosives Ship

    Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Ismail slammed Greece for seizing a ship carrying explosives to Sudan which it said were for civilian purposes. Ismail said the ship was carrying ammonium nitrates, a kind of dynamite which had been ordered by a registered Sudanese company from a Tunisian one, and that all documents concerning the shipment had been.. More

  • 'Mideast Security Talks Making Progress' Says Powell, Israeli Troops Kill Five Palestinians

    Four Palestinians were killed by Israeli troops in northern Gaza, and Israel's prime minister indicated that Israel will keep targeting militants for death despite international peace efforts. At first, Palestinian security officials said Israeli tanks fired shells late Sunday at a group of militants from the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, affiliated with.. More

  • Armed Attack Against Basij, Morals Police Base in Central Iran

    A group of armed men carried out two armed attacks on a base of the Basij militia and morals police near the central city of Isfahan, resulting in five people being injured and 21 arrested, the student news agency ISNA reported.The attacks, carried out late last Thursday and Friday, occurred in the town of Dizicheh, situated around 40 kilometers (25.. More

  • Greek Bomb Squad Checks Seized Explosives Ship

    Greek officials were investigating on Monday whether 680 tons of explosives found on a ship seized off the coast and bound for Tunisia were destined for a terror organization. Bomb experts started examining the cargo and the Baltic Sky's seven crew were due to be questioned by a public prosecutor later in the day, officials said. Authorities were.. More

  • Four Palestinians Killed in Gaza Shelling

    Israeli tanks shelled a group of Palestinians in northern Gaza late Sunday, killing four, witnesses said, after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Israel can still build Jewish settlements in defiance of a U.S.-backed peace plan. Palestinians said Israeli tanks fired at least two shells at a group of Palestinians in the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun... More

  • Death of US Soldier, Pipeline Blast

    The killing of a US soldier and the sabotage of another oil pipeline in Iraq were new setbacks to efforts to rebuild the country's economy being promoted at an international forum in neighbouring Jordan. Iraq without government, began exporting its first crude oil since the US-led invasion of the country, with tankers loading at the Turkish Mediterranean.. More