At least 5 people were killed in a blast outside a Shiite mosque northeast of Baghdad, as US troops rounded up suspected insurgents in Tikrit and Iraq 's interim leadership endorsed Kurdish autonomy within a federal system. Officials said that at least tw
The United Nations and the Red Cross launched a USD 73 M appeal on Thursday for victims of the earthquake that razed the Iranian city of Bam, killing some 30,000 people. The money will be used over the next three months to provide medical care, revive agr
About 12,000 children fell dead under the ruins of the devastating quake, which hit the Iranian town of Bam on Dec 26, 2003, according to a report of UNICEF, Russian media informed. The report reads that another 1,800 children are left complete orphans an
President Bush plans a major announcement on space policy next week that envisions sending Americans back to the moon and ultimately to Mars, officials and congressional aides said on Thursday. The successful landing on Mars by a robot explorer has buoyed
US troops in Iraq raided houses and shops across Tikrit late Thursday in an operation aimed at weeding out remaining resistance in the hometown of ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Russell, whose battalion is due soon to pull out of Iraq along with t
Georgia will send a 207-person peacekeeping contingent to Iraq in early February, Georgian officials stated on Wednesday, Russian information agency Interfax reported. Some 70 Georgian officers, including 20 medical personnel, were deployed to Iraq in Aug
Relatives of victims of the 1989 bombing of a French plane say they have agreed a USD 170 M deal with Libya. In the latest stage in Tripoli's dramatically improving relations with the West, the agreement will be signed on Friday in Paris.
Israeli Government is to start moving more than 18,000 Ethiopian Jews to the Middle East, Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said. At the end of a two-day visit to Ethiopia, Mr Shalom said the emigration of the Falasha Mura community would start by the end of
US Army soldiers have detained 13 suspected insurgents during an overnight raid in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit. The detainees are suspected of carrying out attacks against US forces in the war-torn country.
Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern has warned that the longer it takes to find a deal on the future European constitution, the harder it will become. Mr Ahern, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency for the next six months, has said he would meet
A strike by Italian air traffic controllers has led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights. More than 22,000 passengers are expected to be affected by the eight-hour stoppage over pay and conditions.
A 57-year-old man was pulled from the rubble of Iran's earthquake, barely conscious but still alive because he had a source of water during the 13 days he was buried, a doctor and a hospital official said Thursday. A magnitude 6.
Bush administration officials "systematically" misrepresented the danger of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs, which were not an immediate threat to the United States and the Middle East, a report from a U.S.
US President George Bush has called for a major rehash of the state immigration law in order to give illegal immigrants the opportunity to work legally in the country for a fixed period. The aspired changes, however, would not give the undocumented settle
Yet another suspected SARS case has been spotted in the Chinese province of Guangdong. Earlier, the country's first SARS patient in six months left hospital after fully recovering.
The US-lead coalition in Iraq is set for releasing 100 Iraqi prisoners, the first of more than 500 that should be freed. It is a goodwill gesture aimed at reconciliation, US administrator in Iraq, Paul Bremer explained, adding that "must renounce violence
Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende paid a surprise visit to Dutch troops stationed in Iraq to express his respect for their work. "You are doing very important work for the future of Iraq and I am carrying out this visit in order to express my resp
Microsoft has begun the year with a campaign, which claims that Windows has a lower total cost of operation than Linux and outperforms the open source operating system, Australian Sydney Morning Herald reads. The software giant has set up a specialized we
Gen Mieczyslaw Bieniek has been appointed new high commander of the international troops in Iraq, where the Bulgarian infantry battalion is deployed as well, Polish agency PAP informed. He took over the position from Gen Andzjei Tishkevic.
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