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Bombing Outside Mosque

Feb 27, 2006 / 2:30 pm

Two bombs exploded Monday evening outside a Sunni mosque in Baghdad, killing four people in a continuation of the sectarian attacks that have come since a bomb...

Five Dead In Riyadh Shootout

Five Dead In Riyadh Shootout

Feb 27, 2006 / 6:30 am

Saudi security forces shot and killed five suspected militants Monday in a two-hour gun battle in an eastern suburb of the capital, Riyadh, the Saudi Arabia's...

Renewed Violence In Iraq

Feb 26, 2006 / 8:40 am

A string of violent attacks rocked Iraq on Sunday despite calls from Iraqi and U.S. leaders to end sectarian bloodshed that was triggered last week by the...

More Robbery Arrests

More Robbery Arrests

Feb 25, 2006 / 8:30 am

Two more arrests have been made in connection with what is believed to be the largest cash robbery in British history, Kent police say. In the armed robbery...

Mardi Gras Tame

Mardi Gras Tame

Feb 24, 2006 / 4:00 pm

New Orleans, which embodies the spirit of Mardi Gras for much of the world, has consolidated its signature celebration away from damaged areas as the city...

Philippines State Of Emergency

Philippines State Of Emergency

Feb 24, 2006 / 6:40 am

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declared a state of national emergency in the Philippines on Friday, saying the country faced a "clear threat" from treasonous...

Moscow Roof Collapse

Moscow Roof Collapse

Feb 23, 2006 / 8:01 am

The snow-covered roof of a Moscow market collapsed on Thursday, killing at least 40 people and trapping others beneath the rubble, said emergency officials....

Record UK Heist

Feb 22, 2006 / 3:00 pm

Thieves have stolen at least 25 million pounds ($A59.23 million) in Bank of England funds, but police would not comment on a report it was the country's biggest...

Bomb Rocks Baghdad

Bomb Rocks Baghdad

Feb 22, 2006 / 7:57 am

A car bomb exploded Tuesday on a street packed with shoppers in a Shiite area of Baghdad, killing 22 people and wounding 28, police said. It was the deadliest...

Pres. Bush Facing Pressure

Pres. Bush Facing Pressure

Feb 21, 2006 / 7:48 am

President Bush is facing political pressure to block a deal that would give a United Arab Emirates-based company management of six major U.S. seaports. CNN News...

Hope For Survivors Dashed

Hope For Survivors Dashed

Feb 20, 2006 / 7:05 am

Sounds described by an official as "signs of life" have been detected by rescuers using high-tech equipment at the site of a Philippine school buried by last...

Hussein Warned Of Attacks

Hussein Warned Of Attacks

Feb 19, 2006 / 9:15 am

Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein told his Cabinet in the mid-1990s that the U.S. would fall victim to terrorists possessing weapons of mass destruction but that Iraq...

Cartoon Riots Kill 10

Feb 18, 2006 / 7:31 am

Libyans set fire to the Italian consulate in a riot that left at least 10 people dead, the bloodiest protest yet against the Prophet Mohammad cartoons that have...

Mudslide Count Growing

Mudslide Count Growing

Feb 17, 2006 / 3:00 pm

Dangerous conditions and the lack of electricity have forced rescuers to halt their efforts to locate about 1,500 missing Filipino villagers feared trapped...

Landslide Kills Hundreds

Landslide Kills Hundreds

Feb 17, 2006 / 6:42 am

Rescue workers and sniffer dogs are frantically searching for survivors on an eastern Philippine island on Friday after a mudslide roared down a mountainside,...

Iraqi Govt Condemns Abuse

Iraqi Gov""t Condemns Abuse

Feb 16, 2006 / 7:43 am

The Iraqi government Thursday condemned prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib, following an Australian TV broadcast of newly released images, the aired timing of which a...

Haiti""s Ballots In Dump

Feb 15, 2006 / 2:00 pm

United Nations peacekeepers went to a Haitian garbage dump on Wednesday to recover ballot boxes amid allegations that the Feb. 7 presidential vote was marred by...

Haiti: Review Of Election

Haiti: Review Of Election

Feb 15, 2006 / 7:04 am

Haiti's interim government has stopped counting votes and ordered a review of election results on Tuesday, hours after the presidential frontrunner declared the...

VP Victim Suffers Heart Attack

VP Victim Suffers Heart Attack

Feb 14, 2006 / 3:00 pm

The 78-year-old lawyer who was shot by Vice-President Dick Cheney in a hunting accident has some birdshot in or touching his heart and he had "a silent heart...

Hussein Hunger Strike

Hussein Hunger Strike

Feb 14, 2006 / 7:20 am

Saddam Hussein returned to trial on Tuesday saying he and seven co-defendants had been staging a hunger strike to protest their treatment by the court. CNN News...

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