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Cairo- Kenneth Chan Egypt’s President reassured followers of the Coptic Church that they were full members of Egyptian society after recent clashes between Christians and Muslims, sources reported earlier this week. “In practice, we are a single people, we must stay bound by ties of affection at all times,” Egyptian …

BAGHDAD – ReutersPrice spikes have turned onions into a luxury. There is barely any electricity, and the Iraqi telephone networks are so bad that a call-in show with the prime minister had to be canceled. “There we were, happy to have Iyad Allawi on air after months of working on …

BAGHDAD – AFP Twin car bombs killed at least two Iraqi soldiers in Mosul, while the White House joined the US-backed interim government in acknowledging Iraq‘s elections would be far from perfect.Against the backdrop of violence, Washington announced it has ended its fruitless hunt for weapons of mass destruction, which …

Iraq-BBCIntelligence officials have confirmed the US has stopped searching for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. They say the chief US investigator, Charles Duelfer, is not planning to return to the country. Mr Duelfer reported last year that Iraq had no stockpiles of chemical or biological weapons at the time …

Several news organizations will cover elections from abroad By Agence France Presse (AFP) PARIS: Threatened with kidnap or death, European journalists are reducing coverage of the Iraqi election process to a strict minimum. Both the French and the Italian governments have formally advised journalists not to travel to the violence-wracked …

BEIRUT – AFP Prime Minister Omar Karameh has launched a scathing attack against the ambassadors of France and the United States, accusing them of meddling in Lebanon’s domestic affairs, the press reported Thursday France and the United States sponsored a UN resolution opposed by Lebanon’s Syrian-backed government which calls for …

BAGHDAD – AFP An aide to Iraq’s top Shiite cleric has been murdered barely a fortnight before elections the Shiites are tipped to win, while gunmen seized a Turkish businessman and killed seven Iraqis outside a Baghdad hotel.As the country prepared for its first free and fair polls in half …

Would you drive 320 miles to vote? Would you do it twice in a single month? Iraq – Los Angeles – AINA Los Angeles, twice this month, to register and vote for Iraq‘s new National Assembly. “It’s very important. We have to go and vote,” said Toma, whose Assyrian Christian …

Libanon-BBCThe UN said a French officer on patrol was killed by the shelling near the disputed Shebaa Farms area. A Swedish UN officer and a Lebanese man were reported wounded in the incident. The attack came after an Israeli officer died and three soldiers were hurt when Hezbollah militants hit …

At least 15 people have been killed in the latest violence in Iraq Iraq-BBC Six police officers died and more were wounded in a suspected suicide car bombing outside a police station in Saddam Hussein’s home town of Tikrit. South of Baghdad, seven Iraqis were killed in a roadside attack, …