PALESITNIAN DEATHS IN KHAN YOUNIS
Relatives of 19 year-old Palestinian Jihad Abu Omar mourn during his funeral in the Khan Younis refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on December 18, 2004. According to Palestinian medical sources, Omar was the sixth Palestinian killed in camp since the start of a large-scale Israeli incursion. (UPI Photo /Ismael Mohamad)
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DAMASCUS, Syria, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- The United States suspended operations at its embassy in Damascus Monday, citing the deteriorating situation across Syria.
WASHINGTON, May 27 (UPI) -- A woman convicted in Italy of a 2003 CIA kidnapping is suing the U.S. government for diplomatic protection.
MILAN, Italy, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- An Italian judge's decision to convict 23 alleged CIA spies of kidnapping a Muslim cleric off the streets of Milan in 2003 spells trouble for Washington's anti-terror plans.
ROME, May 29 (UPI) -- Amnesty International alleges in its new human rights report that Italy has embraced racism by not respecting the basic human rights of Roma Gypsies.
MOSUL, Iraq, May 21 (UPI) -- Catholic leaders in Iraq Wednesday opposed the Iraqi government's decision to execute an al-Qaida leader linked to the death of Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho.
ROME, March 19 (UPI) -- An Italian court ruled the trial of 26 U.S. intelligence agents involved in the rendition of suspected terrorist sympathizer Abu Omar would resume in July.
BAGHDAD, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Military officials say five U.S. soldiers died in combat operations while 12 bodies were found in a mass grave in the latest violence in Iraq.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- Osama bin Laden's appeal for unity between Iraq's Sunni insurgent groups confirms what many have believed for some time -- that al-Qaida in Iraq is increasingly isolated and that splits in the insurgency may be its greatest weakness.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Sweden is trying to prevent another cultural row between the Muslim world and the West after al-Qaida offered $100,000 for the murder of a Swedish artist who drew the Prophet Mohammad.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- An Internet audio message said to be from al-Qaida in Iraq offered a $100,000 reward for killing a Swedish artist who caricatured the Prophet Mohammed.
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