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  • Egypt protests remain strong

    Protests in Egypt have entered their sixteenth day, following probably the biggest number of pro-democracy demonstrators in Cairo's Tahrir Square yet. The square resembled a tented city on Wednesday, with protesters refusing to budge until their demands for Hosni Mubarak's resignation were met. The president's message has thus far been that he will.. More

  • Rival Koreas resume military talks

    Military officers from the rival Koreas have met at their heavily armed border for their first talks since North Korea attacked a southern island in November. Tuesday's talks were an attempt to restart the six-way talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear-weapons program, last held more than two years ago when the North walked out, announcing the.. More

  • South Sudan votes to secede

    South Sudan has officially voted to secede from the north after the results of a January referendum showed a landslide vote for independence. Official figures released on Monday showed that 98.83 per cent of voters from the south chose to secede from the north. The results, displayed at an announcement ceremony in Khartoum, revealed that out of 3,837,406.. More

  • Blogger's release 'reignites' Egypt

    Egyptian anti-government protesters have welcomed the release of a Google executive who disappeared in Cairo last month after playing a key role in helping demonstrators organize. Wael Ghonim was released on Monday by Egyptian authorities, sparking a fast and explosive response from supporters, bloggers and pro-democracy activists on the internet... More

  • Talks fail to end Egypt protests

    Pro-democracy protesters are continuing their sit-in in Cairo's Tahrir (Liberation) Square for the fourteenth consecutive day, showing no signs of being appeased by talks held a day earlier between the government and opposition groups. People were still camped out in the square on Monday while life was slowly getting back to normal in other parts of.. More

  • Thai, Cambodia troops clash for fourth day on border

    Thai and Cambodian troops clashed for a fourth straight day Monday over a disputed border area surrounding a 900-year-old Hindu temple as Cambodia urged the U.N. Security Council to intervene. Shelling and machine gunfire resounded in the morning in the 4.6-sq-km (two-sq-mile) contested area around the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple on a escarpment.. More

  • Egypt reform promises doubted

    Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has cast doubt on the government's willingness to follow through on promised reforms, following talks with authorities aimed at ending the country's political crisis. One of the group's leaders told Al Jazeera that the Muslim Brotherhood does not trust the government to make its proposed changes - a development that came.. More

  • Tunisia police shoot protesters

    Tunisian police have shot dead at least two people during a protest in the north-western town of Kef. Officers opened fire after a crowd attacked and burned a police station, demanding the resignation of the police chief they accused of abuse of power. Unconfirmed reports say another two people died on the way to hospital. The deaths came as a nationwide.. More

  • Egypt remains at an impasse

    After nearly two weeks of anti-government demonstrations in Egypt, the standoff continues between thousands of protesters and the country's embattled president Hosni Mubarak. The demonstrations entered their thirteenth day on Sunday in the capital, Cairo, where protesters braved rainy weather as they dug in for another night in the city's Tahrir Square,.. More

  • Egypt gas pipeline attacked

    Unknown attackers have blown up a pipeline that runs through El-Arish area of Egypt's north Sinai area and supplies gas to Jordan and Israel, according to Egypt's state television. The Jordanian route that runs from El- Arish to Aqaba and then up to Amman has been damaged by Saturday's explosion. But it has been reported that the gas pipeline running.. More

  • Egypt protesters hold their ground

    Demonstrators are still standing their ground in Cairo hours after millions of people gathered to call for Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, to quit. The protests entered their twelfth day on Saturday, a day after the city's Tahrir Square, the focal point of protests in Egypt, saw demonstrators observe a "Day of Departure". The morning.. More

  • Egypt protests set to escalate on Friday

    The anti-government protests are set to escalate in Egypt on Friday as millions of people are scheduled to gather at mosques for Friday prayers. The protesters are planning to march in huge numbers to the presidential palace on Friday. President Hosni Mubarak's grip on power looks tenuous as huge crowds gathered in Cairo for a tenth consecutive.. More

  • Algeria to “lift emergency powers”

    Algeria's 19-year state of emergency will be lifted in the "very near future", state media has quoted Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the president, as saying. During a meeting with ministers on Thursday, the president also said Algerian television and radio, which are controlled by the state, should give airtime to all political parties. He added.. More

  • Thousands displaced in deadly Malaysia floods

    Two people have been killed and tens of thousands evacuated in floods that have hit parts of Malaysia after several days of continuous rain, reports said Monday. Two women were killed in separate incidents when their cars were swept away by floodwaters in southern Johor state on Sunday, according to state news agency Bernama. The Star newspaper said.. More

  • Violence escalates in Cairo

    Bursts of heavy gunfire aimed at anti-government demonstrators in Cairo's Tahrir [Liberation] Square, left at least five people dead and hundreds wounded, according to reports from the Egyptian capital on Thursday. Sustained bursts of automatic weapons fire and powerful single shots began at around 4am local time (2.00GMT) and was ongoing more than.. More