MOGADISHU, May 8 (Reuters) - At least 12 people were killed and scores wounded in clashes between Somalia's militant rebels and pro-government Islamist militias in the latest fighting in the anarchic Horn of Africa state, witnesses and Islamists said.
In an indication of the kind of moral, religious and political maze the Pope is about to enter, his itinerary has changed by the day, as rival factions try to position themselves as favourably as possible for the vast media circus about to touch down in the Holy Land.
News of Pakistan Army Assault on Swat Valley May End Taliban's Rule
Egyptian officials reiterated on Thursday that the country's nuclear activities are of a "peaceful nature," a day after it was reported that UN nuclear inspectors found traces of weapons-grade uranium in Egypt last year and in 2007.
JERUSALEM - When Pope Benedict XVI comes to the Holy Land next week, he will greet a community of believers whose numbers are gradually eroding
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that the U.S. military leadership in Afghanistan has confiscated and destroyed several Bibles in Afghan languages which had been sent to an American soldier serving in Afghanistan.
This issue is much broader than the grievance du jour, as demonstrated by the Taliban's citing of the case of Abdel Rahman. Ultimately, absurd as it is to tell a pope to speak out against evangelization,
Hamas called on Thursday for Arab States to withdraw a 2002 peace initiative that offers Israel full diplomatic relations if it withdraws to its 1967 borders, arguing that Israel has responded to the offer only with more violence.
UN report does not specify if uranium traces are weapons grade
Israeli pig farms are located close to Egypt's borders