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  • 'NATO offensive killed 64 civilians in Afghanistan'

    A four day NATO offensive in Afghanistan’s Kunar Province has left at least 64 innocent civilians dead and several others wounded, according to both the provincial governor and the provincial police chief. Gen. Ziayi, the police chief, said that of the slain, 15 were men, 20 women and 29 were children. The governor later confirmed the overall.. More

  • Moroccans march to seek change

    Calls for change sweeping the Arab world have now spread to the kingdom of Morocco, where thousands of people have taken to the streets in the capital to demand a new constitution. The demonstrators shouted slogans calling for economic opportunity, educational reform, better health services and help in coping with rising living costs during the march.. More

  • Libya uprising spreads to Tripoli

    Multiple public protests against the Gadhafi regime have been confirmed to have broken out in the capital city of Tripoli, with protesters reaching downtown and residents reporting sporadic gunfire as regime control over the nation’s last bastion of power appears to be wavering. Most of the protests over the past week have been in the far eastern.. More

  • Taliban attack on Afghan bank

    Gunmen dressed as border police have killed at least 18 people and wounded more than 70 in an attack on a bank in the main city in Afghanistan's east, witnesses and government officials have said. Al Jazeera has learned that at least seven bombers stormed a branch of the Kabul Bank in Jalalabad city on Saturday and detonated their explosives. Baz.. More

  • Algerian police break up protest

    Algerian police in riot gear have used batons to break up a crowd of about 50 opposition supporters trying to take part in a protest march inspired by uprisings elsewhere in the Arab world. Police brandishing clubs, but no firearms, weaved their way through the crowd in central Algiers on Saturday, banging their shields, tackling some protesters and.. More

  • 'Many killed' in Libya's Benghazi

    Libyan security forces have reportedly opened fire at a funeral in the eastern city of Benghazi, killing at least 15 people and injuring scores more as protests against Muammar Gaddafi, the country's long-time ruler, continued. The victims on Saturday were mourning the loss of protesters who had been killed during anti-government demonstrations in.. More

  • US vetoes UN draft on settlements

    The US has vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have condemned Israeli settlements as "illegal" and called for an immediate halt to all settlement building. All 14 other Security Council members voted in favor of the resolution, which was backed by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), on Friday. Mark Lyall Grant, the.. More

  • 'Victory march' fills Cairo square

    Thousands of Egyptians have gathered for prayers for what has been billed as a "victory march" through Cairo's Tahrir Square to mark the overthrow of longtime leader Hosni Mubarak a week ago. The groups that sparked the 18-day revolt that led to Mubarak's downfall are calling the day the "Friday of Victory and Continuation,'' a name.. More

  • Yemen clerics urge unity government

    A group of senior clerics in Yemen has called for the formation of a national unity government in order to save the country from chaos. The influential figures are demanding a transitional unity government that would see the opposition represented in key ministries, followed by elections in six months. They say the move would place Yemen in the same.. More

  • Libyans bury dead after clashes

    Thousands of anti-government protesters seeking to oust longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi have taken to the streets of Libya's eastern city of Benghazi, a day after "day of rage" demonstrations led to fatal skirmishes with the security forces. Funerals for those killed, expected in both Benghazi and Al Bayda later on Friday, could act as a.. More

  • Israeli troops kill Gaza fishermen

    Israeli soldiers have killed three Palestinian fishermen along the Gaza-Israeli border, Palestinian medics have said. Gaza's ministry of health said on Thursday that the men were killed overnight in the north of Gaza, near Beit Lahiya, while they were working with their nets on the shore. The medics said that the victims were shot by Israeli forces.. More

  • Iraqis attack government offices

    Three people have been killed and dozens wounded in clashes between security forces and protesters in a southern Iraqi province, after around 2,000 people attacked government offices in protest over poor services. Protesters threw rocks and took over a provincial council building in Kut in Wasit province, about 160km southeast of Baghdad, on Wednesday... More

  • Protesters killed in Yemen clashes

    Police shot and killed two protesters in Yemen's main southern city of Aden, medics said, while unrest in the capital Sanaa against the rule of Ali Abdullah Saleh, the president, continued for a sixth straight day. Mohammed Ali Alwani, 21, was shot dead after clashes broke out between police and demonstrators, his father said. The other victim has.. More

  • Violent protests break out in Libya

    Protesters have clashed with police and government supporters in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, reports say. Demonstrators gathered in the early hours of Wednesday morning in front of police headquarters and chanted slogans against the "corrupt rulers of the country", Al Jazeera's sources said. Police fired tear gas and violently dispersed.. More

  • Ex-judge to head Egypt reform panel

    Egypt's new army rulers have appointed Tareq al-Bishry, a retired judge, to head a committee set up to suggest constitutional changes. Al-Bishry was a strong supporter of an independent judiciary during Hosni Mubarak's rule and is respected in legal circles for his independent views. "I have been chosen by the Higher Military Council to head.. More