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After the deadliest month yet for US troops in Iraq, top officials in President George W. Bush's administration fear the situation will deteriorate in coming weeks.

Thousands of people were evacuated early today as firefighters battled to save homes from a wildfire that grew rapidly during the night, a fire official said.

An Iraqi prisoner allegedly abused by American soldiers has told of his ordeal, claiming he was cursed and beaten by his captors.

The bullet-riddled bodies of 10 government soldiers were found in southern Afghanistan today, hours after they were abducted by suspected Taliban, Afghan officials said.

Israel has branded today's killing of five Gaza Strip settlers a "massacre" and accused Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Islamist group Hamas of trying to scupper Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to withdraw from the territory.

Attack dogs, sexual humiliation, rape threats and acid were among the abuses US military police used against Iraqi detainees in a Baghdad jail.

At least 34 people died and scores more sustained severe burns today when a petrol tanker exploded on a crucial road linking southern and north-western Afghanistan, officials said.

New photographs of British soldiers savagely beating and urinating on an Iraqi prisoner have fuelled outrage over the conduct of Coalition rogue troops.

About two thousand Tamils in Oslo gathered on saturday in their biggest May Day gathering in Oslo ever, carrying Tamil Eelam national flags and banners urging the international community to recognize the Tamil people's right to self-determination. Hundreds of Tamils in other major cities like Bergen and Stavanger also gathered for May Day, sources in Oslo said.

Al-Qaeda is secretly investing in blue-chip Australian stocks and using the profits to help finance terrorism.