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Azzam Tamini of the "Muslim Association" claims that the plot by three British Muslims who admitted to attempting to bomb Heathrow and the House of Commons with liquid explosives was indeed a "hoax" and the reason for this judgement was his distrust of ISI the Pakistani intelligence services.

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy continues to bolster his growing reputation as a shrewd negotiator and mediator as he launched a Union for the Mediterranean designed to tackle 21st century challenges from immigration to energy security.

The 43-nation Union is due to convene in

INTERNATIONAL DESK

The New York Times is expected to report today (Saturday) that the missile tests by Iran appear to be "smoke and mirrors".

The missile tests do not according to the leaked report, (excerpts seen by the London Daily News), have the range of 2000 kilometres, and

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Turkish authorities detained four men on Thursday believed to be connected to the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Istanbul that left six people (three policemen and three assailants) dead in th

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Iran today test-fired a missile it claims is able to reach Israel, annoying Wahington in a tense period with the growing fears that the standoff over the contested Iranian nuclear drive could lead to war.

The AFP news agency has said that "the Shahab-3 was among a broadside of nine mi

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The American Consulate in Istanbul has been attacked with six people losing their lives.

CumHurriyet Turkey's leading newspaper has reported that the attack was "an obvious act of terrorism" aimed at the United States, according to the US ambassador to Turkey."

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The Group of Eight on Tuesday agreed to impose sanctions on leading Zimbabwean officials believed to have played a part in last month’s controversial presidential elections which enabled Robert Mugabe to remain in office.

The group condemned the election results and said financial an

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Argentina threatened yesterday to use its troops in the Antarctic region to defend its interests.

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Unsubstantiated reports as to the untimely death of Zambian president, Levy Mwanawasa have been rubbished by the Zambian government. President Mwanawasa had been receiving treatment in France following a suspected stroke earlier in the week.

Zambian information minister, Mike Mulongoti made a state broadca

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A Palestinian construction worker manned and drove a bulldozer into vehicles and people in western Jerusalem on Wednesday, killing three Israeli women and wounding scores more before he was shot dead by security officials.In what police believe to be a terrorist attack, the bulldozer crashed into several vehicl