LONDON, 6 May 2005 — Tony Blair won a historic third term as prime minister in British general elections yesterday, an exit poll said. However, his Labour Party will have a reduced parliamentary majority... Full Story
BAGHDAD, 6 May 2005 — A day after killing scores of people queuing up for police jobs in the northern oil town of Arbil, insurgents yesterday targeted security forces in the capital. At least 24 people
RAMALLAH, West Bank, 6 May 2005 — President Mahmoud Abbas’ ruling Fatah movement led in Palestinian municipal elections yesterday despite a strong showing by Hamas, preliminary results showed. But
BEIRUT, 6 May 2005 — A Lebanese court suspended yesterday an arrest warrant against exiled Christian opposition leader Michel Aoun, paving the way for his return from France which many here fear could
DOHA, 6 May 2005 — Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani yesterday named a woman, Sheikha Ghalia bint Mohammad bin Hamad Al-Thani, to head the board of the National Health Authority, the official
HARGEISA, Somalia, 6 May 2005 — US Marines landed on Somalia’s coast in one of their most visible hunts for militants in the country since they set up a Horn of Africa counter terrorism force in 2002,
QALQILYA, West Bank, 6 May 2005 — Palestinians voted for local governments in dozens of towns and villages across the West Bank and Gaza Strip yesterday in a contest that is expected to boost the Islamic
WASHINGTON, 6 May 2005 — US government mismanagement of assets in Iraq, from the lack of proper documentation on nearly $100 million in cash to millions of dollars worth of unaccounted-for equipment,
ISLAMABAD, 6 May 2005 — Pakistani security officials said yesterday they hoped the capture of a Libyan accused of being Al-Qaeda’s No. 3 and planning to kill President Pervez Musharraf could lead them
NEW DELHI, 6 May 2005 — India announced a new series of talks with rival Pakistan yesterday, including meetings next week over the launch of new bus services and later in May over several long-running
ZAMBOANGA CITY, 6 May 2005 — Radio broadcaster Kline Cantoneros of Dipolog City joined the growing list of murdered Philippine journalists after he succumbed to gunshot wounds late on Wednesday. Cantoneros
ZAMBOANGA CITY, 6 May 2005 — Prospects grew dim on the resumption of the stalled peace talks between the government and the Communist Party of the Philippines-National Democratic Front (CPP-NDF) after
