Error blamed in West Bank death
A 4-year-old Palestinian boy was killed and two girls wounded by a machine-gun burst from an Israeli soldier in the West Bank on Friday, hours before Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud...
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Skeptics, believers and fence sitters
Ever since the Madonna's image appeared above this Sydney beach a little over a month ago, Coogee has become a battleground for those who believe and those who insist the...
Oversight snags deal in Bethlehem siege
Preparing for the siege at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem to be lifted, Ibrahim Abayat telephoned his mother Tuesday to ask forgiveness. Abayat, one of 13 Palestinian gunman...
War-ready foes await speech by Musharraf
Pakistan and India were poised for military confrontation this weekend, with hundreds of thousands of troops facing off along their border before a crucial speech by Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf....
Missile alert in Kashmir
India and Pakistan put missiles on alert and dispatched more troops to their 1,800-mile border Wednesday, but U.S. officials said they did not believe the two nuclear-armed antagonists were on...
Talk of war grows in India, Pakistan
As India and Pakistan moved more combat troops and weapons to their tense border, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf warned New Delhi on Tuesday against any aggression. "Let me assure my...
Anthrax found at newspaper in Pakistan
The Daily Jang, Pakistan's largest newspaper, evacuated its offices in Karachi after tests for anthrax on a letter containing white powder received on Oct. 23 came back positive. A senior...
Young laborers toil in Pakistan to help families
Behind the high walls and padlocked iron gates of the AsiaTic carpet-weaving factory live 800 Afghan children whose miserable existence as bonded laborers is a piece of Afghanistan's present plight....
Thousands mourn slain worshipers
At a church pockmarked by bullets and stained by the blood of worshipers, thousands of Christians defied terrorists Monday by attending a funeral for people gunned down during a Sunday...
Territory, tactics, experience give Taliban an edge
As the Taliban prepares for a protracted conflict on familiar Afghan terrain, top U.S. military brass have admitted that the Muslim fighters are a far more formidable foe than they...