Ibn Sina

A suicide bomber blew up a vehicle outside a presidential palace in southeastern Yemen on Saturday, killing 26 elite troops and overshadowing the swearing in of the first new president in Sanaa since 1978.

A suicide bomber blew up a vehicle outside a presidential palace in southeastern Yemen Saturday, killing 26 elite troops and overshadowing the swearing in of the first new president in Sanaa since 1978, medics and a military official said.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Halima Dakhil lost her husband in the sectarian slaughter that engulfed Iraq after the U.S. invasion in 2003 and now spends her days tearful and scared, knowing her $250 monthly wage won't pay the rent and feed five children.

A fuel tank exploded near Moamer Kadhafi's hometown Sirte killing more than 100 people, less than a week after he was captured and killed in the Libyan city, a military chief said Tuesday.

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's new government increased security in Tripoli Saturday with extra roadblocks and house-to-house searches after fighting in the capital with supporters of Muammar Gaddafi raised fears of another insurgency.

Libya's new regime forces were battling block by block towards the centre of Sirte, eyeing the symbolic prize of finally capturing Moamer Kadhafi's hometown after a month-long siege.

Libya's new regime forces were battling block by block towards the centre of Sirte on Monday, eyeing the symbolic prize of finally capturing Moamer Kadhafi's hometown after a month-long siege.

Libya's new regime forces were on the verge of taking full control of Moamer Kadhafi's hometown Sirte after seizing its showpiece conference centre and university from his diehards on Sunday.

Forces loyal to Libya's interim government pounded Moamer Kadhafi's diehards in Sirte on Saturday as they resumed their battle for full control of the ousted despot's birthplace.

Civilians pouring out of Moamer Kadhafi's hometown Sirte said on Tuesday the horror of the battle for the city finally forced them to conquer their fear of the besieging new regime forces and leave.

SIRTE (Reuters) - Fleeing besieged Sirte, Ali Durgham couldn't stop the tears as he described how his father had been killed by a stray shell as he walked to the mosque with his brother.

Anti-Kadhafi fighters Monday overran the ousted strongman's birthplace of Qasr Abu Hadi, medics said, marking a symbolic victory in their battle to eradicate the last vestiges of his 42-year rule.

Streams of civilians fled Moamer Kadhafi's besieged home town of Sirte as battles raged for control of the fugitive strongman's bastion where the Red Cross has warned of a medical emergency.

Streams of civilians fled Moamer Kadhafi's besieged home town of Sirte as battles raged Sunday for control of the fugitive strongman's bastion where the Red Cross has warned of a medical emergency.

CAMBRIDGE, England (Reuters) - Egyptian chemist Ahmed Zewail first proposed building a $2 billion science and technology institute in Cairo 12 years ago, just after he won a Nobel Prize. Then-President Hosni Mubarak promptly approved the plan and awarded Zewail the Order of the Nile, Egypt's highest honor. Within months, the cornerstone was laid in a southern Cairo suburb for a "science city" due to open in five years.

At least 62 Al-Qaeda prisoners escaped from a south Yemen jail on Wednesday after they clashed with guards, killing one and wounding two others, security and medical officials told AFP.

MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahrain has detained a number of doctors and other medical staff as part of a crackdown on mainly Shi'ite pro-democracy protesters in the Sunni-led Gulf Arab kingdom, the opposition and an activist said on Tuesday.

Nine bronze statues, some of famous Iranians and costing thousands of dollars, have been stolen in Tehran in what is said to be serial thievery, Fars news agency reported on Sunday.

More than 200 items from the Aga Khan's collection of over 1,000 years of Islamic art, one of the world's largest and most valuable, went on show in Germany on Wednesday for the first time.

More than 200 items from the Aga Khan's collection of over 1,000 years of Islamic art, one of the world's largest and most valuable, went on show in Germany on Wednesday for the first time.