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  • Sudan president seeks to calm fears

    Sudan's president has sought to calm widespread fears over a possible outbreak of violence, as tensions mount ahead the south's self-determination referendum set for January 9. Omar al-Bashir vowed on Friday in Khartoum, the capital, to accept the vote's outcome whatever it may be and protect people on both sides if territorial conflicts erupt between.. More

  • Pakistan drone raids 'claim lives'

    Pakistani intelligence officials say three US missile attacks spaced just hours apart have killed at least 18 people in the country's northwest. At least nine people were killed in the first attack, when missiles struck a vehicle and compound in the Mandi Khel area of the North Waziristan tribal region, officials said. Two hours later, drones struck.. More

  • Israel kills Palestinian woman with gas

    A Palestinian woman has died after inhaling tear gas fired by Israeli troops at demonstrators protesting the Israeli separation wall in the occupied West Bank. Jawaher Abu Rahme, 35, was the second member of her family that have died in one of the weekly protests held in the village of Bilin against an Israeli barrier built across the West Bank. Her.. More

  • Bomb hits church in Egypt, Christians attack Muslims

    A bomb killed at least 17 people outside a church in the Egyptian city of Alexandria early on New Year's Day, and the Interior Ministry said a foreign-backed bomber may have been responsible. Dozens of people were wounded by the blast, which scattered body parts, scorched cars and smashed windows. The attack prompted Christians to protest on the streets,.. More

  • Floods cover vast area of Australia's northeast

    Floodwater rose across a vast area in Australia's northeast on Friday, inundating 22 towns, forcing 200,000 residents out of their homes, and closing a major sugar export port. Flooding has already shut coal mines in Queensland state and its biggest coal export port, forcing miners such as Anglo American and Rio Tinto to slow or halt operations. The.. More

  • Another Tunisian protester dies

    A Tunisian protester has died of his injuries after police shot him in the town of Menzel Bouzaiene, according to the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH). Chawki Belhoussine El Hadri, a 44 year old man, was shot during protest on December 24. He died on Thursday, the FIDH said in a statement. Mohamed Ammari, a Tunisian teenager, had been.. More

  • Iran halts oil sales to India

    An oil trading dispute between India and Iran has further escalated, with Tehran refusing to sell oil to India under new rules instituted by New Delhi. The Reserve Bank of India has said that deals with Iran must be settled outside the Asian Clearing Union (ACU) system used by it and other member nations' central banks to settle bilateral trades. Iran's.. More

  • Al-Bashir issues Darfur ultimatum

    Omar al-Bashir, the Sudanese president, has said he will withdraw from Darfur peace talks in Doha, the Qatari capital, and organize new negotiations in Darfur if no accord is reached with rebels by Thursday. Al-Bashir announced the deadline during a speech to supporters in Nyala on Wednesday. "But if there is no agreement, we will withdraw our.. More

  • Palestinians turn to UN for support

    The Palestinians are set to ask the UN Security Council to condemn Israeli settlement construction, according to a copy of a draft resolution obtained by the AP news agency. The move reflects growing Palestinian discontent with stalled US efforts to broker a peace agreement, and is part of a campaign to put international pressure on Israel. American.. More

  • Triple bombings hits Mosul

    Three bombers have attacked a police headquarters in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, killing the commander and three other officers. Officials speaking on condition of anonymity said three men with explosive vests attempted to blow up a police compound housing Iraq's First Police Battalion on Wednesday. Police shot one of the bombers as the three.. More

  • Gbagbo defiant at African ultimatum

    A delegation of three West African presidents who met with incumbent Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo to deliver an ultimatum to step down or face force has left saying more meetings were needed. West African presidents Boni Yayi of Benin, Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone and Pedro Pires of Cape Verde met Gbagbo on Tuesday to deliver an ultimatum.. More

  • Drones kill at least 17 in Pakistan

    A series of suspected US missile strikes have killed at least 17 people in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal district, obliterating compounds and vehicles used by fighters. Pakistani security officials said on Tuesday that the first strike destroyed two compounds and killed five suspected fighters in Ghulam Khan village, 20km east of Miranshah, the.. More

  • Israel rules out apology to Turkey

    Israel's prime minister has said that his country will not apologize to Turkey for a May commando raid on a Gaza-bound aid ship that killed nine Turkish activists. Binyamin Netanyahu said on Monday that talks to mend ties have so far fallen short. "They [Turkey] want an apology and we of course do not want to apologize," he said in an interview.. More

  • Job protests escalate in Tunisia

    Tunisian police have used batons to disperse a rare demonstration in Tunis, the capital, calling for jobs in a show of solidarity with youths protesting in poorer regions. Around 1,000 people took part in the demonstration on Monday, called by independent trade union activists. Security forces prevented them from marching towards a main Tunis thoroughfare. .. More

  • Snow storm paralyses US Northeast

    Thousands of travelers trying to get home after the holiday weekend are stuck in airports, buses and subway trains, stranded by a blizzard that dumped more than two feet of snow across the US Northeast. The storm moved up the coast from the Carolinas to Maine on Monday, with winds up to 129km per hour that dropped snow on streets, railway tracks and.. More