Thursday, December 21, 2006

Islam exposed continued

Iranians reject President's hardline stance

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Iran's hardline President suffers an embarrassing rebuff at the polls, with final results handing victory to his opponents in local council elections. more

- Police to reopen unsolved murders as two still held
- Missing man lies dormant 24 days

'We're not winning in Iraq'

7:18am US President grimly warns of need for new 'sacrifices' in new year and says hard choices await. more

- Dozens of corpses cuffed and tortured
- Al-Qaeda urges Palestinian holy war

Bush signals plans to beef up the military

US President George W. Bush. George Bush says he plans to increase the size of the military, to fight in Iraq and to fight the war on terror. more

- Blair calls for Middle East moderates to unite against Iran
- Gaza peace deal halts factional bloodshed

Support for Abbas vital, says Blair

Mahmoud Abbas meets Tony Blair to discuss aid Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas tells British PM he will push on with plans for early elections. more

- Blair dashes off on Mission Improbable
- US the loser in Iraq's growing civil war, says Powell

Australian killed in Iraq feared for his life

10:19am A Brisbane father of three killed in Iraq had worried about deadly attacks, his friend says. more

- Envoys join clamour to quit Iraq
- Talks start on N Korea's nuclear plans


Envoys join clamour to quit Iraq

An Iraqi mourns over the coffin of a relative Two former ambassadors urge the Government to get Australian troops out of Iraq. more


Hicks' lawyers suffer setback

David Hicks 12:10pm Judge delays attempt to fast-track Australian terror suspect hearing until after he's heard from government lawyers. more

- Family put on hold for Hicks Christmas call
- Court upholds Australian's deportation

- Muslims fear being used as election scapegoats

- Drug raid grounds Muslim high-flyer

WORLD

Special reports

'Ipswich Ripper' fears mount

12:03pm UK police fear murdered prostitutes may be victims of a serial killer. more

- Holocaust conference sparks outrage
- Downer warns against 'disastrous' US pullout

- Jakarta spurned as Aceh votes in rebel chief
- Dual car bomb kills at least 71 in Baghdad

- Annan in farewell swipe at Bush
- Nelson warns US against Iraq withdrawal

Democracy calling

After 30 years of conflict, Aceh votes to elect a governor. more

- Abbas calls early poll in risky move
- Arab world a 'powder keg'

- Bush rebuffs Iraq report
- Rudd demands Iraq response from PM

- Iraq 'humanitarian catastrophe' warning
- US not winning Iraq war: defence nominee

- Hanson a 'bloodsucker': Brown
- Howard's bio-terror distortion

Crash evokes 9/11 horror

Baseball pitcher Cory Lidle 8:43am New Yorkers look fearfully to the skies as a light plane ploughs into a tower block, killing a star baseballer. more

- Timor leader told to stand down
- 600,000 Iraqis killed: survey


Bashir cleared over Bali bombings

JOHN Howard today sympathised with families of Australians killed in the 2002 Bali bombings after Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir was cleared of involvement - but said there was nothing he could do.

Fog grounds London flights

LONDON'S holiday exodus was thrown into chaos today as dense fog forced airlines to cancel flights, leaving tens of thousands of passengers stranded.

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