A car bomb went-off as it rammed into the barriers outside a police station in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Saturday, killing at least nine people and injuring some 45 others. The city's university is located near the site of the explosion, where b
Microsoft offered on Thursday a USD 250,000 bounty for the arrest and conviction of the Mydoom author, doubling the bounty for the creator of what some experts are calling the worst virus in history. Microsoft and the SCO Group Inc.
President Fidel Castro of Cuba has accused his US counterpart George Bush of plotting to assassinate him. Speaking at the end of a regional meeting against the North American Free Trade Agreement on Friday, Castro said the assassination was aimed at overt
A court has found former French Prime Minister Alain Juppe guilty of involvement in a party funding scam in Paris in the 1980s and early 1990s. Juppe, one of President Jacques Chirac's closest allies, immediately appealed against the conviction.
After the joy over Israel's release of more than 20 Lebanese prisoners, a day of sadness has followed with the return of the bodies of 59 fighters killed during the Israeli occupation. The Red Cross handed over to Lebanese authorities and the Hizbollah mo
A German self-confessed cannibal was sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in prison for manslaughter for killing and eating a man he claims was a willing victim. The court in the central city of Kassel rejected state prosecutors' call for a conviction on m
Hundreds of BBC employees staged protests at the resignation of the British Broadcasting Corporation's director general Greg Dyke in wake of Lord Hutton's damning verdict. Some 400 staff took part in the protest at BBC headquarters in London in what was d
Democrats running for the US White House united in condemning President George Bush over the war in Iraq and pledged to rebuild overseas alliances damaged by the conflict. Largely putting aside their own rivalries during a televised debate, the seven cand
Ministers have stressed the importance of a BBC independent of government influence in the wake of Lord Hutton's criticisms of the corporation. Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell rejected some MPs' fears that the report might be used to undermine its independ
Israeli troops entered the West Bank town of Bethlehem. Residents say the operation is in retaliation for a suicide bomb attack in Jerusalem on Thursday, which killed 10 people and wounded 50 others.
Seven US soldiers died on Thursday in Afghanistan, after an explosion rocked the weapons cache where they were working at. Three others were injured, and one was reported missing.
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Wednesday a Cyprus peace agreement should be reached by the end of March if a reunited island is to join the European Union on May 1. Speaking in Brussels following a meeting with European Commission President Roman
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, an armed offshoot of Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat's Fatah movement, has claimed responsibility for Thursday's bus bombing in a phone call to AFP. The attack was carried out by Ali Munir Yusuf Jihara, a 24-year-old policeman fr
Israel flew about 30 Arab detainees to Germany for a prisoner exchange with Lebanon's Hezbollah group, which prepared to return a kidnapped Israeli businessman and the bodies of three soldiers, killed in clashes with Hezbollah three years ago, Israeli mil
An Islamic militant was sentenced to life imprisonment for helping to make the bombs used in the October 2002 Bali attacks. Sarjiyo, also known as Sawad, faced the death penalty, but received a lesser sentence as he was not directly involved in the attack
Israel has begun an exchange of prisoners with the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. Some 30 detainees are being flown to Germany - which is acting as mediator - after leaving a jail near Tel Aviv.
Britain's Lord Brian Hutton cleared the government of embellishing its Iraq weapons dossier, in his long awaited report on the death of Dr David Kelly. Kelly committed suicide after being named as BBC informer for the controversial dossier story.
The French cabinet has approved a controversial bill that bans the Islamic headscarf from schools. Wednesday's cabinet approval opens the way for the bill's passage through parliament, next Tuesday, before it finally becomes a law.
The next-after-Saddam Iraqi leader Izat Ibrahim Al-Duri, who was wanted by US commandment under No. 7 in the "playing cards" list of terrorists has been seized on Wednesday, Russian news agency RIA Novosti informed, citing the Arab-speaking Al-Arabia TV C
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to seek American backing on two major foreign policy issues of strategic importance to Turkey, during his visit to the United States. A Cyprus deal by May 1 and the future shape of Iraq are the sough
A judge has cleared British Prime Minister Tony Blair of dishonorable behavior in the death of a British expert on Iraqi weapons, a newspaper said Wednesday, citing what it called leaked details of the closely guarded verdict. Lord Hutton, a senior appeal
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