A mortar attack targeted Iraq's foreign ministry after stalemate at the United Nations left US troops facing a long haul in efforts to stabilize and reconstruct the country "under new management" from Washington. The ministry compound was hit by one morta
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said that his nation would not hesitate to attack its enemies wherever they were. Syria's president countered that the raid - targeting what Israel said was a Palestinian militant training camp - would only enhance his
Turkey's parliament voted overwhelmingly to give the government permission to send troops to Iraq, a move that could lead to the first contingent of Muslim peacekeepers being sent to Iraq. But the Iraqi Governing Council, set up by US, underlined its oppo
Two American citizens and a Russian won the 2003 Nobel Prize in physics for theories about how matter can show bizarre behaviour at extremely low temperatures. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences cited Alexei A.
Yasser Arafat swore in new Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia and an emergency Cabinet in a move likely to make it more difficult for Israel to carry out its threat to "remove" the Palestinian leader. The new Cabinet did not include Nasser Yousef, a
Candidates for the governorship of America's richest state, California, have been racing to squeeze the maximum coverage out of the final day of the campaign. Hollywood actor Arnold Schwarzenegger is the frontrunner to replace incumbent Gray Davis, but hi
An Israeli soldier was killed in gun clashes across the border with Lebanon, Israeli military official said on Tuesday. The soldier was reportedly killed in an attack on a border patrol by the Lebanese militants Hezbollah near the town of Metulla on Monda
US scientist Paul C. Lauterbur and Briton Peter Mansfield jointly won the Nobel Prize for Medicine for their work on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which has made complex medical examinations more precise as well as less painful for millions of sufferi
President Bush declined to criticize Israel for its air strike inside Syria, saying Israel "has got a right to defend herself." But Bush also said he had cautioned Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to try to avoid escalating tensions in the region.
Syria asked the UN Security Council to condemn an Israeli attack on a suspected Palestinian militant camp north of Damascus, but the council adjourned without taking a vote. US Ambassador John Negroponte, the council president said that consultations woul
Turkey's Cabinet agreed Monday to send troops to Iraq to help stabilize the country. But the decision must be approved by Parliament, where many oppose any deployment.
Officials declared Chechnya's Kremlin-appointed leader the winner in the region's presidential vote. With more than 77 percent of the votes counted, acting President Akhmad Kadyrov had 81.
More than 100,000 people took to the streets of the Spanish city of Zaragoza to protest against a controversial government plan to redistribute the country's vital water resources. The regional government of Aragon, in northeastern Spain, called the march
A woman has opened fire in a church in Atlanta, Georgia, killing her mother and the minister before turning the gun on herself. The shooting happened early on Sunday at the Turner Monumental AME church in Kirkwood - a largely black neighbourhood in the ea
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who is facing new Israeli threats to expel him following a suicide bombing, has appointed an emergency cabinet. He has also declared a state of emergency in Palestinian areas.
An emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council has heard widespread condemnation of Israel for carrying out an air raid on Syrian territory. But the United States - Israel's closest ally - accused Syria of harbouring terrorists.
After the largely ceremonial start of its drive for a first ever constitution, the European Union must now get down to the messy business of balancing sharply rivaling interests among its current and future member states. Saturday's summit, a 15-million-e
The United Nations (UN) Security Council is set to meet in emergency session to discuss an Israeli air raid inside Syria. Israeli jets targeted a "Palestinian terrorist camp" near the Syrian capital in retaliation for a suicide bomb attack in the northern
At least three people were killed after a gun-holder started shooting into a church in Atlanta, US on Sunday. The shooting happened at a church in Kirkwood, a largely black neighbourhood in the east of the city, Atlanta police official has told the AP.
Pope John Paul II has been celebrating mass on the steps of St Peter's Basilica in Rome, Italy, looking quite well - in contrast to last week's reports that he was near to his death. Although the Pope is suffering from a progressive degenerative disease,
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