Washington recognized the electoral victory of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, while authorities agreed to audit the vote denounced by the opposition. The audit was suggested by former US president Jimmy Carter and the Organization of American States.
The Israeli army Wednesday claimed responsibility for a blast in Gaza which killed five people and wounded 12 more civilians. An army spokeswoman said it was an air force attack targeted at "a senior Hamas terrorist.
Indonesians celebrate 59 years of independence from Dutch rule on Tuesday with special games. The sprawling Southeast Asian country marked the day by solemn flag-raising ceremonies, some held in regions blanketed by haze from forest fires blamed on enviro
An Iraqi delegation was appointed to leave for Najaf bearing a peace proposal, hoping to end the standoff with radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. An 8-member team was due to arrive in the city aboard US military helicopters Tuesday afternoon but was d
Members of the Jackson family accompanied child-molestation charged Michael during a court hearing on Tuesday. Sisters LaToya and Janet and brothers Jermaine, Randy, Rebbie and Marlon, together with their parents Joe and Katherine, all wore white for the
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and wife Doris have adopted a Russian girl, according to German newspapers. According to Bild and Sueddeutsche Zeitung, the Schroeder family adopted three-year-old Victoria from an orphanage in St.
US President George Bush has announced a massive redeployment plan that will bring 70,000 American troops back home from overseas. Most of the troops will be pulled from Europe, where more than 100,000 US soldiers are currently located.
A team of 60 Iraqi delegates are headed for the city of Najaf to try end a stand-off between US soldiers and militants loyal to radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. Violence in Najaf broke out about two weeks ago.
Journalists have been ordered out of the holy city of Najaf which has seen fierce clashes between militant, loyal to Shia clerk Moqtada Sadr with US and Iraqi forces. "From now on this city is closed," a senior police officer told correspondents, who face
A French-American journalist was kidnapped Monday in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, Al-Jazeera television informed. The journalist was reportedly a citizen of both France and the United States, but was not identified.
An Islamist group has threatened to attack Italy and the Netherlands if they do not withdraw troops from Iraq. "You have challenged the soldiers of Islam, so expect an Islamic earthquake," the Internet statement of the Islamic Tawhid group reads.
Explosions and gunfire shook the center of Najaf on Sunday as US and tanks rolled back into the holy city and new fighting broke out after truce talks collapsed. The new US offensive cast a pall over Sunday's opening of the National Conference, a gatherin
US President George Bush visited Florida to see the devastation caused by a hurricane that killed at least 16 people and left many homeless. He joined his brother, Florida State Governor Jeb Bush, for a helicopter flight over the worst-hit areas.
Venezuelans are voting in a referendum that will either remove populist leader Hugo Chavez from the presidency or keep him in office for two more years. Queues formed at polling stations hours before the vote, which began at 06:00 local time and ends at 1
Thousands of Palestinian prisoners staged a hunger strike in protest at their conditions in Israeli jails as militants threatened to kidnap Israeli troops to secure the release of inmates. Prison Service spokesman said that more than half of the 3,800 Pal
The suspension of Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou from the Olympics after they missed a drugs test is a great disappointment for the entire nation, media reported. They have been suspended pending an International Olympic Committee hea
Blasts rocked Baghdad Sunday as Iraqi leaders met to pick an assembly to oversee their interim government, highlighting the problems the country faces on its stuttering road to democracy. The opening of the conference also came under the prospect of renew
At least 13 people were killed when a bomb ripped through an Independence Day march in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam. The blast occurred at 09.
A militant group holding a top Iranian diplomat hostage in Baghdad said it would release him if Iran frees Iraqi prisoners it is holding, Arabic Al-Jazeera TV reported. The militants calling themselves the "Islamic Army in Iraq" pledged to punish the dipl
A Syrian truck driver has been kidnapped in northern Iraq, according to a police official. Kirkuk police chief Major General Turhan Yussif announced that the Syrian truck driver Hassan Awad Mohammed was kidnapped Saturday morning.
The United States military has bombed suspected insurgent positions near the flashpoint city of Fallujah after US marines were attacked. A military statement said that the marines were positioned outside of Fallujah when anti-Iraqi forces engaged them wit
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