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  • French flotilla ship 'sails for Gaza'

    The Dignite al Karama, one of the ships which had intended to take part in a Gaza-bound international freedom flotilla, has left Greek island of Crete with about 10 pro-Palestinian activists on board. Greek authorities banned all flotilla vessels from leaving the country's ports earlier this week, but the French ship was granted permission by the coast.. More

  • Scores dead in DR Congo plane crash

    An airliner has ploughed into dense forest as it tried to land during a rainstorm in the Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 74 people on board, the Congolese transport ministry said. There were 51 survivors, a ministry statement said on Friday. The chief executive of the Hewa Bora airline involved in the crash had said earlier that were.. More

  • Israel clamps down on fly-in protest

    Israeli police have arrested six pro-Palestinian activists and detained more than 100 other people participating in a fly-in protest at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv. The arrested activists, all Israeli citizens, timed their demonstration to coincide with the anticipated arrival of hundreds of others hoping to travel to Palestine in.. More

  • Saleh's speech ignites deadly protests

    Atelevised speech late Thursday by badly burned Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh set off rival protests across Yemen on Friday that left at least 11 people dead, according to reports. In Sanaa's abandoned presidential palace, where Saleh was seriously injured in a June 3 bomb attack, thousands of loyalists gathered to celebrate what they called.. More

  • Opposition makes gains in western Libya

    Libyan opposition forces in the country's western mountains advanced a dozen kilometers on Wednesday, seizing a town in another step toward securing a key north-south road that would open the way to the capital. After a roughly six-hour battle that lasted throughout the morning, opposition forces drove forces loyal to leader Muammar Gaddafi from the.. More

  • 'Crimes against humanity' claims in Syria

    Syria has drawn strong condemnation for its deadly crackdown on protesters in the central city of Hama, with human rights campaigners hinting at the possibility of the country's leaders being tried for crimes against humanity. Tuesday's attack in Hama killed 22 people and left more than 80 wounded as troops pushed through improvised road blocks made.. More

  • Syrian tanks 'pull back from Hama'

    Syrian tanks and armored vehicles deployed at the entrances to the city of Hama have pulled back, residents said. They headed north on Sunday after moving close to the city of 650,000 people. The move comes two days after the city saw the largest protest against President Bashar al-Assad since an uprising began three months ago. "The regime.. More

  • Stranded flotilla activists still hopeful

    Most of the nine vessels that pro-Palestinian activists planned to sail on as part of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in defiance of an Israeli blockade remain stranded in Greece ports, after Greek authorities forbade them from embarking on the journey. Two vessels have been sabotaged and are currently unable to sail, while most of the others remain under.. More

  • Turkey recognizes Libyan opposition

    Turkey has extended official recognition to Libya's opposition and offered at least $200 million in aid as part of a diplomatic shift away from the regime of longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi. Ahmet Davutoglu, the Turkish foreign minister, met with opposition leaders in Benghazi during a one-day visit to the country on Sunday. He said his country now.. More

  • Serbia and Kosovo sign deals

    Serbia and Kosovo have struck several deals to overcome practical problems for citizens caused by Belgrade's refusal to recognize Pristina's independence. The deals, signed on Saturday, were the first between them since Kosovo declared independence three years ago. Negotiators have met in EU-brokered talks since March in a bid to solve nut-and-bolts.. More

  • Greece arrests captain of US Gaza-bound boat

    The captain of a US ship bound for Gaza has been arrested by Greek authorities for a 'felony' after being brought before a prosecutor, activists have told Al Jazeera. The boat, which is part of a Freedom Flotilla aiming to break Israel's blockage of the Palestinian territory, set sail on Friday from the Greek port of Perama was towed back to shore.. More

  • Pakistan stops US from using drone base

    Pakistan has stopped the United States from using an air base in the southwest of the country to launch drone strikes against 'militant' groups, according to the country's defense minister. Ahmed Mukhtar told journalists on Wednesday that US officials had been told to leave the Shamsi base in the southwestern province of Baluchistan, Pakistani state.. More

  • Fresh clashes in Cairo's Tahrir Square

    Clashes between Egyptian security forces and more than 5,000 protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square have left more than 1,036 people injured, according to witnesses and medical officials. Tahrir Square, the epicenter of protests that toppled Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's former president, was sealed off early on Wednesday as lines of security forces in riot.. More

  • Libyan revolution forces seize Gaddafi weapons depot

    Revolution fighters have managed to capture a significant munitions depot from Gaddafi forces in the west of the country, near the town of Zintan. Tuesday's development is seen as a major victory for the revolution as they make their way to Tripoli, the seat of Muammar Gaddafi's power. Al Jazeera's Jonah Hull, reporting from Jadu, a nearby town, said.. More

  • Strike protests in Athens turn violent

    A 48-hour general strike is under way in Greece as the country's parliament debates a new round of austerity measures that will help the government secure loans it says are necessary to stave off the threat of bankruptcy. Protests held as part of the strike in the capital, Athens, on Tuesday turned violent after demonstrators, many wearing gas-masks.. More