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British nuclear submarine refloated after running aground
AFP - 39 mins agoLONDON (AFP) - Britain's newest nuclear submarine was towed out to sea after spending Friday stuck on a shingle bank after running aground off a Scottish island.More »
Jazeera: WikiLeaks papers show Iraq torture, US killings
AFP - 15 mins agoDUBAI (AFP) - Al-Jazeera on Friday released "startling new information" from US documents obtained by WikiLeaks, alleging state-sanctioned Iraqi torture and the killing of hundreds of civilians at US military checkpoints. More »
Palestinians urge water strategy
AFP - 1 hour 13 mins agoVOULIAGMENI, Greece (AFP) - Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayaad on Friday called on the international community to help find a solution to the difficult access to water in the occupied territories. More »
Settlers vandalise West Bank Muslim cemetery: witness
AFP - 1 hour 17 mins agoKAFR QADDUM, Palestinian Territories (AFP) - Several Muslim graves at a cemetery in the West Bank were vandalised by Jewish settlers early on Friday, a witness said as Israel opened a probe into the case. More »
Israel vanquishes Iran... on the chess board
AFP - 2 hours 2 mins agoTEL AVIV (AFP) - An Israeli chess grandmaster took the Guinness record for simultaneous chess games from the Jewish state's arch-foe Iran on Friday after a marathon 19-hour match against 523 players. More »
Spanish police arrest 14 suspected ETA allies
AFP - 2 hours 7 mins agoMADRID (AFP) - Spanish police arrested 14 suspected members of an outlawed organization of youths linked with armed Basque separatists ETA in pre-dawn raids Friday, the government said. More »
Israel settlements block Palestinian state: UN envoy
AFP - 2 hours 14 mins agoUNITED NATIONS (AFP) - Israel's settlement construction in the occupied territories has become an almost insurmountable obstacle to creating an independent Palestinian state, a UN envoy said Friday. More »
Iraq city with soaring child cancer gets new hospital
AFP - 2 hours 44 mins agoBASRA, Iraq (AFP) - Iraq's first specialist cancer hospital for children could not have opened in a needier location -- since 1993, Basra province has seen a sharp rise in the incidence of childhood cancer. More »
Italian-Greek group to build Syrian power plant
AFP - 2 hours 53 mins agoDAMASCUS (AFP) - Ansaldo Energia, a unit of Italy's Finmecannica, and Greece's Metka, part of Mytilineos Holdings, are to build a gas-powered electricity generating plant in Syria, the press reported on Friday. More »
WikiLeaks promises 'major announcement' Saturday in Europe
AFP - 2 hours 57 mins agoLONDON (AFP) - The WikiLeaks website has promised a "major announcement" in Europe on Saturday, in a message on its Twitter feed, amid speculation it will release thousands of secret documents about the Iraq war. More »
- Bahraini women fight traditions in parliament pollsAFP -3 hours 10 mins ago
- Britain's newest nuclear submarine runs agroundAFP -3 hours 17 mins ago
- Abbas and Saudi king discuss stalled peace talksAFP -3 hours 33 mins ago
- Israel colonel 'quizzed over deadly Gaza raid'AFP -5 hours 32 mins ago
- British nuclear submarine runs agroundAFP -6 hours 30 mins ago
- UK autopsy confirms suicide of Iraq weapon inspectorAFP -6 hours 34 mins ago
- Aid convoy reaches Gaza without banned British ex-MPAFP -Yesterday, 08:07 pm
- Venezuela's Chavez backs return of Golan to SyriaAFP -Yesterday, 06:47 pm
- Family of US activist hear voice of Israeli who killed herAFP -Yesterday, 06:45 pm
- Israel attacks Iran - on the chess boardAFP -Yesterday, 06:36 pm
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