JERUSALEM, Oct 8, 2008 (AFP) - Declassified documents about the October 1973 war highlight just how much Israel had underestimated the strength of its Arab foes amid deep divisions among its military and political establishment.

IZAGRE, Spain, Sept 22, 2008 (AFP) - In a patch of land near this northern village, the forgotten remains of Republican victims of Spain's 1936-39 civil war dead are reappearing, reviving painful memories for older residents.

MUNICH, September 15, 2008 (AFP) - A 90-year-old German, sentenced in Italy in absentia to life in prison for a Nazi war crime, pleaded innocent Monday at the start of a trial in Germany in one of the last cases of its kind.

MUNICH, September 15, 2008 (AFP) - A 90-year-old German, sentenced in absentia by an Italian military court to life in prison for a Nazi war crime, went on trial in Germany Monday in one of the last cases of its kind.

MUNICH, September 15, 2008 (AFP) - A 90-year-old German, sentenced in absentia by an Italian military court to life in prison for a Nazi war crime, faces trial in Germany Monday in one of the last cases of its kind.

CERNOBBIO, September 6, 2008 (AFP) - Russia 'fueled' internal strife in Georgia and committed 'acts of war' against democracy, US Vice President Dick Cheney said Saturday.

MOGADISHU, September 3, 2008 (AFP) - Three civilians were killed Wednesday in a gun battle between Islamic insurgents and Somali forces in the Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses said.

The insurgents fired mortar shells towards the presidential palace at dawn, drawing a response from the Somali troops, the witnesses said.

SARAJEVO, August 27, 2008 (AFP) - A Bosnian woman suffered a fatal heart attack after learning that the remains of her son were identified 16 years after he was killed at war, a daily reported Wednesday.

The leader of the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia on Sunday decreed a 10-day `state of war` ...

The leader of the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia on Sunday decreed a 10-day `state of war` ...

The leader of the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia on Sunday decreed a 10-day `state of war` ...

The leader of the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia on Sunday decreed a 10-day `state of war` ...

Georgia`s parliament approved Saturday a decree imposing a `state of war` for 15 days, the secretary of Georgia`s national security council said, as hostilities with Russia raged on

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said on Saturday the country was officially in a `state of war` after Tbilisi accused Moscow of bombing Georgian civilian areas

ZAGREB, August 5, 2008 (AFP) - Croatia stepped up a war of words with Serbia on Tuesday as it marked the 13th anniversary of the military offensive that reclaimed rebel Serb-held territory.

BEIJING, August 5, 2008 (AFP) - Two Muslim men who carried out a deadly attack on a Chinese police station were carrying documents calling for 'holy war', police said Tuesday.

'On the scene, police also found two knives used in the attack and some propaganda material advocating a 'holy war',' a public security ministry statement said.

MONROVIA, July 28, 2008 (AFP) - Former Liberian rebel leader Sekou Damateh Conneh said Monday he would return to the West African country to appear before its Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).

BERLIN, July 18, 2008 (AFP) - An 89-year-old German, sentenced in absentia by an Italian military court to life imprisonment for a war crime, will face trial on the same charges in Germany in September, a prosecutor said Friday.

ISTANBUL, June 30, 2008 (AFP) - Four Iraqis announced Monday in Istanbul they are suing two US firms and their employees for allegedly torturing them at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Bagdad five years ago.

ISTANBUL, June 30, 2008 (AFP) - Four Iraqis announced Monday in Istanbul they are suing two US firms and their employees for allegedly torturing them at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Bagdad five years ago.

ROME, June 30, 2008 (AFP) - One of the last veterans of the First World War, Italian Francesco Domenico Chiarello, has died at the age of 109, the defence ministry said on Monday.

With his death, there are only five remaining soldiers from the 1914-1918 war still alive.

ROME, June 30, 2008 (AFP) - One of the last veterans of the First World War, Italian Francesco Domenico Chiarello, has died at the age of 109, the defence ministry said on Monday.

With his death, there are only five remaining soldiers from the 1914-1918 war still alive.

WASHINGTON, May 25, 2008 (AFP) - US President George W. Bush donned a black leather biker jacket Sunday as he was given honorary membership in the Rolling Thunder motorcycle group which paraded through Washington to honor veterans on Memorial Day.

BEIRUT, May 8, 2008 (AFP) - A crackdown by the Lebanese government on Hezbollah activities is tantamount to a 'declaration of war,' Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said on Thursday.

LOS ANGELES, May 5, 2008 (AFP) - Employees from US military contractors helped torture Iraqi civilians detained at Abu Ghraib prison five years ago, according to a federal lawsuit filed in Los Angeles on Monday.

WASHINGTON, April 27, 2008 (AFP) - Democratic Senator Barack Obama warned Sunday that if he is elected president he would set a performance timetable for the Iraqi government and not sit aside 'while they dither.'

WASHINGTON, April 18, 2008 (AFP) - In a scathing analysis, a former senior Pentagon official has called the war in Iraq 'a major debacle' that created an incubator for terrorism and emboldened Iran.

DHAKA, April 16, 2008 (AFP) - The families of the captured men had gathered outside to plead for their lives, but even at the tender age of 17, Mozaffar Ahamed Khan didn't hesitate to execute them.

'We couldn't excuse them. I shot them personally,' the former Bangladesh freedom fighter said.

GENEVA, April 15, 2008 (AFP) - Switzerland will rehabilitate veterans who fought against fascist forces in the Spanish Civil War and were then prosecuted for breaking the country's strict neutrality, a parliamentary commission said Tuesday.

BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Hercegovina, April 14, 2008 (AFP) - Bosnian Muslims on Monday launched a court case demanding tens of millions of dollars in compensation for the destruction of mosques during the country's 1992-95 war.

The Islamic Community -- Bosnia's top Muslim religious body -- is demanding 42.5 million euros (67 million dollars) from the country's Bosnian Serb entity.

HANOI, April 14, 2008 (AFP) - The United States Monday repatriated human remains believed to be those of American soldiers killed during the Vietnam War, the US embassy said.

The remains were to be sent to Hawaii for formal identification, the embassy spokeswoman said in Hanoi.

BEIRUT, April 13, 2008 (AFP) - Hundreds of Lebanese marched through Beirut on Sunday to commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the outbreak of the country's 1975-1990 civil war amid renewed political tensions.

BEIRUT, April 11, 2008 (AFP) - Decades after the outbreak of its civil war, Lebanon is teetering on the edge of a new conflict as a bitter political power struggle pits Muslim against Muslim and Christian against Christian.

BEIRUT, April 11, 2008 (AFP) - Decades after the outbreak of its civil war, Lebanon is teetering on the edge of a new conflict as a bitter political power struggle pits Muslim against Muslim and Christian against Christian.

BAGHDAD, April 9, 2008 (AFP) - Fierce clashes and mortar attacks in Baghdad's Shiite bastion of Sadr City killed 13 people on Wednesday as Iraq marked the fifth anniversary of the overthrow of Saddam Hussein.

BAGHDAD, April 9, 2008 (AFP) - Iraq marked the fifth anniversary Wednesday of the overthrow of Saddam Hussein with the nation still in turmoil, the capital under curfew and bloodshed gripping its most populous Shiite district.

BAGHDAD, April 9, 2008 (AFP) - Ibrahim Khalil, who five years ago took part in the iconic toppling of a giant statue of Saddam Hussein in central Baghdad, said on Wednesday he now regrets taking part in the hugely symbolic event.

BAGHDAD, April 9, 2008 (AFP) - Iraq on Wednesday marked the fifth anniversary of the fall of Saddam Hussein's iron-fisted regime with the nation still wracked by deadly violence and the capital under curfew.

WASHINGTON, April 9, 2008 (AFP) - Occupying another country is usually a messy affair, but it didn't take long for the United States to find out that it had gotten more than it bargained for when it invaded Iraq.