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Cairo Rocked by Bomb, 2 Killed

Two people have been killed and eighteen injured in a bomb attack in a bazaar in Cairo. The bomb was tossed into the crowded market by a man on a motorcycle, police said.

World | April 7, 2005, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1842

New Iraqi President Sworn In, PM Named

Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani has been sworn in as the new interim president of Iraq. It happened a day after he was elected to the largely ceremonial post by parliament, ending weeks of deadlock.

World | April 7, 2005, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 505

Hostage Drama Alarms Iran's Capital

A gunman burst Thursday in a school in Tehran taking hostages few students and teachers, who were later released, police officials announced. The militant, who turned out to be a military, was forced to give in by Iranian special security services.

World | April 7, 2005, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 490

Helicopter Crash Kills Nine in Afghanistan

Nine people were killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday when a military helicopter crashed during severe weather, a US military said. The CH 47 Chinook helicopter crashed in Ghazni province, 80 miles southwest of the capital, Kabul, while on a routine mission

World | April 6, 2005, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 665

Iraqi Presidency to be Greenlighted

Iraq's new parliament is due to select its three-man presidency council, which will in turn appoint a prime minister. Senior government sources said Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani would be nominated as president.

World | April 6, 2005, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 560

Nobel Prize Winner Bellow Dies

American novelist Saul Bellow, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1976 died in Massachusetts, aged 89. He was brought up in Chicago, and much of his work deals with that city and the experience of Jews and immigrants in 20th Century America.

World | April 6, 2005, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 466

Blair Fixed May 5 for Elections

British Prime Minister Tony Blair has set May 5 as the date of general elections in the country. Speaking after asking the Queen to dissolve Parliament next week, Mr Blair said Labour had a "driving mission" for a third term in office, BBC reported.

World | April 5, 2005, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 728

Mona Lisa Moves Back to Louvre

The world famous Mona Lisa is due to move back to Paris' Louvre art gallery on Wednesday, four years after refurbishment work began. Leonardo da Vinci's 500-year-old masterpiece will be hung alone on a wall in the museum's Salle des Etats.

World | April 5, 2005, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 835

US Check Terrorist Attack Resistance

The United States carry out the biggest anti-terrorism exercise to test its response to attacks involving biological and chemical weapons. More than 10,000 people are involved in the five-day exercise.

World | April 5, 2005, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 933

Oil Breaks Fresh Price Record

New York's main crude oil contract has hit USD 58 per barrel for the first time on Monday over supply fears. Light sweet crude for May delivery surged 91 cents on Friday's closing price to strike an intra-day high of USD 58.

World | April 4, 2005, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 568

Blasts Put Thailand on Full Alert

Airports in southern Thailand went on full alert on Monday after bomb blasts at the region's main airport and two other sites killed at least two people and wounded several dozen. The blasts raised concerns that Muslim insurgents were expanding their reac

World | April 4, 2005, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 741

Kyrgyz President Resigns

Kyrgyz President Askar Akaev formally submitted his resignation on Monday, ending a crisis in the new government, which was struggling to obtain legitimacy in the wake of a bloodless revolution that saw the president flee to Russia on 24 March. The new Ky

World | April 4, 2005, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 428

Carnage at German Church

A man wielding a sword has killed one person and injured others during a church service in Germany. Police said they found "grisly" scenes after the afternoon attack in the southern city of Stuttgart.

World | April 3, 2005, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 650

Ex-Kyrgyz President to Resign

Ousted Kyrgyzstan President Askar Akayev says he has agreed to tender his formal resignation. Akayev made the decision after three hours of talks with a parliamentary delegation from Kyrgyzstan at the country's embassy in Moscow.

World | April 3, 2005, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 435

Iraqi Parliamentary Speaker Named

Iraq's Transitional National Assembly took a step towards forming a new Iraqi Government nine weeks after the country's historic elections, electing a Speaker and two deputies. With 241 of the 275 members of the National Assembly gathered Sunday, they cho

World | April 3, 2005, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 632

Ukraine Minister Killed Himself

Ukraine's security service chief has said the death of former Interior Minister Yuri Kravchenko last month was almost certainly suicide. "There is no other version but suicide," Oleksander Turchynov said, citing forensic and ballistics tests.

World | April 3, 2005, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 475

"Slim Hopes" for Ailing Prince Rainier

The health of Monaco's Prince Rainier is "precarious" and there is only a very slim chance that he will recover, the principality's royal palace says. "The hope for a favourable outcome remains extremely weak," a palace statement said.

World | April 3, 2005, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 507

Macedonia's Ex Minister Pleads Not Guilty

Macedonia's former Interior Minister, Ljube Boskovski, has pleaded not guilty at the international war crimes tribunal in The Hague. Boskovski is charged with the murder of ethnic Albanian civilians during an insurgency in Macedonia in 2001.

World | April 3, 2005, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 387

Insurgents Attack Abu Ghraib Prison

A group of 40 to 60 insurgents attacked the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq late Saturday in a well-coordinated assault that inflicted 18 American casualties, U.S.

World | April 2, 2005, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1500

Bulgaria Prevents Smuggling of Internet Software

Customs officers at the Vidin Ferry border checkpoint in Northwestern Bulgaria prevented the smuggling in of 265 Internet software CDs worth EUR7, 937. They were found on a Bulgarian-registered truck carrying used domestic appliances from the Netherlands

World | April 2, 2005, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 440

Kyrgyz Leader Agrees to Resign

Ousted President Askar Akayev has agreed to resign without returning to Kyrgyzstan, the parliament speaker said Saturday. He said members of a commission seeking Akayev's formal surrender of power would travel to Moscow on Sunday to meet with the former p

World | April 2, 2005, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 438
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