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  • Attack kills scores in Iraq

    Iraqi police have told Al Jazeera that at least 60 people have died on Tuesday after a bomber attacked a police station in Tikrit, around 150 km north of Baghdad, the capital. A man wearing a vest filled with explosives detonated himself next to a crowd of police recruits, Ahmed Abdul-Jabber, the deputy governor of the Salaheddin province, said. The.. More

  • Banking secrets handed to WikiLeaks

    A former Swiss banker has passed on documents allegedly detailing tax evasion attempts by hundreds of business leaders, politicians and celebrities to the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks. Rudolf Elmer, an ex-employee of Swiss-based private bank Julius Baer, handed over two CDs containing the data to Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, at a press.. More

  • Tunisians skeptical of new government

    The announcement of a new 'unity government' by Mohamed Ghannouchi, the Tunisian prime minister, has been met with anger by some protesters, who say too many members of ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's party remain in power. The PM announced that the former defense, foreign, interior and finance ministers will keep their key posts in the.. More

  • Brazil rescuers find flood victims trapped for days

    Brazilian army helicopters stepped up rescue and supply operations on Monday in areas hit by floods and landslides that have killed at least 665 people, reaching residents who had been cut off from help for five days. One helicopter team rescued five people in the morning, the Air Force said in a statement, as clearer weather allowed the aircraft to.. More

  • Talks on new Lebanon government delayed

    Lebanon's President Michel Suleiman has postponed for a week talks on forming a new government which had been due to start on Monday, his office said. Lebanese politicians had said the consultations on a new government could be delayed because of a summit in Damascus later on Monday where the leaders of Syria, Qatar and Turkey were due to discuss Lebanon's.. More

  • Pakistan bus explosion 'kills 15'

    At least 15 people have been killed in an explosion in a bus in north-western Pakistan, police say. The blast happened inside the van in Hangu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. It was carrying 18 passengers from Hangu to nearby Kohat. It is unclear whether the blast was caused by a bomb planted on the minibus or gas cylinders in the vehicle,.. More

  • NATO lorries torched in Pakistan

    Armed men have attacked tankers carrying fuel for US and NATO forces in Afghanistan as they sat parked at a roadside restaurant in southwestern Pakistan, officials say. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, in which 14 vehicles were set ablaze on Saturday. The attack took place in the Dera Murad Jamali area of Balochistan province,.. More

  • South Sudan poll ends

    A handful of South Sudanese have voted on the final day of a week-long referendum on whether to split from the north of the country. Polls closed on Saturday after the 60 per cent voter turnout threshold set for the referendum to be valid was achieved on Wednesday after just four days of polling. "The voting has now finished. The ballot boxes.. More

  • Iraqi soldier shoots dead US troops

    An Iraqi soldier has shot and killed two US troops and wounded a third at a training centre in Iraq, after having allegedly smuggled real bullets into a training exercise. A US military official said the shooter was immediately killed by US soldiers who were running the training session at a US base in the northern city of Mosul on Saturday. "This.. More

  • Scores killed in India stampede

    At least 100 Hindu pilgrims have been killed and scored injured in a stampede in the southern Indian state of Kerala, officials said. Jaya Kumar, Kerala home secretary, said on Saturday that 102 people had been confirmed dead and dozens more injured, some of them seriously. The Friday evening tragedy unfolded in a remote, mountainous area of southern.. More

  • Ben Ali flees to Saudi Arabia

    Saudi Arabia has welcomed Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his family a day after they fled a mass uprising in their country. A statement released by the country's monarchy said the decision to welcome Ben Ali was based on appreciation of the "exceptional circumstances" in Tunisia. "Out of concern for the exceptional circumstanc.. More

  • Brazil flooding toll passes 500

    At least 500 people have been killed and many more are feared dead after floods and landslides devastated towns and villages in a mountainous area near Rio de Janeiro. The mayor of the town of Teresopolis, where hundreds of people are believed to have been buried under the rubble of their homes after the equivalent of a month's rain fell in less than.. More

  • Lebanon parties hold crisis talks

    Lebanon's president has asked Saad al-Hariri to stay on as a caretaker prime minister after his government was toppled by Hezbollah and its allies. The crisis was sparked by a dispute over the UN tribunal investigating ex-Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's murder. President Michel Suleiman has started consultations over the choice of a new premier, with.. More

  • Tunisia imposes curfew in capital

    A dusk-to-dawn curfew has been called in Tunisia's capital after rioters demanding action on food prices and unemployment brought their protests to the heart of the city. The army deployed armored vehicles around Tunis on Wednesday as the government sought to put a lid on the unrest which has left at least 20 people dead across the country. The Tunisian.. More

  • Lebanese government collapses

    Lebanon's unity government has collapsed after the Hezbollah movement and its political allies resigned from the cabinet over arguments stemming from a UN investigation into the assassination of Rafiq al-Hariri, the former Lebanese prime minister, in 2005. There has been growing political tension in Lebanon amid signs that Hezbollah members could be.. More