Relatives of 19 year-old Palestinian Jihad Abu Omar mourn during his funeral in the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis on December 18, 2004. At least 45 Palestinians were wounded and eleven killed during an Israeli army operation at the Khan Younis refugee camp, which began shortly before midnight on December 16. (UPI Photo /Ismael Mohamad)
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EDITORIAL: Zawahiri's e-town meetings
Ayman al-Zawahiri, the al-Qaida leader who is nominally Osama bin Ladens deputy, is holding an on-line version of the town meetings that have become such a feature of the American political campaign.
Swedish media rallies around threatened cartoonist
The Swedish media rallied Sunday behind a cartoonist whose depiction of the Islamic prophet as a dog earned him death threats from Al Qaeda in Iraq, as Swedish companies braced for a backlash.
Italy arrests two agents in CIA kidnap case
Italy arrested two of its own intelligence agents on Wednesday for their alleged roles in helping the CIA abduct an Egyptian Muslim cleric in Milan in 2003.
Zarqawi sleeps in suicide belt
Iraqs most wanted man, Abu Mussab Al Zarqawi, reportedly goes to sleep every night wearing a suicide belt packed with explosives.
