This was the fifth attempt on Allawi's life, an aide said

Allawi escapes assassination attempt
Thursday 21 April 2005

Iraq's outgoing prime minister, Iyad Allawi, has escaped a car bomb assassination attempt which targeted his convoy in Baghdad.

Walid Junblatt

Polls should be held on time, says Junblatt

Prime Minister Omar Karami is expected to unveil a long-awaited new government today to lead the country into the election but his insistence on a new law organising the poll makes a delay almost inevitable

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More than 200 people have died in violence since May 2003

Gun battles continue in Saudi Arabia
Saudi security forces have killed eight insurgents in an ongoing siege in the northern town of al-Ras, according to security sources.

The Iraqi Community In the UK Protest Infront of Jordanian Emmbassy In London on Tuesday 22nd March 2005 The Iraqi Community declared that they reject the sickening act of  a tribal Jordanian family who celebrated the death of Iraqis in the hand of their suicidal bomber son.  (more photos)

The parliamentarians met in the capital's secure Green Zone

Sgrena emerges from a plane

Shot hostage disputes U.S. account ROME, Italy  Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena has disputed the U.S. account of a shooting incident that left her wounded and an Italian intelligence officer dead shortly after her release by Iraqi insurgents.

Mr Calipari will be given a full state funeral on Monday

The body of an Italian secret service agent shot by US forces in Iraq moments after rescuing a hostage has returned to Italian soil.

Karami announced the whole

Lebanese government set to resign

Lebanon's Prime Minister Umar Karami has said the whole government is to resign, with opposition figures calling for popular protests to continue until Syrian troops leave the country. 

Deadly car bomb targets Iraqi police