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(CNN) -- The Jordanian government Saturday executed two al Qaeda-linked terrorists convicted in the 2002 assassination of a U.S. diplomat, according to Jordan's Petra news agency. Salem Sa'ed Salem bin Suweid, a Libyan national, and Yasser Fathi Ibraheem, a Jordanian, were hanged at the Siwaqa Correctional and Rehabilitation Center for the killing of U.S. diplomat Laurence Foley. Foley, a senio ...

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic has died, the UN tribunal said on Saturday. "Milosevic was found lifeless on his bed in his cell at the United Nations detention unit," the tribunal said in a statement. "The guard immediately alerted the detention unit officer in command and the medical officer. The latter confirmed that Slobodan Milosevic was dead." The tribun ...

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Belgrade's B-92 radio said former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic had been found dead on Saturday in his cell at The Hague, where he has been on trial for war crimes since 2002. The station said it had heard the news from unofficial sources. Legal sources in Belgrade said they could not confirm the reports.

By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - A year after Tony Blair challenged the rich world to end trade protectionism and increase aid, many of the promised reforms have yet to materialise, Oxfam said on Saturday. The aid agency said progress had been made on aid and debt but opportunities outlined in a report by the Prime Minister's Africa Commission to make trade fair and limit the sale of small arms ...

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A former adviser to President Bush was arrested this week in Maryland and charged with swindling two department stores out of more than $5,000 in a refund scam. Montgomery County police said Claude Allen, 45, was arrested Thursday and charged with carrying out a felony theft scheme at Target and Hecht's stores. He was released on his own recognizance. Conviction on the charges can result in a 15-year prison sentence. Authorities accuse Allen of going to stores on more t ...

By Faris al-Mehdawi and Ross Colvin BAGHDAD (Reuters) - American hostage Tom Fox has been killed and his body, showing signs of torture, left on a garbage dump in Baghdad, police said on Saturday. One of the policemen who found the body said the 54-year-old peace activist, wearing a grey tracksuit, appeared to have beaten by electric cables before his death. He had a single gunshot wound to the head and his hands were tied behind him. Fox, who had been in Iraq to campaign against the U.S. occ ...

By Boris Groendahl and Ingrid Melander SALZBURG, Austria (Reuters) - Controversy flared over the European Union's stance on independence for Kosovo from Serbia as EU foreign ministers met their western Balkan colleagues on Saturday. Foreign Secretary Jack Straw sparked the storm on Friday by calling Kosovo's path to independence "almost inevitable," giving the clearest indication so far by a sen ...

MADRID, Spain (AP) -- Spain observed a low-key remembrance of the Madrid terror bombings on Saturday's second anniversary of the attacks, as a delegation from Morocco -- home to many of the suspects -- fell silent at a station targeted in the massacre. The 70-member delegation, called the Moroccan Caravan for Peace and Solidarity, set out from Morocco in buses on March 5, stopping in several Spanish cities before arriving at Atocha train station on a cold, blustery morning. Members held a red  ...

By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will fail in its plan to boost economic growth and employment unless it further streamlines its reform agenda and benchmarks performance of its members, the influential Bruegel think-tank said in a study. The study, obtained by Reuters, will be presented to EU finance ministers on Tuesday, when they meet to agree on the key economic iss ...

By N.Ananthanarayanan MOHALI, India (Reuters) - Indian leg spinner Anil Kumble captured his 500th test wicket on Saturday to restrict England to 300 all out on the third day of the second test. India were 51 for one in reply at tea after Virender Sehwag (11) fell cheaply for the third time in the series. Captain Rahul Dravid (16) and Wasim Jaffer (16) were batting. The 35-year-old Kumble grabbed three wickets in four deliveries to reach the milestone and end England's innings 43 minutes after ...