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  • Iraqi Politicians Finish Charter Draft

    Iraq's Shia-dominated parliament has completed work on a constitution that was at once rejected by minority Sunnis, who said it would be thrown out in an October referendum. The text read to parliament on Sunday failed to overcome objections by Sunnis, who lost their political dominance with the fall of president Saddam Hussein, despite intense US.. More

  • Venezuela to Take Legal Action against Pat Robertson

    Venezuela's president says his government will take legal action against a US TV evangelist who called for US agents to kill him. Hugo Chavez said Venezuela might even seek to extradite Pat Robertson. He also warned he would complain to the UN if the US failed to take action. Robertson has apologised for his comments, which came amid already tense.. More

  • Two Serbs Shot Dead in Southern Kosovo

    Two Serbs were killed and two wounded on Saturday night when their car was shot at in southern Kosovo, a local political leader and police sources said. Serbs have been the target of frequent attacks in Kosovo by the ethnic Albanian majority since the end of the 1998-99 war, which led to the withdrawal of Serb forces from the southern Serbian province.. More

  • Identify suspected rebels, Tigers challenge S.Lanka

    The Tamil Tigers on Monday challenged Sri Lanka's police to identify two suspected rebel cadres arrested in connection with the assassination of Sri Lanka's foreign minister, again denying any involvement. Police have arrested two Tamil youths they suspect are members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on suspicion of helping plan the sniper.. More

  • Shia, Kurds Back Draft, Sunnis Oppose

    Five top Sunni Arabs in Iraq's government have spoken out against the draft constitution proposed by Shia and Kurds as Sunni negotiators submitted counter-proposals on the document. The statement on Saturday by the five delivers a major blow to last-minute efforts to craft a document that can win the backing of all ethnic and political groups in the.. More

  • Many Hurt in Israeli Bus Station Blast

    A Palestinian bomber has blownhimself up in the crowded central bus station of the southern Israeli city of Beersheba, wounding at least 10 people. "A suicide bomber blew himself up on the street before he could get on a bus," police spokesman Avi Zelba said of Sunday morning's attack. "At least 10 people were wounded, two of them seriously." Police.. More

  • Kosovo President Flown to Germany after Health Deteriorates

    Kosovo President Ibrahim Rugova was flown to a military hospital in Germany on Saturday after his health deteriorated following a bout of the flu. A spokesman refused to comment on the seriousness of his illness, but a source close to the president said he was having respiratory problems. Rugova was transported by U.S. military plane to the Landstuhl.. More

  • Poll Candidate Killed in Southern Afghanistan

    Armed men haveshot dead a candidate in next month's elections in southern Afghanistan, while an attack on the US military haswounded three soldiers near the capital. In the latest attack directly linked to the polls, armed men on Sunday ambushed parliamentary candidate Adiq Ullah as he was driving in Uruzgan province, killing him and wounding two.. More

  • Iran Says Breakthrough Nuclear Proposals On The Way

    Iran's top nuclear negotiator said today that new proposals from Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad will lead to what he called a "breakthrough" over the country's nuclear program. Ali Larijani was quoted by Iranian news agencies as saying that Ahmadinejad has "new innovations," the details of which will be announced "soon." Larijani also signaled.. More

  • Demonstration in Paris after 17 Killed in Blaze

    With emotions running high several hundred people have taken to the streets of Paris claiming poor immigrant housing conditions are at the root of the fire that killed 17 people. As many as 14 of them were children and one a pregnant woman. All the victims were African immigrants. There is emormous pressure on housing in Paris and thousands of families.. More

  • Consensus Eludes Iraq Charter Draft as US Releases 1000 Abu Ghraib Prisoners

    The head of Iraq's parliament has announced that the Shia and Kurdish factions have reached agreement on Sunni Arab proposals and will forward an amended text to the National Assembly on Sunday. But the Sunnis denounced the text and called on people to reject it in the referendum. The announcement by Parliament Speaker Hajim al-Hassani on Saturday.. More

  • Damascus Pressed on Hariri Inquiry

    Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora has urged all sides to co-operate with a UN team investigating the killing of the former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Mr Siniora - who was speaking after the UN accused Syria of withholding documents and shielding witnesses - did not mention Syria by name. But he said the Lebanese needed to know the truth about.. More

  • Japanese Tourists Missing in Troubled Afghan South

    Two Japanese tourists are missing in southern Afghanistan, apparently after crossing into the country from Pakistan, Japanese and Pakistani officials said on Saturday. The man and woman, both teachers, crossed the border from the Pakistani town of Chaman into southern Afghanistan on Aug. 8 and were meant to return after 15 days but have not been seen,.. More

  • At Least 43 Dead in Europe Floods

    The worst of the flooding may be over, but parts of central and eastern Europe are still on alert. At least 43 people have been killed in total, no less than 32 of them in Romania alone. The central Harghita region has been hit especially hard. Fourteen people there are known to have lost their lives. Romania's President Traian Basescu has been visting.. More

  • Five Iraqis Killed as Iraq Constitution Impasse Continues

    Five peoplehave beenkilled in separate attacks across Iraq, including two truck drivers who lost their lives when their convoy hit a roadside bomb. The two drivers were killed in the blast near al-Rashad, 155km north of Baghdad. Their convoy was headed towards an Iraqi military camp. A police officer and his friend were shot dead by armed men northeast.. More