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  • The Biggest Anti-U.S. March in Baghdad, US Iraq Chief Arrives in Mosul

    In the biggest anti-U.S. demonstration since the end of the war, thousands of Shiite Muslims marched peacefully through the capital on Monday to protest the U.S. occupation and reject what they feared would be a U.S.-installed puppet government. Up to 10,000 rallied in front of a Sunni Muslim mosque in the capital's northern district of Athamiyah,.. More

  • Three U.S. Troops Killed in Iraq, Four Injured

    WASHINGTON - Three U.S. troops were killed and four were injured in three separate accidents in Iraq, the United States Central Command said on Sunday. An American soldier was killed and three others were injured in the detonation of a piece of unexploded ordnance in Baghdad on Saturday. On Sunday, a U.S. soldier died from a gunshot wound while.. More

  • Israel Tightens Curbs on Palestinians

    Israel is sealing its borders with the West Bank and Gaza Strip, in response to two bomb attacks which left at least nine people dead, including two bombers. Palestinians will be barred from entering or leaving Israel, the army announced. Ariel Sharon - who has delayed his scheduled departure for talks in Washington - has blamed the latest attacks.. More

  • Aceh Peace Talks in 'Crisis': Jakarta official

    Last-ditch peace talks in Tokyo between the Indonesian government and Aceh separatists were in "critical condition", a security official said, as the countdown to possible conflict began in the province. "The condition is critical. It seems that GAM refuses to accept the terms," said Harsanto, a secretary to top security minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono... More

  • Police Seized Morocco Suspects

    In a series of raids, Moroccan police arrested 33 suspects Saturday, including some linked to the Salafiya Al-Jihadiya group, a senior government official said. One of the group's main spiritual leaders was jailed earlier this month. Moroccan Interior Minister Al Mustapha Sahel said the investigation "points to a group that has been arrested recently,".. More

  • Two Blasts in Jerusalem, Sharon Cancels U.S. Trip

    An explosion ripped through a commuter bus in Jerusalem on Sunday killing at least five people. A second blast within minutes caused no casualties. Israel Army Radio and police said both attacks were apparently made by Palestinian bombers. Israeli media said at least 18 people had been wounded. A police spokesman said the bomber was killed but no.. More

  • Palestinian, Israeli Leaders Set to Meet

    The Palestinian and Israeli prime ministers are due to meet on Saturday evening for what would be the highest-level talks between the two sides for more than two years. It would also be the first meeting between Ariel Sharon and Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, since the new Palestinian prime minister took office last month. They are to discuss.. More

  • German Tour Bus Crash Kills 28 in France

    A German tour bus overturned on a French highway in heavy rain early Saturday, killing at least 28 of the 74 people on board, officials said. Some 46 other passengers - all of whom were believed to be German - were injured, four of them seriously, said Col. Serge Delaigue, the regional director of fire rescue services. The bus carried 72 passengers.. More

  • Ex-Yugo Army Officer to Be Transfered to Hague Court

    Former Yugoslav army officer Miroslav Radic, indicted by the UN tribunal for war crimes committed in 1991 in the Croatian town of Vukovar, will be transfered to the Hague - based court later Saturday, his lawyer told AFP. "I can confirm" that Radic will travel to Amsterdam aboard a commercial flight scheduled for 7:00 am (0500 GMT), Borivoje Borovic.. More

  • Bombs Kill 38 in Morocco

    Bombers killed at least 38 people in Morocco in the second major attack in a week, hours after President Bush warned of "killers on the loose." The overnight blasts in Casablanca followed Monday's Saudi bombings that killed at least 34 people in expatriate compounds and warnings that Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda may strike again. Britain, which earlier.. More

  • Top Palestinian Negotiator, Saeb Erekat, Resigns

    The chief Palestinian peace negotiator submitted his resignation Friday, signaling deep divisions within the Palestinian camp as leaders prepare for a major summit with the Israeli prime minister. Saeb Erekat, who serves as Cabinet minister in charge of negotiations with Israel, sent a letter of resignation late Thursday, a Palestinian official said.. More

  • US, Britain Press New UN Resolution on Iraq against Russian Concerns

    The United States and Britain will bring to the UN a new version of a draft resolution to lift economic sanctions against Iraq and put its vast oil reserves under their control for a year, in a bid to meet continued reservations from member states, notably Russia. Council president Munir Akram, Pakistan's ambassador to the UN, said legal experts would.. More

  • China to Execute SARS Quarantine Offenders, First case in Britain

    China said it may execute SARS patients who violate quarantine in the most radical step so far to contain the epidemic, as Taiwan struggled to prevent new outbreaks among health workers. A case of the respiratory disease SARS has been confirmed in Britain for the first time, British health officials said. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) claimed.. More

  • Airline Terror Alert

    All flights to and from Kenya from the UK are being suspended from 10pm. The Department for Transport told UK airlines: "The threat level to UK civil aviation interests in Kenya has increased to imminent". It added: "Accordingly, from 10pm tonight UK time, all UK airline operations to and from Kenya must be suspended". British Airways operates daily.. More

  • 3 Palestinians Killed in Gaza Incursion

    Israeli troops raided a town in northern Gaza early Thursday in one of the largest operations in recent months, launched just days before the first Israeli-Palestinian summit in nearly three years. Three Palestinians were killed, including two gunmen and a 12-year-old boy who doctors said was left bleeding for three hours because troops prevented paramedics.. More