http://www.france24.com/en en http://www.france24.com/en/20081007-bombing-baghdad-green-zone-iraq-foreign-ministry-visit-negroponte Two blasts occurred outside Iraq's foreign ministry on Tuesday as visiting US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte prepared to hold a press conference in the Green Zone compound nearby. http://www.france24.com/en/20081007-bombing-baghdad-green-zone-iraq-foreign-ministry-visit-negroponte#comments bomb Green Zone Iraq rebels United States Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:11:58 +0000 fpetersen 4014970 at http://www.france24.com/en http://www.france24.com/en/20081007-turkey-attacks-PKK-kurd-rebels-iraq Turkish war planes struck at targets in northern Iraq for a second straight day on Tuesday. Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan pledged to intensify a campaign to crush PKK rebels holed up there after 17 Turkish soldiers were killed in an ambush. http://www.france24.com/en/20081007-turkey-attacks-PKK-kurd-rebels-iraq#comments Iraq rebels Turkey Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:39:19 +0000 fpetersen 4015280 at http://www.france24.com/en http://www.france24.com/en/20081007-egypt-mubarak-health-pardon-editor-ibrahim-issa Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has pardoned an outspoken editor sentenced to two months in jail after his newspaper published rumours about Mubarak's health. http://www.france24.com/en/20081007-egypt-mubarak-health-pardon-editor-ibrahim-issa#comments Egypt Hosni Mubarak Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:59:18 +0000 fpetersen 4012590 at http://www.france24.com/en http://www.france24.com/en/20081006-new-city-dubai-1km-tower-town-planning-architecture Dubai developers Nakheel on Sunday announced plans to build a "new city", with a projected cost of 95 billion dollars. The construction includes a tower which could stand one kilometre high. http://www.france24.com/en/20081006-new-city-dubai-1km-tower-town-planning-architecture#comments architecture Dubai United Arab Emirates Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:11:05 +0000 abanerjee 4006780 at http://www.france24.com/en http://www.france24.com/en/20081006-egypt-foreign-minister-landmark-iraq-visit-diplomacy Ahmed Abul Gheit led the first high-level Egyptian delegation to visit Iraq since al Qaeda killed Egypt's envoy to Baghdad in 2005, in the latest sign that the two Arab nations are slowly restoring ties. http://www.france24.com/en/20081006-egypt-foreign-minister-landmark-iraq-visit-diplomacy#comments Egypt Iraq Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:42:10 +0000 fpetersen 3996440 at http://www.france24.com/en http://www.france24.com/en/20081005-civilians-die-us-raid-mosul-iraq Eleven Iraqis were killed, including three women and three children, when a suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest during a US raid on a house in northern Mosul, the US military said. http://www.france24.com/en/20081005-civilians-die-us-raid-mosul-iraq#comments Iraq war United States Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:10:29 +0000 ccaulcutt 3986760 at http://www.france24.com/en http://www.france24.com/en/20081005-israel-wont-wait-nuclear-bomb-before-striking-iran-french-foreign-minister-kouchner-says-france In an interview with Israeli newspaper Haaretz during his two-day Mideast tour, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner warned that Israel would not wait for Tehran to develop a nuclear weapon before striking its arch-enemy. http://www.france24.com/en/20081005-israel-wont-wait-nuclear-bomb-before-striking-iran-french-foreign-minister-kouchner-says-france#comments diplomacy France Iran Israel nuclear power Sun, 05 Oct 2008 07:39:13 +0000 mvalla 3982330 at http://www.france24.com/en http://www.france24.com/en/20081004-two-us-helicopters-crash-baghdad-iraq Two US Blackhawks collided and crashed to the ground during landing in a northern, Sunni district of Baghdad, said the American military. Early reports say one Iraqi soldier died and two US soldiers were wounded. http://www.france24.com/en/20081004-two-us-helicopters-crash-baghdad-iraq#comments Iraq United States Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:29:56 +0000 ccaulcutt 3975800 at http://www.france24.com/en http://www.france24.com/en/20081003-syria-nuclear-cooperation-IAEA-security-baradei Syria said on Friday it would not undermine its national security to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Damascus also indicated it would not disclose its military sites. http://www.france24.com/en/20081003-syria-nuclear-cooperation-IAEA-security-baradei#comments Bashar al-Assad nuclear enrichment Syria Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:22:32 +0000 mdaou 3955480 at http://www.france24.com/en http://www.france24.com/en/20081002-baghdad-iraq-mosque-ramadan-suicide-bomb-attack Suicide bombers struck two Shia mosques in Baghdad, killing at least 16 people, on Thursday as worshippers marked the end of the Ramadan fasting month. Another six people were shot dead in an ambush in a city north of Baghdad. http://www.france24.com/en/20081002-baghdad-iraq-mosque-ramadan-suicide-bomb-attack#comments attack Baghdad Ramadan Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:18:24 +0000 abanerjee 3937820 at http://www.france24.com/en http://www.france24.com/en/20081003-last-days-ramadan-algerian-family-rituals FRANCE 24 special correspondent Ahmed Tazir follows the rituals an Algerian family observes annually to mark the end of Ramadan. http://www.france24.com/en/20081003-last-days-ramadan-algerian-family-rituals#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:28:19 +0000 ehong 3958430 at http://www.france24.com/en http://www.france24.com/en/20080930-parliament-approves-new-election-law-lebanon As part of a peace process begun in May, the Lebanese parliament adopted a new electoral law that sees the redrawing of electoral districts. But a number of proposed reforms, including a quota for women in parliament, were rejected. http://www.france24.com/en/20080930-parliament-approves-new-election-law-lebanon#comments elections law Lebanon parliament Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:51:53 +0000 ljacinto 3910220 at http://www.france24.com/en http://www.france24.com/en/20080930-muslim-jewish-faithful-observe-festivities-religion Eid al-Fitr festivities marking the end of Ramadan in Muslim countries, and the Jewish New Year of Rosh Hashanah, coincide on Tuesday and Wednesday. http://www.france24.com/en/20080930-muslim-jewish-faithful-observe-festivities-religion#comments islam Israel jewish Muslim Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:51:03 +0000 jbamat 3897430 at http://www.france24.com/en http://www.france24.com/en/20080929-hostages-egypt-freed-good-health-sudan-tourists The 11 freed western hostages, abducted in Egypt last week, have arrived in Cairo after a rescue operation in which Egyptian special forces "eliminated" half of the estimated 35 kidnappers. http://www.france24.com/en/20080929-hostages-egypt-freed-good-health-sudan-tourists#comments Egypt kidnapping Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:57:43 +0000 abanerjee 3888080 at http://www.france24.com/en http://www.france24.com/en/20080929-suspected-car-bomb-blast-tripoli-lebanon At least five people were killed on Monday in a suspected car bomb blast targeting a military bus on the outskirts of Tripoli, three weeks after rival leaders signed a reconciliation deal in the northern Lebanese port city. http://www.france24.com/en/20080929-suspected-car-bomb-blast-tripoli-lebanon#comments blasts Lebanon Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:14:14 +0000 abanerjee 3883500 at http://www.france24.com/en http://www.france24.com/en/20080929-islamist-extremists-damascus-blast-syria A weekend bombing which left 17 people dead in the Syrian capital was a suicide attack by a "terrorist" with links to an Islamist extremist group, the official news agency SANA said on Monday. http://www.france24.com/en/20080929-islamist-extremists-damascus-blast-syria#comments blasts Syria Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:48:18 +0000 abanerjee 3884020 at http://www.france24.com/en http://www.france24.com/en/20080929-israel-ehud-olmert-peace-jerusalem-golan-withdraw-occupied-land-palestinians-syria Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said in a newspaper interview that the Jewish state would have to withdraw from all the occupied West Bank including East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights in order to achieve peace. http://www.france24.com/en/20080929-israel-ehud-olmert-peace-jerusalem-golan-withdraw-occupied-land-palestinians-syria#comments Ehud Olmert golan Israel Jerusalem Palestinian Territories Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:27:05 +0000 mdaou 3890710 at http://www.france24.com/en http://www.france24.com/en/node/3895590 King Abdullah II on Monday accepted the resignation of his royal court chief, who has come under sharp public criticism over his alleged interference in controversial political and economic issues. Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:40:24 +0000 mdaou 3895590 at http://www.france24.com/en http://www.france24.com/en/20080928-two-new-explosions-mar-holy-month-ramadan-baghdad-iraq A series of bombings killed at least 33 people and wounded dozens in Baghdad on Sunday. The attacks come two days after US commander for Baghdad Major General Jeffery Hammond said the city had so far witnessed the quietest Ramadan in three years. http://www.france24.com/en/20080928-two-new-explosions-mar-holy-month-ramadan-baghdad-iraq#comments Baghdad Iraq Ramadan terrorism Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:53:33 +0000 mvalla 3872970 at http://www.france24.com/en