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Seven killed in Iraq car bombing

IANS - 12:59 PM

Baghdad, March 15 (IANS) At least seven people were killed and 13 wounded Monday in a car bomb explosion in Iraq's western Anbar province, police said.

  • Maliki pulls ahead in Iraq race IE - 12:36 PM

    Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki pulled ahead on Sunday in early results of an election Iraqis hoped would end years of sectarian strife, but a divided vote suggested long and fraught talks to form a government are ahead.

  • Two Al Qaeda men killed in Yemen airstrike IANS - 05:31 AM

    Sana'a (Yemen), March 15 (DPA) At least two senior members of Al Qaeda were killed in an airstrike by the Yemeni Air Force in a remote village in the south of the Arab country late Sunday, the Defence Ministry said.

  • Iraqi parliamentary race remains close IANS - Sun, Mar 14

    Baghdad, March 14 (DPA) New results from Iraq's elections announced Sunday showed Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's coalition ahead in the southern province of Basra, and his top rival leading in the western province of al-Anbar.

  • Tehran accuses US of launching 'cyber war' against Iran IANS - Sun, Mar 14

    Tehran, March 15 (DPA) Tehran has accused the United States of having launched a 'cyber war' against Iran, state television network IRIB reported Sunday.

  • Cars queue at an army checkpoint in Algeria's Kabylie region, 200 km east of Algiers, May 24, 2008. Algeria is to host a meeting of foreign ministers from Sahara desert states this week to try to hammer out a joint plan of action for tackling the growing threat from al Qaeda insurgents, officials said. REUTERS/Louafi Larbi/Files
    Sahara states to hold talks on tackling al Qaeda Reuters - Sun, Mar 14

    Algeria is to host a meeting of foreign ministers from Sahara desert states this week to try to hammer out a joint plan of action for tackling the growing threat from al Qaeda insurgents, officials said.

  • Israel arrests top Hamas militant IANS - Sun, Mar 14

    Jerusalem, March 15 (DPA) Israeli security forces arrested a Hamas military leader suspected of heading cells responsible for the murders of 70 Israeli civilians during the Palestinian uprising which broke out in 2000, the Israeli military spokesman said Sunday.

  • Netanyahu voices regret in settlement row with U.S. IE - Sun, Mar 14

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voiced regret on Sunday for the announcement of a Jewish settlement plan that has strained ties with Washington and threatens the revival of Middle East peace talks.

  • Taliban attacks kill 35 in Kandahar IANS - Sun, Mar 14

    Kandahar (Afghanistan), March 14 (DPA) A series of five explosions and gunfire killed at least 35 people, including police forces in southern city of Kandahar, an interior ministry spokesman said Sunday.

  • Iran busts US-linked internet spy gang IANS - Sun, Mar 14

    Tehran, March 14 (IANS) Iran claimed to have busted a spy racket allegedly linked with the US intelligence agency CIA and arrested 30 people for operating an internet network to gather secret data related to Iran's nuclear scientists.

  • At least 27 arrested in Egypt Christian-Muslim clash Reuters - Sat, Mar 13

    At least 27 people were arrested in northern Egypt on Friday after fighting erupted between Muslims and Christians over land, security sources said on Saturday.

  • Sat, Mar 13

    Jerusalem, March 13 (DPA) Groups of young Palestinians rioted Saturday in the old city of Jerusalem and the West bank after Israeli police closed both areas to devout Muslims seeking to go to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Temple Mount.

  • Delegates gather in Qatar to save elephants, tuna IANS - Sat, Mar 13

    Doha, March 13 (DPA) Some 1,500 delegates representing 175 parties to a treaty designed to protect endangered species around the world on Saturday gathered in Qatar to discuss how best to protect wildlife.

  • Karzai ready for foreign monitors in election watchdog IANS - Sat, Mar 13

    Kabul, March 13 (DPA) Afghan President Hamid Karzai is ready to include two international monitors in the country's election watchdog ahead of parliamentary polls in September, his spokesman said Saturday.

  • Iraq releases, then withdraws, early Baghdad poll results IANS - Sat, Mar 13

    Baghdad, March 13 (DPA) Iraq's electoral commission Saturday released, then quickly withdrew, early results from Baghdad that showed Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's coalition leading in the capital.

  • Afghanistan, Pakistan to jointly fight terror IANS - Sat, Mar 13

    Kabul, March 13 (IANS) Afghanistan and Pakistan have agreed to jointly fight against terrorism and extremism in the region and emphasised that terror is a common threat for both countries, the Afghan president's chief spokesman, Waheed Omar, said Saturday.

  • Christian-Muslim clash in Egypt injures 24 Reuters - Sat, Mar 13

    At least 24 people were injured in northern Egypt in fighting between Christians and Muslims over land, officials told state media on Saturday.

  • Early Iraq poll results show tight race IANS - Sat, Mar 13

    Baghdad, March 13 (DPA) As early results from Iraq's parliamentary elections trickled in, leading politicians Saturday began what promised to be complicated negotiations on forming a government.

  • Roadside bomb kills six civilians in Afghanistan IANS - Sat, Mar 13

    Kabul, March 13 (IANS) Six civilians were killed and one injured as a roadside bomb went off in Afghanistan's southern Uruzgan province Saturday, a statement from the interior ministry said.

  • 30 hurt in Muslim-Christian clashes in Egypt IANS - Sat, Mar 13

    Cairo, March 13 (DPA) Thirty people were injured when clashes broke out between Christians and Muslims in a rural area in northern Egypt, media reports said.


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