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Four Killed in Bus Raid in Baghdad

Gunmen attacked a bus carrying Baghdad airport employees to work on Thursday, killing at least four people and wounding several others, including the driver, an airport employee said. Militants often attack buses transporting people working at US-run base

World | October 21, 2004, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 393

Deadly Storm Races across Japan

Typhoon Tokage has torn across Japan, killing almost 50 people and leaving dozens missing. Media said that Tokade was the deadliest typhoon to hit the country in a decade.

World | October 21, 2004, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 495

Turkish Cypriot Government Resigns

The Turkish Cypriot government resigned Wednesday, intending to form a new coalition after a failed referendum to reunite the island. Rauf Denktash, the leader of the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, accepted the resignation.

World | October 20, 2004, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 513

Millions of Russian State Employees on Strike

More than one million state employees are expected to protest today in Moscow on the initiative of the labour unions of education, health and culture sphere employees. Another three million people are expected to join later the nationwide protest, demandi

World | October 20, 2004, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 511

Al-Zarqawi Enters UN's Black List

A UN committee announced that it has put the terrorist group of the Jordanian Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi on its list of groups and organisations subject to UN sanctions. The terrorist formation has claimed responsibility for number of attacks on US troops, kidn

World | October 20, 2004, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 518

Clinton to Campaign on Kerry's Behalf

Former President Clinton will campaign for Sen. John Kerry early next week in Philadelphia, a senior Democratic official who is familiar with the former president's plans said.

World | October 20, 2004, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 499

Typhoon Tokage Kills 2 in Japan

Typhoon Tokage hit western Japan, killing at least two people and snarling transport as it lashed the country with heavy rains that set off landslides and forced thousands to evacuate. Tokage -- which means "lizard" in Japanese -- is the second typhoon to

World | October 20, 2004, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 460

China Quake Destroys 20,000 Homes

An earthquake rocked a densely populated city in southwestern China, destroying more than 20,000 houses but killing no one. 12people were injured, one critically, in the tremor early on Tuesday morning, Xinhua news agency said, adding that tents had been

World | October 20, 2004, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 451

Aid Agencies Warn about Climate

The greenhouse effect could wreck attempts to lift the world's poorest people out of poverty and reverse human progress, campaigners say. A report by a coalition of environment and aid agencies calls for urgent action to avert the threat.

World | October 20, 2004, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 476

Agency Halts Aids Projects in Iraq

CARE International has suspended its aid operations in Iraq, after the director of the charity's work there was kidnapped. A video of Margaret Hassan has been broadcast on al-Jazeera TV station, showing her with her hands tied behind her back.

World | October 20, 2004, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 509

Belarus Rallies against Vote Outcome

Police beat up several dozen protestors in the Belarusian capital as hundreds of people demonstrated for a second day running against a referendum which has opened the way for hardline President Alexander Lukashenko to retain power indefinitely. Some 500

World | October 20, 2004, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 456

4 Killed in Huge Mortar Attack near Baghdad

Four people were killed and at least 80 wounded in a mortar attack on an Iraqi National Guard base north of Baghdad on Tuesday, a Defence Ministry official said. The attack took place Tuesday morning and targeted a National Guard base in al-Mashaheda area

World | October 19, 2004, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1654

Iraq Militants Kill Two Macedonian Hostages - Al- Jazeera

A militant group calling itself the Islamic Army in Iraq said it had killed two Macedonian hostages whom it accused of spying for the United States, Arabic television Al-Jazeera said Monday. The group said in a statement that its "security apparatus arres

World | October 18, 2004, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1048

At Least 7 Killed by Baghdad Car Bomb

A suicide driver in Baghdad exploded a car near a police patrol, killing at least seven people and wounding 20. US troops pounded Fallujah with airstrikes and tank fire Sunday, and the Iraqi government appealed to residents to expel "foreign terrorists" t

World | October 18, 2004, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 620

Zarqawi Group Admits Al Qaeda Links

The militant group led by terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has declared its allegiance to Osama bin Laden citing the need for unity against "the enemies of Islam." The declaration, which appeared Sunday on a Web site, said al-Zarqawi's Tawhid and Ji

World | October 18, 2004, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1833

Belarusian Poll Under Question

There have been allegations of vote-rigging in Belarus where people have voted on whether the president should be allowed to stand for a third term. Both the EU and US have cast doubts on whether the poll is free and fair.

World | October 18, 2004, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 482

North Korea May Hold Nuclear Weapons

North Korea has already completed the development of plutonium-based nuclear weapons with the help of Pakistan, according to Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda. This is the first time a senior Japanese official has confirmed North Korea's cla

World | October 17, 2004, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 605

Zarqawi Arrest Reported Untrue

US officials denied reports that Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had been captured near the western Iraqi city of Fallujah. "We have heard those reports and we do not believe they are true," Lieutenant Colonel Steve Boylan, a US military spokesman

World | October 17, 2004, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 609

Americans Send Photos to Iraqis

More than 2,000 people opposing the war in Iraq, including the father of Nocholas Berg, an American beheaded by terrorists, are sending Iraqis personal photos with protest messages to show "what Americans are really like". The peace group, which organised

World | October 17, 2004, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 705

US Troops Probed for Disobedience

US militaries are investigating the reported refusal this week by some US troops to take part in a supply convoy in Iraq, where explosive devices have killed dozens of soldiers. A statement issued by the US military in Iraq called it an "isolated incident

World | October 16, 2004, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 740

Karzai Leads in Afghani Polls

Early results on Friday night showed interim leader Hamid Karzai far ahead of his chief rivals in Afghanistan's first democratic presidential election after a quarter-century of war. With vote counting on hold for a day as Muslims began the holy month of

World | October 16, 2004, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1240
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