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  • Israeli Occupation Troops Kill Palestinian Cameraman in Nablus

    Israeli occupation troops shot dead a Palestinian cameraman during clashes with stone throwers and resistance men in the West Bank city of Nablus on Saturday, witnesses and medics said. Dozens of Israeli occupation soldiers raided Nablus's historic old city, or Casbah, encountering scores of Palestinian youths who began throwing stones, Palestinian.. More

  • Former Iraqi Finance Minister Arrested

    Iraqi police arrested Saddam Hussein's former finance minister -- one of the 55 most-wanted members of the ex-regime -- and turned him over to the U.S. Marines, the Central Command said Saturday.Hikmat Mizban Ibrahim al-Azzawi, who also served as a deputy prime minister, was apprehended Friday in Baghdad, the Central Command said in a written statement.Al-Azz.. More

  • Nigerians Out En Masse for Landmark Presidential Poll

    Tens of millions of Nigerians went to the polls despite fears that landmark presidential and state elections may be marred by violence or widespread ballot rigging. Crowds of voters queued in a peaceful but determined way at polling stations across much of the country, as Africa's most populous nation put its four-year-old experiment with democracy.. More

  • Iraq's Neighbors Call for US Pullout, Speedy Formation of Iraqi Government

    Foreign ministers of countries bordering Iraq plus Egypt and Bahrain called for US and British forces to pull out of Iraq and for the speedy formation of a representative government in Baghdad. At the close of a meeting in the Saudi capital of Riyadh to discuss the aftermath of the US ouster of Saddam Hussein, the ministers underlined the need to uphold.. More

  • Four of Washington's 55-List of Most Wanted Iraqis Now in Custody as Nerve Agent Expert Turns Himself In

    Four of Washington's 55-list of most wanted Iraqis is now in custody together with Emad Husayn Abdullah al-Ani the father of Iraq's program to make the sophisticated nerve agent VX. who turned himself in to American authorities Friday. American observers said his capture could be an important advance in the U.S. search for chemical and biological weapons.. More

  • Tapes of Saddam Continue to Appear

    Just when U.S. officials began to believe they'd heard the last from Saddam Hussein, there he was again - maybe - greeting a crowd in video footage supposedly taken days after a bomb strike that was meant to finish him off. The Bush administration may be wondering whether Saddam, like Osama bin Laden before him, may never really go away but will just.. More

  • Powell to Visit Middle East, Including Syria

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Thursday he may soon visit the Middle East, including Syria, to push for Arab-Israeli peace and to press Damascus on its suspected weapons programs and support for Saddam Hussein's dying regime. U.S. officials declined to give specific dates for the possible trip, saying it was not expected.. More

  • Armitage to Visit India, Pakistan Soon

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage may visit India and Pakistan in the next several weeks partly to look at ways to revive dialogue between the long-time adversaries, U.S. officials said on Thursday. "We are looking at the possibility of an Armitage trip to South Asia. Nothing's been pinned down," said one official,.. More

  • Observers Allege Fraud in Nigeria Voting

    ABUJA, Nigeria - Nigeria's election commission on Thursday rejected claims by the opposition and observers that widespread fraud marred recent legislative elections. The dispute comes amid rising tensions in Africa's most populous nation ahead of another election Saturday for president. With more than three-quarters of the returns in, President Olusegun.. More

  • Mosque-Goers Demand US Forces Leave Iraq Immediately as Washington Steps up Search for WMDs

    Thousands of people carrying Korans and waving banners demonstrated outside a Baghdad mosque on Friday demanding the United States leave Iraq as Washington says it's sending a 1,000-strong force to Iraq to hunt for weapons of mass destruction (WMD).In the first Friday prayers since U.S. tanks drove to the heart of the Iraqi capital last week, Imam Ahmed.. More

  • Middle East Arab States Discuss Iraq's Future

    Iraq's neighbours are due to meet in Saudi Arabia to discuss how the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime has affected the region. Organised by the Saudis, it will be the first regional meeting since the war and takes place as the United States decides what happens next in Iraq. Adjusting to the new reality in the region, as the war coalition likes to call.. More

  • New Lebanese Cabinet Unveiled

    Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has named a new 30-member cabinet - a day after parliament voted to retain him in the post. Mr Hariri had resigned on Tuesday, heralding a long anticipated government reshuffle. The new cabinet has 11 new faces, with major change at the top being the nomination of Jean Obeid as foreign minister. However, contrary.. More

  • UN Inspectors Could Be Back in Iraq in Weeks, Blix Says

    Chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix said on Thursday his experts could be back in Iraq within two weeks of a green light from the Security Council and predicted Washington would one day welcome them back. "We are ready to go in whenever the Security Council so decides," Blix told the British Broadcasting Corp. The inspectors "are still on our contracts,.. More

  • Iraq Might Not Be Represented at Next OPEC Meeting

    The State Department said on Thursday it was possible no one would represent Iraq at meetings of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries until the Iraqis have found a way to select a representative. "Until the Iraqis have the ability to decide their representation, maybe they won't be there," State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said.. More

  • U.S. Congressmen, Arafat Discuss Plan

    A U.S. congressional delegation met with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and the newly appointed Palestinian prime minister on Thursday, smoothing the way for a U.S.-backed peace plan that envisions a Palestinian state. It was the first high-level meeting between U.S. officials and the embattled Arafat since President George W. Bush effectively boycotted.. More