The United Nations has reported that 156 Tutsi refugees, mostly women and children, were killed when their camp in Burundi was raided. The Iraqi city of Samarra near Baghad was bombed by United States military planes, while in Najaf a ceasefire was held while Muqtada al-Sadr negotiated with the Iraqi government, who withdrew in the afternoon. Hurricane Charley continues, hitting Punta Gorda city and earning the title of the most destructive Florida storm in 12 years. Tropical Storm Bonnie, meanwhile, causes tornadoes in North Carolina.Related Category:News/
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As 1300 Iraqi delegates meet to appoint a national assembly, the conference is fired on with mortars in an terrorist attack that takes the life of one and wounds another 17. Around 1600 Palestinian inmates in Iraqi jails have gone on hunger strike for better conditions, but Iraqi Security Minister Tzahi Hanegbi says he'll rather let them "starve to death" than give in. A bomb blast at an Independence Day parade in India's northeastern state of Assam kills 18.Related Category:News/
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Helicopters have moved 150 people to safer ground in the town of Boncastle in the English county of Cornwall, which has been hit by serious flash floods that swept cars, buildings and roads away. Conflict between the Jaish-i-Mahdi militia and forces of Iraq and the United States is set to get worse in the Iraqi holy city of Najaf, as journalists are ordered out. Cassini-Huygens, a NASA spacecraft, has found two natural satellites in Saturn.Related Category:News/
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American Federation of Teachers reports that charter school students are doing worse than public school students and the American state of California has closed down a company operating 60 such charter schools. Washington's World Bank has chosen to ignore a report it commissioned itself three years ago, which Nadia Martinez of the Christian Science Monitor says shows the bank is more interested in the needs of oil companies than the poor.Related Category:News/
After Iraqi Prime Minister Dr. Iyad Allawi threatened to "liberate" the holy city of Najaf, Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his militia to leave the city and disband, although no deadline has been set. Columbia has agreed to let 50 imprisoned trade guerrillas go if the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia releases its hostages. In London eight men have been convicted of terrorism.Related Category:News/
In Iraq, the battle between Muqtada al-Sadr's al-Mahdi Army and a joint military force of the United States and Iraqi governments has lead to damage to parts of Najaf's Imam Ali Mosque where al-Sadr's forces are located. United States Presidential Candidate John Kerry calls an independent advertising campaign questioning his military service in Vietnam a 'front' for President George Bush and denies its claims. Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon has shown determination to carry out his disengagement plan despite opposition from his own party. Fighting has raged once again in the Georgian separated republic of South Ossetia between Georgian troops and separatists. Google Inc. began public trading of its shares today on the NASDAQ stock exchange, starting the day at around $100 and ending the day up 18%.Related Category:News/
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In the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu, Maoist rebels have attacked a policeman and set off two bombs in the fourth day of blockades in the city which aim to force the release of rebels held by the Nepalese government. United States Airways is cutting pilot incomes by 16.5% in hope of avoiding a second backruptcy. The United States have arrested and charged two members of the Islamic extremist group Hamas. Oil prices are nearing $50 per barrel. Sportswear manufacturer Puma has threatened to pull sponsorship of a Olympics reggae concert after Jamaican reggae star Beenie Man caused protests with his anti-homosexual lyrics. Many Sudanese refugees are suffering from mental illness, but help is limited and many are being abused.Related Category:News/
The Chicago Tribune's William Rood, who served with presidential candidate John Kerry in the United States military, has defended the politician against questioning of his service in Vietnam. Fighting continued between the forces of the United States and al-Sadr today in the Iraqi holy city of Najaf as the Iraqi government failed to agree to disarmament and al-Sadr's loyalists continued to occupy the Imam Ali shrine. In the United States there is a strong call for allowing preventive detention to be given to terrorist suspects, while in California lawyers of Michael Jackson are trying to prevent evidence being used that they believe to was obtained in an inappropriate manner as the pop star faces charges of child molestation.Related Category:News/
American journalist Micah Garen has been released in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah after being kept hostage for over a week and in Najaf militia loyal to al-Sadr in Iraq remain based in the Imam Ali shrine as fighting continues. The Iraqi Olympic team, meanwhile, are celebrating semi-final placement in Athens. A Jewish community in Paris has been attacked by arsornists who left the words "Jews get out" in graffiti. A mob of Awami League supporters have rioted in Bangladesh, setting passenger train and several stalls alight just a day after a grenade killed 19.Related Category:News/
Fighting continues in Najaf between militia and US forces that are some of the heaviest in the past 20 days. Arellano Félix gang member Gilberto Higuera Guerrero has been arrested in Mexico for drug smuggling. Days after an advertising campaign against presidential candidate John Kerry's military service was announced to the media and caused controversy, President Bush has asked for advertisements attacking both candidates to stop in an attempt to distance himself from those who made the anti-Kerry ad. The search continues for the missing "The Scream" painting and another by famous artist Edvard Munch that were taken in broad daylight by armed robbers Sunday.Related Category:News/
Volga-AviaExpress Flight 1303 and Siberia Airlines Flight 1047, two Russian jets, crashed within a short time of each other just south of Moscow, with a total of 94 passengers and crew. Leading roles in the United States military are being blamed for possible involvement in the recent prisoner abuse scandal in Iraq, says a report by a team lead by James Schlesinger. The side affects of the drug Remicade are being raised by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Two ministers of the Iraqi government have avoided suicide attacks.Related Category:News/
South Africa: Sir Mark Thatcher has been released on bail following charges of involvement in an apparent coup in Equatorial Guinea, in what his lawyer later called a "showboating exercise to make a political point". An advistor of his mother, former British Prime Minister Lady Margaret Thatcher, later explained to Britain's Channel 4 she was "obviously distressed" at the matter. Lady Thatcher had been in the United States speaking at a guest dinner.
Canada: Sugstan Anthony Brookes, a 45-year-old male with a history of domestic violence and assualt, was shot dead by police in Toronto while holding a woman hostage. He shot and pistol whipped his abused wife, before fleeing the scene and holding another woman hostage.
Europe: Astronomers have a discovered a third extrasolar planet orbiting Mu Arae which could be the first rocky planet ever discoverd that does not orbit the sun.Related Category:News/
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Iraq: Kufa's main mosque is the victim of a mortar attack that kills 25 and injures 100 as conflict continues in and around Najaf. In a Shiite march nearby another 20 were killed and 70 wounded after shots were fired, reportedly from the Iraqi National Guard. Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Husaini Sistani has meanwhile begun talking peace with Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, asking for three weeks without fighting. He has also called for peace from protesters and forces of the United States and Iraqi governments.
Chile: Former military ruler Augusto Pinochet no longer has immunity against trials for charges of murder and torture.
United Kingdom: Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri has been arrested for terrorism involvement under the Terrorism Act 2000.
United States: Census Bereau data has revealed that the number of Americans living in poverty has risen by 1.3 million.
Sudan: International aid organizations are trying to stop refugees from seeking asylum in the crouded refugee camps of Chad.Related Category:News/
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Iraq: The standoff in the Iraqi city of Najaf has come to a close, with both the al-Sadr militia and the United States military agreeing to leave the city, which will now be governmened by the Iraqi interim government. The resolution was the result of talks by Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. Elsewhere in the country Islamic militants have killed an Italian journalist after holding him hostage.
United States of America: CBS News program 60 Minutes has reported that an FBI espionage investigation could soon reveal an Israeli spy operating from within the Pentagon. The spy is thought to have been passing information on to Israel, which includes secret documents about Iran.
Russia: Cyclotrimethylene trinitramine, an explosive material more commonly known as hexogen, has been found in the remains of two airplanes that crashed four days ago on August 24 2004. Islambouli Brigades, an Islamic extremist group, has claimed repsonsiblity for the attacks.
United States of America: The Central Intelligence Unit has been expanded under the instruction of President Bush following recommendation in the 9-11 Commission report with Porter Goss has been nominated as Director.
United States of America: Democratic Presidential Candidate John Kerry has spoke about the rising American poverty rate as the US Presidential Election draws near and he remains equal in the polls with current President George W. Bush.Related Category:News/
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