A parked car bomb detonated Tuesday in Baghdad's upscale Mansour neighbourhood, killing at least six people and wounding 18 as violence remained unabated around Iraq. CNEWS
When astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper climbed out of an airlock Tuesday to begin installing a new addition to the international space station, she joined an elite club of spacewalkers. Only six other women have participated in 159 U.S. spacewalks, and only one has gone on any of the 118 Russian spacewalks. CNN News
Iraq's prime minister made his first official visit to Iran since taking office, intending to ask Tehran to prevent al-Qaeda members there from crossing into Iraq to launch attacks, an official said. CBC News
More than 50 people were killed and more than 100 injured in a stampede on Tuesday at a stadium in southern Yemen. News24
President Bush is invoking the memory of September 11 to defend the war in Iraq, drawing protests from Democrats who say he politicized a national day of mourning. In a prime time speech broadcast on Monday's anniversary of the terror attacks, the president described a brutal enemy still determined to kill Americans, perhaps with weapons of mass destruction if they get the chance. CNN News
After months of talks, Hamas and its rival Fatah have reached a deal to form a coalition government, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Monday. CBC News
An Israeli military judge on Tuesday ordered the release of 21 Palestinian Hamas officials detained in a dragnet launched after a soldier was abducted by gunmen in the Gaza Strip, an army spokesperson said. News24
At least 10 stingrays have been found dead and mutilated on Australia's eastern coast since "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin was killed by one of the animals last week, an official said Tuesday, prompting concerns of revenge attacks on the normally docile fish. CNN News
Afghan police arrested nine people accused of arranging suicide bombings, and separately detained 12 Taliban militants suspected of planning attacks, officials said. The U.S. military also said American and Afghan soldiers arrested eight suspected terrorists belonging to the radical Hezb-e-Islami group of Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and the al-Qaida network of Osama bin Laden. CTV News
A Kurdish villager testified Tuesday that he fled an attack by Saddam Hussein's forces 18 years ago, leaving behind his mother and two sisters. Years later, their identity cards were discovered in a mass grave, he said. CNN News