Eurasia Press & News

BAGHDAD (Reuters) — A car bomb in a busy Baghdad market killed 25 people and wounded 60 on Tuesday, while parliament adjourned without any action on constitutional reforms aimed at stopping sectarian violence.

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s deputy defence minister threatened Tuesday to target Hamas’  political leaders, calling them “terrorists in suits” after a Hamas rocket attack killed an Israeli woman. The harsh words were backed up by action, with fresh air  strikes on Hamas targets.

NAHR BARED (AFP) — Islamist fighters declared a ceasefire on Tuesday after three days of fierce battles with Lebanese troops at a Palestinian refugee camp, but two civilians were gunned down just hours later as UN workers delivered desperately needed aid.

NAHR BARED (AFP) — Islamist fighters declared a ceasefire on Tuesday after three days of fierce battles with Lebanese troops at a Palestinian refugee camp, but two civilians were gunned down just hours later as UN workers delivered desperately needed aid.

Opposition leaders on Monday asserted that bloodshed in Karachi on May 12 had laid the foundation of disintegration of the country under a conspiracy hatched by the regime.

The press-service of organization CKNS for protection of human rights, has received news that the mass poisoning of Chechen children at schools of Shelkovsko district is a result of chemical weapons usage by the Russian special services.

Thousands of Palestinians are leaving a refugee camp in northern Lebanon after three days of fighting between Fatah al-Islam and the Lebanese army. “Nahr al-Bared residents have taken advantage of the truce in the fighting to escape the besieged and heavily bombarded camp,” Hajj Rifaat, an official from the mainstream …

CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court refused to immediately release jailed Egyptian opposition leader Ayman Nour from prison on health grounds on Tuesday but asked for a panel of doctors to have another look at medical reports on his case.

About 135 Muslim extremists who spent more than a decade in Egyptian prisons have been released after signing statements renouncing violence, police said Monday.

AFP – Fresh attacks claimed the lives of four more members of Afghanistan’s fledgling security forces as officials said Tuesday a dozen more insurgents were killed in various clashes. The latest unrest, daily fare in a growing insurgency, came as the German foreign minister met President Hamid Karzai for talks …