AMMAN (Petra) — His Majesty King Abdullah on Sunday told US congressmen that the international community’s failure to end the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land would lead to further failures in the region.
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U.N. peacekeeper killed in Darfur
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — A U.N. peacekeeper was killed in Darfur, the first U.N. casualty since the world body began sending small reinforcements to a beleaguered African Union force deployed in the violent western Sudan region, the AU and the United Nations said Saturday.
Read More »Eighteen police killed this year in Afghan war on opium
AFP – Afghanistan’s efforts to stem opium production have left 18 police dead and another 33 wounded this year, most of them in clashes during poppy eradication, a deputy minister said.
Read More »Taliban launches new Afghan operation
By NOOR KHAN, Associated Press The Taliban has launched a new operation targeting government and foreign forces in Afghanistan, a spokesman said Sunday, as two policemen died in an ambush in the volatile south. Purported Taliban spokesman Qari Yousef Ahmadi said the group’s leaders announced the beginning of operation “Kamin,” …
Read More »Taliban frees three Afghan hostages
AFP – Taliban militants have freed three Afghans abducted with two French colleagues nearly two months ago, their aid group and a spokesman for the extremist movement said Sunday.
Read More »Iran says US must change Iraq policy
TEHRAN (AFP) — Iran said on Saturday that upcoming talks with the United States on Iraq could succeed only if Washington changed its policies in Iraq.
Read More »Bush celebrates victory after signing Iraq war bill
WASHINGTON (AFP) — US President George W. Bush celebrated victory on Saturday after he signed into law a long-sought bill committing $100 billion to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Read More »UN considers revised UN resolution on Hariri killing
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A revised UN resolution to unilaterally establish an international tribunal to prosecute suspects in the assassination of Lebanon’s former prime minister would give the Lebanese parliament a grace period until June 10 to ratify it.
Read More »Refugees recall shadowy Fateh Islam guerrillas
BEDDAWI (AFP) — With their long beards, Pakistani-style clothes and brand new weapons, the Fateh Islam guerrillas have long spread fear among Palestinian refugees in an embattled camp in northern Lebanon.
Read More »Coalition forces clash with Mehdi Army
BAGHDAD (AFP) — US and British forces on Saturday clashed with Moqtada Sadr’s supporters in Baghdad and Basra, even as Iraq’s politicians cautiously welcomed the radical Shiite cleric’s return to the political scene.
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