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Somali Militia Attack Commander Posts
At least five people have been killed on the edge of the Somali capital after Islamistgunmen attacked two positions held by fighters loyal to a regional commander, militia sources said. In addition to the deaths on Tuesday, at least six people were wounded in the battles, the first clashes around the city since Islamists seized control of Mogadishu.. More -
Israel Launches Gaza Offensive
Israeli troops and tanks have moved into southern Gazaafter diplomatic talks failed to secure the release of a soldier abducted by Palestinian fighters. An Israeli army spokesman confirmed the incursion that occurred early on Wednesday shortly after Palestinian security forces stationed near the border town of Rafah said they were ordered to leave.. More -
Landmines Kill Three in Egypt
Three Egyptians have been killed and two others seriously wounded in two landmine explosions in the Sinai Peninsula. Police said a landmine went off as a bulldozer was trying to dig a tunnel to lay a gas pipeline, immediately killing its driver, Ibrahim Khadir al-Sabky. They said the explosion occurred around 7:00 pm local time (1600 GMT) on Monday.. More -
Israel Threatens Military Operation
The Israeli prime ministeron Monday threatened to launch a large-scale military operation in order to free an Israeli soldier captured by Palestinian resistance groups in the Gaza Strip. A 19-year-old soldier, who also holds French nationality, went missing when the Popular Resistance Committees attacked an army post on the Gaza Strip border at dawn.. More -
Suicide Attack Kills Pakistani Soldiers
At least six Pakistani soldiers have been killed in a suicide attack on a military checkpoint in North Waziristan. Security officials said paramilitary troops on Monday ordered the explosives-filled Toyota Corolla station-wagon to stop as it neared a roadblock 6km east of Miranshah, the main town in the area. The driver then detonated his bomb. Five.. More -
Saudi Arabia Offers Militants Amnesty
The Saudi monarch has said that wanted Islamist insurgents who surrender will be pardoned, exactly two years after a royal amnesty was issued to lure al-Qaeda followers to turn themselves in. "In continuation of the amnesty" issued in June 2004, King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz has given orders to pardon militants who hand themselves in to the authorities,.. More -
Israel to Delay Gaza Reprisals
Israelhas decidedto put off any major reprisals in the Gaza Strip for the killing of two soldiers, despite sending in tanks and troops earlier. The cabinet said any action will be delayed until a third soldier who is believed captured has been recovered, Channel 10 Television reported.Israel earlier on Sunday sent tanks and troops into the Gaza Strip.. More -
Russian Hostages Killed in Iraq
An al-Qaida-linked group has posted a web video showing the killing ofthree of the four Russian embassy workers abducted earlier this month in Iraq. The one and a half-minute video, posted on a website that frequently airs messages from such groups, showed two blindfolded men beheaded and the shooting of a third man. An accompanying statement by the.. More -
Iraqi PM Unveils Peace Plan
The Iraqi prime minister has presented a national peace plan to parliament in an attempt to reduce sectarian violence. Nuri al-Maliki's reconciliation plan includes an amnesty for fighters and opposition figures who have not been involved in "terrorist" activities. He said, however, that killers would not escape justice. "The plan is open to all those.. More -
Israeli Soldier Missing after Gaza Attack
An Israeli soldier is missing after a Palestinian group carried out anattackon amilitary post in which two Palestinian fighters andthree Israeli soldiers died. An Israeli army spokeswoman said there were four Israeli casualties in the attack at the Kerem Shalom border crossing on Sunday morning. After the attack, a small Israeli force mounted a search.. More -
US Detains Top Iraqi Sunni Shaykh
US forces detained Iraq's most senior Sunni shaykh in the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit on Saturday but released him after a few hours. Saturday's arrest of Shaykh Jamal Abd al-Karim al-Dabaan, the mufti or religious authority for Iraq's Sunni Arab minority, sparked outrage among Iraq's Sunnis. The Iraqi Islamic Party, whose leader is one of the.. More -
Yemen President Seeks Another Run
Yemen's president declared Saturday that he intended to run for another term in September's presidential polls, saying that he had caved in to popular pressure to reverse his decision of last year. Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has ruled since 1978, said last July that he would not seek another seven-year mandate because he wanted to open the way for the.. More -
Seven Killed in Saudi Clash
Six alleged members of the al-Qaeda network and one police officer were killed early on Friday in a shootout in a residential area of Riyadh. A seventh al-Qaeda suspect was wounded and captured in the dawn shootout in al-Nakhil neighborhood of the capital, an interiorministryspokesman said in a statement, adding that other members ofthe security service.. More -
Zawahiri Hails Zarqawi in New Video
Al-Qaida's deputy leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, has hailed the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, as a soldier, an Islamic cleric and a prince of martyrs. Thevideotaped statement, broadcast by Aljazeera on Friday, was the first acknowledgment by al-Qaeda's central leadership of the death of al-Zarqawi, who was killed in a US air strike.. More -
Somali Factions Forge Peace Deal
Somalia's transitionalgovernment has reached an agreement with rival Islamic militias, with both sides agreeing to recognize each other and to lay down arms, according to officials. Rival Somali leaders had been holdingseparate talks with Arab officials in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, before meeting each other in an attemptto end the conflict in.. More
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