INTERIM AFGHAN LEADER HAMID KARZAI SAID WEDNESDAY A U.S.-LED OFFENSIVE...
Interim Afghan leader Hamid Karzai said Wednesday a U.S.
Interim Afghan leader Hamid Karzai said Wednesday a U.S.
There has been angry international reaction to US President George W Bush's decision to impose punishing tariffs on steel imports. President George Bush was responding to pressure from the US steel industry, which is struggling to compete with cheaper pro
US President George W Bush has said he will redouble his efforts to end the cycle of violence in the Middle East. Speaking at a joint news conference with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Mr Bush praised recent peace initiatives by Egypt and Saudi Arabia
The European Union, the UK and Russia have warned President Bush against slapping punishing tariffs on steel imports. Mr Bush is to make an announcement on whether to impose a levy, touted to be between 20% and 40% on most imports, later on Tuesday.
The cycle of terror attacks in the Mideast continued to spiral upward Tuesday, leaving five Israeli civilians dead in three separate attacks and eight Palestinians injured in an explosion at a school. Israeli helicopters have fired missiles on Palestinian
The trial of former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic has been postponed after a fire broke out in a kitchen at the war crimes tribunal in The Hague. The building was evacuated after thick smoke started billowing from the cafeteria on the second floor, j
Work on the Hubble Space Telescope resumed on Tuesday as a second pair of spacewalkers from the space shuttle Columbia set about finishing the job of hanging new solar-power arrays on the orbiting observatory. "Good to be back," said astronaut Jim Newman,
Three Israeli civilians were killed and 30 other people wounded after a Palestinian gunman shot through the windows of a Tel Aviv restaurant early Tuesday morning, according to Israeli police, who said they fatally shot the gunman. The Seafood Market rest
Less than a day after tremors rocked Afghanistan, a moderate intensity earthquake hit Pakistan on Monday. An official at the Seismic Centre in the northwestern city of eshawar says there have been no reports of deaths, injuries or damage.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has asked Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to visit Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt to discuss the Middle East crisis -- on the condition that Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat could also be invited. Violence betwe
A policeman has been wounded and six million euros ($5 million) stolen after an armed gang robbed a money depot in central Paris. The incident happened on Monday when up to 15 men used explosive to break into a euro storage warehouse.
At least seven U.S.
Six Palestinians have been killed in what appears to have been a failed Israeli assassination attempt against a suspected Hamas militant. Witnesses in the West Bank town of Ramallah say a car belonging to Hussein Abu Kweik was hit by Israeli tank shells.
Al Qaeda and Taliban forces Monday were under constant bombardment by U.S.
Kosovo takes a major step towards self-rule on Monday when its legislature appoints a president, prime minister and government. The votes in the 120-member Kosovo assembly should be a formality, Reuters commented.
The Israeli army ended an incursion into a Palestinian refugee camp in Gaza early Monday and began a separate operation into Jenin in the West Bank as the country vowed more military action against the Palestinian Authority after a bloody weekend of Pales
Swiss voters have narrowly approved joining the United Nations in Sunday's referendum after five decades of sitting on the sidelines. Tallies from all precincts showed a nationwide margin of 55-45 percent in favour, but the crucial second hurdle -- approv
Israeli helicopters and tanks attacked Palestinian targets in the West Bank Sunday in response to a series of weekend attacks by Palestinian militant groups that have killed at least 20 Israelis. One Palestinian was killed in the Ramallah tank shelling an
The group also claimed responsibility for a suicide attack Saturday in Jerusalem that killed nine bystanders, including four children. In a separate incident Sunday, one Israeli was killed and four others wounded at the Kissufim Crossing on the Gaza-Israe
The ECB and the BNB have Signed an Important Agreement that brings Bulgaria closer to the Euro
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